RF2C1XTY0–Young blackbird Turdus merula on forest trail
RM2RK9R18–Bildnummer: 54223538 Datum: 12.07.2010 Copyright: imago/Xinhua Nepali caretaker government Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal attends the budget session of the Legislature Parliament at the Constitute Assembly building in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, July 12, 2010. The Legislature Parliament of Nepal has endorsed the bill to introduce advance budget Monday for the fiscal year 2010-2011. The 601 member Parliament passed the bill presented by Finance Minister Surendra Pandey of caretaker government to introduce advance budget as the current caretaker government is not valid to bring full-fledg
RM2CNTY8W–. Birds, beasts and fishes of the Norfolk broadland . the reed-beds far,and when they choose a secluded swamp, are rarely to beseen once their nursery duties have begun ; in short, theykeep to the reeds all summer. The nestlings cannot fly far when they leave the cradle,but climb about the reeds like mice in search of food, mov-ing rapidly through the reeds, or at times nestling togetherupon a reed-spray, making as pretty a little picture as onecould wish for. Should you happen to come upon the fledg-lings in their cradle, they will, like sedge-warblers, run outof their nest and glide away lik
RM2CPAPXJ–. The Oist . When nearly fledg-ed, the wiugs and back have a very markedmetallic lustre ; the base of bill, with ter-minal one-fourth inch aud a two-fifths inchmedian band, black ; the intervening por-tions pinkish-wliite. In temperate North America August isthe last mouth during which the bird eggcollector can gather specimens, aud theseare necessarily second sets and late nests,with the exception of Clirysomitris tristis,whose nest and fresh eggs are to be foundsometimes as late as the middle of Septem-ber. The season of reproduction of thisbird does not usually commence until thelatter part
RM2CP11TC–. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds . re, andnot only do they incubate the e<j^g but they may attendto the demands of the young Cowbird at the expense oftheir own ofl^spring, who sometimes die of starvation.Even after leaving the nest the young parasite continuesits call for food, and when seeing a Maryland Yellow-throat, or some other small bird feeding a clumsy fledg-ling twice its size, one wonders it does not detect the de-ception. Tlie better we know birds the more stronglyare we impressed with their individuality. To one whohas no friends in feathers it seems pure fa
RM2AKG410–The Burton Holmes lectures; . one, to the magician, that he may deftlye.xtract the latent wealth from their scant clothing. But not onlydid we succeed infooling the fledg-lings and the fe-male birds, ourmagic powerswon us the re-spect and rever-ence even of thegrim, hawk-likecaaliers. Weg a e a matineefor the Raid andhis chief men.They were deeplyimpressed andmurmured com-pliments withbated breath ; forthat which her a n_n o t under-stand the Moor. THE KAID AND THE CAMKKA THE MOORISH EMPIRE 265
RM2CNEDJH–. Bird notes . s upon mice, insects, moles, and small birds.Sailing in wide circles overhead, the Red-shouldered is a r.iRD Notes.. Ihuh, h,/ W. Sli,n-r linihl. Algerian Ciiaffinch on Nest. The Nesting of the Algerian Chaffinch. 13 picture of repose in motion. Rising, falling in long undula-tions, floating, balancing far above the earth, now stationaryon motionless wings, and again with a superb swoop, a verymeteor for speed. Serenely pursues its way, ignoring theindignities of the crow that may not reach the dizzy heights towhich it soars. While nesting. April to August, helpless fledg-lings
RMRG0EXC–. The Canadian field-naturalist. 616 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 118 flutter, or fly to the water from their burrows (Lockley 1934; Richai-dson 1961; Gaston and Jones 1998), where- as fledgUng Cassin's Auklets {Ptychorainphus aleuti- cus) fly to the sea after making short "practice flights" (Manuwal 1974). Leschner (1976) found Rhinoceros Auklet fledglings that were too smaU to fly "crouched under rocks or crevices in the morning" on Destruction Island, Washington; this suggested to her "that fledg- lings walk or flutter to the water." Similarly, Wilson (19
RMRG3AJK–. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1998 Chubbs and Trimper: Diet of Ospreys in Labrador 503. Figure 1. Locations of Osprey study nests along the Naskaupi River in Labrador. Elevations are shown in meters. occurred between 08:30 and 17:00 hrs over two days during each of five periods of nest activity (early and late incubation, hatch, early nestling and pre-fledg- ing). We collated 240 and 201 hrs of observations in 1995 and 1996 respectively, from which we deter- mined dietary use. Prey identification was made to the highest taxon possible, and size was estimated by comparing prey length to that
RMRJ4836–. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. SVl,VI('.l thre.' young bird's nearly fledg-d, was ].laced uj.on the ground at the foot of the slump, and in such a position that tlu; coh.r of the youug harmonized iHufeclly with tlu; bits of liark.,sticks, etc., lying about. My eye rested npon thein for the â second time before I made them out. They Imgged (he nest very elo.sely, but as I put down my hand tliiiy all .scampered olV with lond cries for helis which caused the parent birds to i)laee themselves almost within my reach." Si