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Albatrosses are large seabirds, one species having the largest wingspan of living birds. Albatrosses are legendary their clumsiness on land and for their ability to cover vast distances in the air; they are regarded by some as the souls of lost sailors.
Albatrosses are prominent symbols in literature: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, where the sailor who shot an albatross dead is forced to wear the dead bird around his neck, and Charles Baudelaire wrote The Albatross.
Nineteen of twenty one albatross species are in danger of extinction due to pollution, food depletion by overfishing, and methods of fishing that entangle and kill the birds.
The albatross has lent its name to several early flying machines, and its image is represented in emblems of organizations involved in the oceans and seas.
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Archaeopteryx (“AR-kee-OP-ter-iks”), the most primitive bird known, has more in common with dinosaur than with modern birds even though it had the ability to fly. The name comes from the Greek archaios = ancient + pteryx = feather/wing.
The preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past are called fossils (Latin fossus = “having been dug up”).
• Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
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Buzzards or Turkey Vultures have returned to the area of Hinckley, Ohio on March 15th for years.
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Flamingos, wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus, are very social birds that live in colonies that can number in the thousands. Flamingo species are found in both the Old and New World.
Flamingos are the national bird of the Bahamas and pink plastic flamingos mimicing the habit of flamingos to stand on one leg, are popular lawn ornaments.
• Alice plays croquet with the Flamingo, Giclee Print
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The jackdaw is a passerine bird in the species Corvus, the genus of crows and ravens. The Jackdaw of Rheims, by Richard Barham, is about a jackdaw who steals a cardinal's ring and is made a saint.
FYI - Passerines are the perching birds, characterized by having four toes, three directed forward and one backward, joining the foot at the same level.
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Dodos (Raphus cucullatus) were flightless birds native to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
Poster text:
D for the Dodo,
no more we shall meet,
See his hooked bill,
and his short wings and feet!
The dodo has been extinct since the mid 17th century due to human activity.
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Egrets are a tall, white wading bird found on every continent except Antarctica. They are herons, members of the order Pelecaniformes.
The Great Egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society which was first established to protect birds from feather hunters that decorated the fashionable hats made famous by such actresses as Lily Elsie.
Egrets, herons are member of the order Pelecaniformes
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Falcons are any species of raptor in the genus Falco which are found throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
Falconry, training birds of prey to catch game, is more than 3,000 years old, beginning with nomads in central Asia. Today Peregrine falcons are also occasionally used to scare away birds at airports to reduce the risk of bird-plane strikes, thus improving air-traffic safety.
• Hunting Falcon
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Canada Geese flying in V-shaped formation are a familiar signal of the seasonal transitions into spring and autumn.
• Canada posters
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The Peacock is the National Bird of India.
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The phoenix, a mythological bird of rebirth and resurrection, is found in many cultures - Egyptian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Native American. The phoenix is most often represented as a firebird; the word may be related back to the Phoenicians.
• Reincarnation: The Phoenix Fire Mystery : An East-West Dialogue on Death and Rebirth from the Worlds of Religion, Science, Psychology, Philosophy
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Ravens are highly intelligence birds, perhaps as wolves and some breeds of dogs.
... Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more. ...
• The American Society of Crows and Ravens
• Impressionist posters, Manet
• more Edgar Allan Poe posters
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Resplendent Quetzal is a member of the Trogoniformes order. The word trogon, Greek for “nibbling”, refers to their habit of gnawing holes in trees to make nests.
Trogons are also heterodactyly, their digits (toes/claws) numbers 3 and 4 point forward and digits 1 and 2 point back.
• The Quetzal is the source of the long green feathers for the Aztec's rituals.
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Storks have long been of interest to people due to their large size, ability to feast on vermin, and willingness to nest close to human habitation.
In Germany, where storks are the national bird, they were thought to prevent fires and people encouraged them to nest on houses by building high platforms around the chimney.
Storks are in the order Ciconiiformes.
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Swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial feeding of insects (and dive bombing cats, who if smart, choose to watch from a safe place - personal observation).
Swallows are migratory birds and among the most celebrated journeys in the world is the cliff swallows annual flight between Argentina and the American Southwest. The Mission of San Juan Capistrano in California has claimed the swallow as its icon because their nesting in the eves and archways of the buildings.
• Mary Ellen Edwards, illustrator - Thoughtful Girl Watches the Swallows Migrate to Warmer Climes
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Swans, genus Cygnus, are in the same family as geese and ducks. The word swan is from the Indo-European swen, and the Latin sonus (to sound, to sing).
Because swans mate for life and are very beautiful birds, they carry symbolic meaning in human culture: the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan, in Hinduism the swan in the vehicle of many dieties, Hans Christian Anderson wrote The Ugly Duckling about a young swan, Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin uses the Swan Knight legend, and Tchaikovsky gave us the ballet Swan Lake.
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Lyre Bird
L for the Lyre Bird,
a mimic so sharp,
Stately he stands,
with a tail like a harp.
• more alphabet posters
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Giant Flip-and-Learn Wall Chart
Opens into an easel with 16 brightly colored flip charts boldly introduce your kids to numbers, shapes, ABCs, and telling time, as well as animals, dinosaurs, insects, birds and more.
• more reading posters
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