Sentences with phrase «tail feathers»

I ask for them to send me the wing and tail feathers of the birds that would otherwise be thrown away.

These little birds grow to an adult size of just 12 inches, half of which is accounted for by their long tail feathers, and weigh between 75 and 125 grams.

In the first case, the vent might split and look like two large tail feathers.

An international research team including Stony Brook scientist Alan Turner detail how Changyuraptor yangi helps explain the role of long tail feathers in flight evolution

The highest perches will be the ones used the most, and they need to be located so that the bird's tail feathers do not rub on the bars or and the bird can flap its wings freely.

Numerous cultures in SE Asia are changing with the times and accepting molted tail feathers from endangered hornbills species maintained in zoos instead of harvesting / killing them in the wild so that they can meet their cultural / religious needs without killing off the species... why can't this Native American tribe do the same?

When Anna's hummingbirds dive, their thin, outermost tail feathers vibrate in the wind, producing a squeaky mating song.

SERENADE ME Male Costa's hummingbirds will twist their tail sideways to direct the sound of fluttering tail feathers toward a female when diving past her in courtship.

SING ON Acoustic cameras reveal how male Costa's hummingbirds can aim the sound produced by fluttering tail feathers during courtship dives.

The outer tail - feather generates the sound, and the second - to - outer tail feather acts as an amplifier.

Deep green and dense burgundy rooster feathers; a white tail feather from a dove; a sparrow feather, dust brown, dotted with dark blotches; and the one of which Pari was proudest, an iridescent green peacock feather with a beautiful large eye at the tip.

Silicone coated tail feathers work wonders as a whisk.

The need to pass genes to future generations is so critical that in some species, males put a lot of energy into generating these sex - specific features — a peacock's elaborate tail feathers or an elephant seal's massive, territory - defending body size, for example.

Meanwhile, the tail section tilts and rotates to guide the robot left or right, analogous to the way a bird's tail feathers help with control and guidance.

Individual birds can grow up to three feet in length, with nearly half that length consisting of long, tapered tail feathers.

Peacocks sport tail feathers with finely grooved structures that split apart sunshine, wave by wave, and sort it into shimmering bands of color.

So in the new study, Clark and colleagues put tail feathers from 14 species of «bee» hummingbirds — a rowdy group that includes the Anna's hummingbird — into a wind tunnel.

When placed side by side, for instance, some of the Anna's hummingbird's middle tail feathers started to mimic the vibration of those on the edge of the tail, producing a much louder but also uniform noise.

Males who use their long, elegant tail feathers to attract mates now have less stuff to strut: Their tails are short, probably deformed by radiation.

Zhou's group examined 11 Jeholornis fossils with preserved tail feathers and found that four had both aerofoil - like fans up to 10 centimetres long at the base of their tail and frond - like tufts of feathers at the tips.

But right now, its five tiny black tail feathers are splayed out indignantly like a miniature Indian headdress.

A team led by Jian Zi of Fudan University in Shanghai examined peacock tail feathers using both an optical microscope and a scanning electron microscope.

A flashy little hummingbird in the Bahamas could get upgraded to full species status, thanks to research that began with noise - making tail feathers.

Each exquisitely preserved specimen has the telltale traits of a modern bird: fan - shaped tail feathers, highly fused bones at the ends of the wings, and the U-shaped wishbone familiar to anyone who has carved a roast chicken.

The changing hues of a peacock's splendid tail feathers have always captivated curious minds.

«At a foot in length, the amazing tail feathers of Changyuraptor are by far the longest of any feathered dinosaur,» said Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of the Dinosaur Institute at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and lead investigator on the study.

It is also the oldest known example of a dinosaur with asymmetrical tail feathers, meaning that the vane on one side was bigger than on the other.

Flaunting its bodacious tail feathers, a peacock perches on a pedestal.

The pattern on Shen's tail feathers breaks loose a memory Po has about how he was parted from his parents as a cub.

there is the music video for «Shake A Tail Feather» performed by The Cheetah Girls.

Tracks 1: Communication (1:28) 2: Ice Man Cometh (2:22) 3: Ridin» Shotgun (2:58) 4: Ring - a-ling (3:28) 5: Naked Lunch (2:00) 6:... it Wasn't Comedy (2:54) 7: Children of the Corn (4:23) 8: Charlotte's Web (2:08) 9: Sitchiation (1:17) 10: Shake Yr Tail Feather (1:15) 11: Route 666 (1:50) 12: Mole Asses (3:20) 13: Refreshify -LRB-: 56)

They are well - known for their bright, pumpkin orange cheek patches, regal yellow crests and their long sleek tail feathers.

Congo African Greys boast shiny black beaks and bright red tail feathers, while the Tinmeh Greys have horn colored mandibles and tailfeathers of deep maroon.

Your pooch will dazzle everyone with his or her gorgeous tail feathers in this peacock costume.

Typical tail feathering was also clear, with 62 % having feathers profuse at the base and shortening toward the tip.

Bald eagles become sexually mature at five to six years with maturity usually corresponding to when their head and tail feathers become white.

You may even spy a motmot, Nicaragua's national bird, that boats the most brilliant blue tail feathers.

When he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2009, among the works he showed was an installation based on his childhood bedroom — featuring a small boy having an unsettling encounter with a matronly figure — and a sculpture called Chicken Man Gong: in which a metal dish sprouted tail feathers, an elongated head and stood on spindly fish - netted legs.

Pink tail feathers come and go.

The work reveals how the males of certain hummingbird species go beyond the usual avian song - making methods, exploiting the turbulence around tail feathers to add to their conventional vocalizations when trying to attract a mate.

They can defend in battle by flipping their hardened tail feathers to face their foe.

The diving sounds, made from the flutter of the outermost tail feather, also seem similar to the males» vocalizations, Clark says.

They found that there tended to be more mites on the hummingbirds» outer tail feathers than inner, and saw that mites often nestled between the barbs of individual feathers, sometimes in high numbers.

In its place, recently discovered fossils such as Epidexipteryx — a 6 - ounce dinosaur with long tail feathers — stood out as the earliest birds.

For the most part they ignored us and we never bothered them, except I did give myself permission to stroke their tail feathers while they were nesting.

So you can imagine my surprise when, nine months later, I pulled into the carport one chilly April evening and my headlights illuminated a mama flycatcher perched in the very same corner of the carport with her tail feathers in the air and frazzled look that plainly said: «Where's my nest, Bitch?»

However, it is bad form for a roller to «twizzle» by trying to touch its tail feathers with its beak.