tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65821949669886342682024-02-21T02:15:01.501+05:30THE EAGLE'S NESTEagle, Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Aves, Order: Falconiformes ( or Accipitriformes, q.v.), Family: AccipitridaeRonManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406652609603705755noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582194966988634268.post-40309340627707494332015-02-26T18:10:00.002+05:302015-02-28T00:45:09.093+05:30A Symbol Of Hope - Eagle at Freedom Square, War Ravaged Kobane, Syria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Amidst the ruins of Kobane, the Eagle sculpture in Freedom Square stands unscathed as a symbol of hope for the Kurds. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Guwahati: Naga and Pangti, two Amur falcons, which were fitted with satellite chips, have flown back to Doyang in Nagaland from South Africa almost a year after they set off on their migration journey, tracked for the first time, by ornithologists.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Last year this time, the two birds and another Amur falcon Wokha were fitted with satellite tags to track their incredible route, hitherto unknown to ornithologists. Every year from October, Amur falcons start flying down to Doyang from Mongolia, Northern China and Southeastern Siberia to escape the harsh winter and to roost here before starting off on their journey to the warmer climes of South Africa. About a million Amur falcons come to Doyang to roost. While Naga and Pangti were able to make it to Doyang this year, Wokha, the female bird, couldn't.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Wokha's satellite track record showed she was still in South Africa. But it is also suspected she may have died or the tag may have fallen off. Naga's satellite track showed he flew over Senapati Churachandpur in Manipur, Aizwal in Mizoram, entered Bangladesh, flew over the Bay of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Goa before flying over the Arabian Sea and then reached the Coast of Somalia. Naga then flew over Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and then entered Botswana. On his return journey, Naga flew over Somalia, the Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Manipur, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China, inner Mongolia and finally Nagaland on October 29. Pangti, also a female, followed almost the same route as Naga and reached Doyang on the same date.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Rao said that apart from tracking the migration routes, the satellite tagging carries the message of conservation in Nagaland. "This is a proud moment. The satellite tagging has put Nagaland on the world map. People who were once hunters have helped preserve this species. Doyang is now abuzz with the success of this movement," Rao added.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 25.5360012054443px;">EAGLE, common name for large predatory birds of the family Falconidae (</span><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-hawk.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 25.5360012054443px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">hawk</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 25.5360012054443px;"> family), found in all parts of the world. Eagles are similar to the buteos, or buzzard hawks, but are larger both in length and in wingspread (up to 71/2 ft/228 cm) and have beaks nearly as long as their heads. They are solitary birds, said to mate for life. The nest, or aerie, of twigs and sticks is built at a vantage point high in a tree or on a cliff in a permanent feeding territory and is added to year after year, the refuse of the previous nests decomposing beneath the new additions. Nests can become enormous, measuring up to ten feet across and weighing well over 1,000 pounds. The eaglets (usually two) do not develop adult markings until their third year, when they leave parental protection and seek their own mates and territories. </span></div>
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RonManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406652609603705755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582194966988634268.post-61500743288658056812014-11-24T14:31:00.000+05:302014-11-24T14:31:09.370+05:30HI RES EAGLE WALLPAPERS - OVER 600 OF THEM ON WALL.ALPHACODERS.COM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>This graceful eagle is the largest of all the Himalayan birds. It is large and powerful and readily distinguished from all other birds of prey. In soaring overhead the broad wings are held wide open in a V slightly above the line of the back, as in king vulture and black eagle. The feathers of the hind crown, rape and hind neck are lancaolate, blackish-brown and tipped or edged golden or tawny Rufus. The thighs, upper and under tail coverts and shoulder of the wings are distinctly rough-brown.</i></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.1em;">African Cuckoo-hawk (</span><i style="line-height: 1.1em;">Aviceda cuculoides</i><span style="line-height: 1.1em;">)</span><span style="color: #444444; display: inline; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.1em;" title="African Cuckoo-hawk appears in the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 2 page 107"> - HBW 2, p. 107</span></h1>
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<strong>French:</strong> Baza coucou <strong>German:</strong> Kuckucksweih <strong>Spanish:</strong> Baza Africano<br /><strong>Other common names:</strong> (African) Cuckoo-falcon, African Baza</div>
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<strong>Taxonomy:</strong> <i>Aviceda cuculoides</i> Swainson, 1837, Senegal.<br />Forms superspecies with <i>A. madagascariensis</i>, and possibly also with <i>A. jerdoni</i> and <i>A. subcristata</i>. Three subspecies recognized.</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><b><i>cuculoides</i></b> Swainson, 1837 - woodland from Senegal E to SW Ethiopia and S to Nigeria and N Zaire.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><b><i>batesi</i></b> (Swann, 1920) - lowland rain forest from Sierra Leone E to E Uganda and S to N Angola.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><b><i>verreauxii</i></b> Lafresnaye, 1846 - woodland and coastal, riparian and montane forest from Kenya S to N Namibia and South Africa.</li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald eagle
babies attain adult plumage in about five years.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald
eglets leave the nest at about 12 weeks old.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald
eagles are monogamous and pairs mate for life.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Adult bald
eagles weigh 8 to 14 pounds (3.6 to 6.4 kilograms) with the female eagle the
larger and heavier of the two genders.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald
eagles can live a long time, with a longevity record of 28 years in the wild
and 36 years in captivity.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald
eagles' call consists of weak chirping whistles, harsher and shriller from
young birds than adults. Calls can be between mating eagles, or to warn of a
predator.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They have
excellent eyesight and the frontal setting of their eyes gives them</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2184-humans-eagle-vision.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #00467f;">excellent
binocular vision</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">as well as
peripheral vision.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These
eagles are powerful fliers; they can reach speeds over 35 mph (56 kph) during
level flight and between 75 to 99 mph (121 to 159 kph) in a hunting dive.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald
eagles hunt cooperatively — one bird will scare prey and another will grab it
