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Canada goose Ring-necked duck. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullockii) is a small New World blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore oriole were considered to be a single species, the northern oriole . This bird is named after William Bullock , an English amateur naturalist .
He cross-bred the wild Red Jungle Fowl with fighting bantams of the type known at the time as "pit game". [ 4 ] : 106 The American Game Bantam was listed in the yearbook of the American Bantam Association from 1950, [ 7 ] and was admitted to the Standard of Perfection of the American Poultry Association in 2009.
The country has hosted several World Slasher Cup derbies, held biannually at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, where the world's leading game fowl breeders gather. World Slasher Cup is also known as the "Olympics of Cockfighting". The World Gamefowl Expo 2014 was held in the World Trade Center Metro Manila.
The breed was developed by Sir Walter Gilbert, of Bodmin in Cornwall, in about 1820.It was intended to be a gamecock, but had no aptitude for cockfighting. [10]It is recognised as "Indian Game" in Australia, [11]: 196 by the Poultry Club of Great Britain in the United Kingdom, [12] and by the Entente Européenne in Europe. [5]
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
The Short North is a neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, United States, centered on the main strip of High Street immediately north of the Arena District and extending until just south of the University District and Ohio State University.
Sandra Annette Bullock (/ ˈ b ʊ l ə k /; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and film producer.The highest-paid actress of 2010 and 2014, Bullock's filmography spans both comedy and drama, and her accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.