The Acorn Woodpecker After some inspection on different kinds of birds, I found the Acorn Woodpecker to be the most intriguing. Based off of my interest of these birds, I decided to study the Acorn Woodpecker, allowing me to gain knowledge of this certain species. My studies of this bird included looking at previous papers, looking at online videos of the bird from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website, and through my own observations. Therefore, I will structure this essay by giving an account of the previous bird paper, retelling the observations found in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website, and finally, state my own findings, and show the relationship between what I found and the previous two sources. For this essay, I will be observing …show more content…
The crown of the bird was red, however according to the Sibley Birds West book, female birds have a blackish blueish patch above the forehead, while the male bird has a red nape without the patch of blackish blue. The birds that I saw in my observation were all male birds with the exception of one female bird. I do not know if the particular time I went to visit the birds played a part, as I usually visited the birds at around noon, since that is when, I found, they tend to be most active. I constantly went to the same sight. It was near the ghost pine tree near the pavilion. I went up the trail where the ghost pine is immediately found, and walked up the path for about thirty seconds. Afterwards, I would see a round patch of land, I walked towards that area, looked south-east, and found a tree with Acorn Woodpeckers on it. The dead tree had multiple holes, probably due to the Woodpeckers poking at the wood. When observing, these birds would stay on the tree branch for a while, and all the sudden begin to fly northward, but immediately making a u-turn. The way the bird flew was quite different than most other birds that I have observed. The bird would flap its wings like a person who can’t swim, flapping their arms to stay afloat. Once the bird gets high enough, it tucks its wings by its side, making the bird use the effects of gravity in order to fall. Then, when the bird gets to the desired elevation, it flaps its wings slightly so that it can land towards the branch. At first, I didn’t know why the bird would fly only to make a u-turn shortly after. However, after examining the information found in the previous website, I found it fitting that the Acorn Woodpecker would attempt to catch bugs and fly back on the branches of the dead tree. The reason as to why I liked this explanation is because the area where I was observing had many insects flying around. Given that the
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Hale and Mrs. Peters are quick to aid the defense of Mrs. Wright. Specifically, when the County Attorney is talking about how badly she keeps her home. “Dirty towels! Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies,” in which Mrs. Hale retourts “There's a great deal of work to be done on a farm.” Later on when the men are off looking for evidence, that is when the ladies discover the bird with the ringed neck. Glaspell (1916) writes “But, Mrs. Peters — look at it! It's neck! Look at its neck! It's all — other side to. Somebody — wrung — its — neck.” The ladies then discuss who they think may have done it. Mrs. Hale is quick to blame Mr. Wright, identifying him as the the person who wrung the birds neck: “No, Wright wouldn't like the bird — a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that, too,” and when Mrs. Peters says they do not know who killed the bird, Mrs. Hale replies “I knew John Wright.” In the end the county Attorney asks them what they collected for her, and they end up hiding the bird from the Sheriff and attorney. They most likely realized that the bird would provide a motive into the killing of John, something they desperately need if they will convict
In conclusion, owls have shown they are excellent at adapting to any environment by the ability to fly silently to stalk prey. They use camouflaged and insulated feathers to hide and keep warm while hunting. Owl’s excellent binocular vision, and hearing helps to track prey from long distances. The only real risk of extinction of the burrowing owl is if people continue to kill off animals that dig holes for them. They have shown the ability to survive for a long time with the help of other animals digging holes for them. Owl’s will continue to evolve long after humans have
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“Many years ago, there was a bird that just didn’t seem to fit in, this odd little bird tried to join a flock of seagulls and they refused him, he moved on but the crow said he was much too tiny. He searched everywhere looking for a place to call home, but all the other birds wanted nothing to do with this odd character. He wondered, why they were refusing his… until one day he discovered he had a unique quality that no other birds could understand, you see this strange creature was the only bird on the face of the earth that could actually fly
While driving On Rte10 through the town of Hamden what seems to be an ordinary ride can become a scenic view of our nation’s bird. On a tall skinny Birch tree over 40 ft in the air is lives a bald eagle in its natural habitat. In this nest lives a male adult and female adult with an Eaglet. The nest is located in a farming open field along a river bank. This field and river provides the eagles with a source of food. The eagles mostly eat fish, the adult eagle will swoop down to the water and grab a fish all in one motion flying the meal back to the nest to feed its family. The field is posted to prevent people from ruining the habitat, since the natural reproduction of this eagle is very important to its recovery from being endangered. I was able to view this community form the road and was able to watch the nest and occasionally watch the adult eagle fly away most likely looking for food to feed his family. The nest form my view was huge at least 3 feet in diameter perched up about 40 ft high on a birch tree. The surrounding area of the nest was clear of any branches or trees creating a clear access way for the birds to land. Below the nest was a large open field on the bank of an active river.
“Adults have blue-gray upper parts and white underparts with rufous barring. They also have whitish throats, an alternately dark- and light-gray banded tail, and orange or red eyes” (hawkmountain.org). They are a challenge for birders to identify due to their resemblance to Cooper’s Hawks. However, they do show signs of a crisper and more rapid flight pattern and Cooper’s Hawks are bigger and more
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After signaling him with a pipe, they lured him back into their home and from there went on an attempted killing spree, but for one person. Once both parties exclaimed their arguments, they both settled on a truce and he stayed with them a little while longer. Quite a bit later, as Wisaakatchekwah was hunting, the two men were conversing with one another and came to the consensus that Wisaakatchekwah must go. In turn, the two blind men played a trick on the trickster to rid him from their lives. They asked him to go to the river before he left and tie rope to each of the birds legs in the water to weight them down for future use for them. The birds did not sink, but rather rose and flew away with Wisaakatchekwah attached
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