Sentences with phrase «longest feathers»

Leaving one or two of the longest feathers (for aesthetic reasons), you want to trim off the next five to seven primary flight feathers on each wing.

In the animal world, these qualities include things like thick, well - groomed fur, long feathers, big antlers, or, in the case of the stickleback fish, the size and hue of the red spot on his belly.

These microraptors are dubbed «four - winged» because the long feathers attached to the legs have the appearance of a second set of wings.

«The long bony tail of Changyuraptor and the foot long feathers it sported are unlike the short tails in modern birds,» adds Dr. Turner.

The long feathers attached to the legs and arms of these animals have led some researchers to propose that the four - winged dinosaurs were capable of flying.

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This coloring page provides a great opportunity to discuss Archaeopteryx, an extinct primitive toothed bird of the Jurassic period, which had a long feathered tail and hollow bones.

GROOMING THE IRISH SETTER SHOW DOG Regardless of how much long feathering the individual dog carries, the crowning glory of the Irish Setter is his unique and beautiful red coat, which should gleam like a new conker.

Starting from the wing tip and moving in toward the birds body, the primary flight feathers will be the first group of long feathers on the underside of the wing.

Primary feathers are the long feathers that are closer to the wing tip.

Adult English Setters grow long feathering on tail, forelegs, chest, hindlegs, and stomach.

The coat is smooth and silky; the feathered variety has long hair on its ears, tail, between its toes and sometimes on the backs of its legs; the smooth variety has no long feathering.

The legs, tail, chest, belly and backs of the ears have long feathering.

Other characteristics include a long feathered tail, a double coat of long hair which is shorter on the head and legs, dark almond - shaped eyes, a muscular arched neck, as slightly tapering muzzle.

The coat is flat, straight and of moderate length, with longer feathering on ears, backs of legs, belly, chest and tail, providing protection from briars without becoming entangled in them.

Their smooth, silky coats are white with solid red patches, with short hair on the head and body, and long feathering on the chest, belly, backs of the legs, ears, and between the toes.

Their moderately long, silky coat should be free from curls, and there should be long feathering on the ears, chest, legs, feet and tail.

High cirrus clouds may occur in long feather - like streaks.

Not exact matches

Now, the hawks have getting their feathers ruffled over inflation fears for so long one might wonder whether they still believe their own warnings.

On top of being extremely sharp blades these feathers also lasts a surprisingly long time.

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Birds of a feather, OK, but as long as people of other ethnic backgrounds are allowed in it really isn't segregated.

Here it comes again, after shimmering dead all winter, stretching, flexing, limbering, unleashing hordes of feather - cut leaves that look like dragon tongues, a silty river bronze, before they flatten to assume their summer - long, grass - emulating green.

For what a presence he was, that snow - white fisherman With the long golden beak and the black stick legs, Whether preening his wind - riffled feathers As he stood on his bright - orange water temple (That pi - shaped torii that floated like a spirit), Or flapping prehistorically across the pond To stalk and stab in the dark water Plucking with dagger bill a twitching minnow.

But I still get a laugh when I see the Texas style blond blue eyed Jesus, with the perfect southern rock feathered long hair, depicted in the American media.

I thought that was the point of the whole discussion about eagle feathers and how long it takes to get them from some government agency in Denver.

And when we fall, it is a long, slow descent, feathers being unfamiliar to us.

this club, under his tutelage, has ruffled a lot of feathers over the years and now it's coming home to roost... his arrogance has rubbed many the wrong way, but winning provided the perfect tonic to cure all ills... whether largely self - created or a byproduct of all the media attention, Wenger seemed to embrace his cult - like status, which would eventually be his downfall... he claimed that his club was different... more of an extended family than a footballing club and only those with what he deemed as «special» qualities could even hope to join such an exclusive club... these «qualities» were hailed by most, especially as the wins kept rolling in... but with exclusivity comes a certain amount of cockiness, which can be somewhat healthy in a highly competitive environment if it comes from a honest place... it wouldn't take long for the fans to embrace their bespectacled former economics professor, going so far as to suggest he could do no wrong... but this fairy tale couldn't last forever

Three home matches played and still that first victory at home evades Blackpool, however away from home has been a completely different story and for now, so long as they continue to ruffle feathers on the road, their shortcomings at home will be forgiven.

I once timed how long it took me to paint just the iridescent spots and feathering on a Cormorant and it was nearly three hours.

I once timed how long it took me to paint just the finishing iridescent spots and feathering on a Cormorant and it was nearly three hours.

Toddler pillows with a high percentage of down are usually softer and last much longer, while feathers are harder and flatten out much more quickly.

Jan. 3: A trio of tropical birds has landed in Chicago this winter to show off their vibrantly colored feathers and occasional dance moves — but they won't be here for long.

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Turkey wore his orange feather, all day long.

Turkey wore his blue feather, all day long.

This makes it more likely Cameron will stay on for as long as possible, so that he takes the flack for the reforms and leaves his successor to smooth ruffled Tory feathers.

«The best explanation is that the long stiff feathers, which originated in this group of dinosaurs and were similar to modern bird feathers, could perform equally well as social signals when compared to the bony displays in T. rex or Dilophosaurus,» Gates surmises.

An adult Yutyrannus, whose name means «beautiful feathered tyrant,» reached nearly 30 feet long and weighed 1.5 tons.

Instead, the tail is long and flexible, with keels of feathers running down each side.

Male finches are five to six inches long and have colorful red, orange or yellow crown, breast and rump feathers.

It boasts more than just beautiful impressions of long - gone feathers.

The study also revealed phosphorus along the main shaft of the feathers in the fossil: palaeontologists had long thought that only impressions remained.

The largest of the Yutyrannus skeletons — found in China's Liaoning province in rocks of an era famed for its feathered dinosaurs — represents an adult that in life would have measured about 9 meters long, or slightly shorter than a school bus.

As it happened, in 1998 — not long after you had started to formulate your theory of feather evolution — Chinese paleontologists discovered dinosaurs covered in fuzz, and there was quite a debate about what this stuff was.

The long, filament - like feathers preserved with three relatively complete skeletons of the newly described species provide direct evidence of extensively feathered gigantic dinosaurs.

For most of the past century, people hypothesized that feathers had evolved from elongated scales, like shingles on a house that got longer and longer until they hung off the body and provided aerodynamic function, catching air and enabling gliding and ultimately flying.

He was full of enthusiasm, longing to find birds of paradise, «the most extraordinary and the most beautiful of the feathered inhabitants of the earth».

Unlike other long - distance travelling seabirds like albatrosses, frigatebirds» feathers lack waterproof oil so they can't take a break on the sea.