with</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><a href="http://www.livescience.com/7979-raptors-deadly-talons.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #00467f;">its
sharp talons</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald
eagles' favorite food is fish, but they will also eat other birds, ducks,
muskrats and sometimes turtles. They also they eat carrion (dead animals)
willingly, and are notorious for robbing osprey of their catches.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The
eagle's sharp, hooked beak helps it tear through its prey.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bald
eagle's closest relatives include the African fish-eagle</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(Haliaeetus
vocifer)</em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of
sub-Saharan Africa and the white-tailed sea-eagle</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(Haliaeetus
albicilla)</em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">of
Eurasia.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bald
eagle builds the largest nest of any North American bird, up to 13 feet (4 m)
deep, 8.2 feet (2.5 m) wide, and 1.1 tons in weight.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A bald
eagle will harass a hunting osprey until the smaller raptor drops its prey in
midair, where the eagle swoops it up. A bald eagle may even snatch a fish
directly out of an osprey's talons. Fishing mammals (even people sometimes) can
also lose prey to bald eagle piracy.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">An average
adult bald eagle weighs about nine pounds and is about three feet in height.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The wingspan
of an eagle measures from 5.5 to 7.5 feet.</span></li>
<li><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A pair
of bald eagles from Florida is credited for building the largest nest that
measures six meters deep, four meters wide and weighs nearly three tons.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The bald eagle
is not actually bald. It got its name from “piebald” meaning spotty or patchy
which aptly describes the bald eagle with its brown body and white head and
tail. In addition, the word bald is actually derived from an Old English term
“balde” meaning white.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Did you know that bald eagles have remarkably
good eyesight? They can see four to seven times better than people. They can
see things from a very far distance of up to one mile. This characteristic
enables them to search for their food high up in the sky or from a perch in a
tree or cliff.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald eagles
are also called American eagles, fishing eagles, Washington eagles and
white-headed eagles.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald eagles
breathe with their lungs and air sac system. They breathe through the openings
on the side of their beaks called “nares.”</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Eagles do not
have vocal cords. They make a high-pitched, shrill squeaking and screeching
sounds via the air that passes the bones in their neck. Specifically, the sound
is created the area where the windpipe is separated going to the lungs. The
eagle’s calls are made to deepen the bond between married eagles or to warn
predators not to pass their territory. The screaming sounds of eagles you hear
in the movies are actually those of the red-tailed hawk used to provide a
dramatic effect.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald eagles
can fly at approximately 30 miles per hour and can dive at 100 miles per hour.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Female
American eagles are larger than their male counterparts. The female’s height
range from 35 to 37 inches with a wingspan of 79 to 90 inches. The males are
between 30 to 34 inches tall with a wingspan of 72 to 85 inches.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bald eagles
have long and broad wings making them capable of high flying. They have an
estimated 7,000 feathers which are lightweight but very strong and flexible.
The feathers also act as their protection against heat and cold as they trap
layers of air.</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">The
beak and feathers of American eagles are made of keratin, the same material
that makes up human hair and nails. The bird’s beak has a hook at the tip with
an upper mandible behind it used to slice through thick skin. The beak has
other uses apart from eating. Though a strong and sharp weapon, it can take
care of its mate’s feathers or feed an eaglet.</span></li>
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The <b>Accipitridae</b>, one of the two major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Family (biology)">families</a> within the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Order (biology)">order</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accipitriformes" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Accipitriformes">Accipitriformes</a> (the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnality" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Diurnality">diurnal</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird of prey">birds of prey</a>), are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammals" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mammals">mammals</a>, with a number feeding on carrion and a few feeding on fruit. The Accipitridae have a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_distribution" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Cosmopolitan distribution">cosmopolitan distribution</a>, being found on all the world's continents (except <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a>) and a number of oceanic island groups. Some species are<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_migration" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird migration">migratory</a>.</div>
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RonManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406652609603705755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582194966988634268.post-4260291271089840272013-03-26T02:29:00.003+05:302013-03-26T02:29:57.166+05:30BORN FREE - Eagle Wallpaper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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RonManhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06406652609603705755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582194966988634268.post-55983141681769876092013-03-26T02:22:00.002+05:302013-03-26T02:22:54.628+05:30When it rains !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">The eagle can identify a rabbit moving almost a </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mile away. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Meaning, an eagle flying at an altitude of 1000 feet over open country could spot prey over an area o</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">f almost 3 square miles from a fixed position.</span></div>
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I love hearing the stories that they tell</div>
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They've seen places beyond my land, And they've found new horizons</div>
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They speak strangely but I understand</div>
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And I dream I'm an Eagle</div>
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And I dream I can spread my wings</div>
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Flyin high high, I'm a bird in the sky</div>
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I'm an Eagle that rides on the breeze</div>
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High, High, what a feeling to fly</div>
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Over mountains and forests and seas</div>
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And to go anywhere that I please"</div>
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