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| Birds Sing Sweeter in Summertime Necklace | | 2008-07-17 12:29:49 | | Copyright © 2008 Timika. Visit the original article at http://kyesi.com/birds-sing-sweeter-in-summertime-necklace/.
This lovely necklace was handcrafted by San Francisco California based mixed media artist Barbe Saint John.Her designs are made from old, forgotten, discarded, broken, rusted items that most people considered worthless.Birds Sing Sweeter necklace aqua colored facet quartz stone, tiny turquoise beads, plastic sparrow [...]
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| | Baby Blue Birds & Imitation of Paris | | 2008-07-15 20:23:58 | | Because of this little fella, we’ve been on restriction in the backyard. See him in there?
It’s a baby blue bird and he and his twin have been clambering to make the “big leap” and explore their big new world. Our crazy parents have been spending their time watching them through the blinds with binoculars! The [...] | | By: mydogshavefleas.com | | |
| | Stars and birds | | 2008-07-15 18:13:14 | | Here’s another image to illustrate one of my favorite poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, “The Encounters of an Adventurous Snail”.
“I have seen the stars.
I went up to the highest tree
In the whole poplar grove,
And saw thousands of eyes
In my own darkness.”
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In a previous post I mentioned that journalist and nature writer Madeleine Metzler wrote [...] | | By: Wild Light | | |
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| Baby Birds | | 2008-06-28 13:30:02 | | These photos was taken by my hubby at his work. There were 3 baby birds. He made lots of shots for me, and these are some of his shots.
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| | Birds | | 2008-06-28 13:30:01 | | I hope you don't get bored with my photos :D It is birds again.... I always make shots when we gave them bread. Who knows if I can get nice shots hi hi hi hi.... So, these are my shots for this week. | | By: Picturing of Life | | |
| | For the Birds | | 2008-06-26 20:07:41 | | Game Seventy-Nine - Cubs 4 Orioles 11
WP - Radhames Liz (2-0) LP - Jason Marquis (6-4) Save - None
Lou Piniella's crew became the last team in the majors to record their 30th loss of the season following just their third series defeat at home of the year. The Orioles became only the second team to walk into Wrigley Field this year and leave after taking two of three from the Chicago Cubs.
After a good month and posting a 4-0 record in 4 starts, Jason Marquis was simply horrible. Marquis did not pitch with the same confidence he had in his previous outings and he left after allowing 7 runs, all earned, on 7 hits in 4 innings. The Orioles put the game out of reach in the 3rd inning when they scored 5 times, all with 2 outs. Marquis walked 3, one intentional, and the Orioles managed only 3 hits, but all 3 of the free passes scored.
The Orioles plated 2 more in the 4th and kept tacking on until they built an 11-0 lead in the 6th inning. Aubrey Huff hit 3 doubles, went 4-for-5 with 3 run | | By: Chicago Cubs Online | | |
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| Quail: Birds of a Feather | | 2008-06-24 13:11:10 | | Growing up in Southern California has its perks; one of them being the weather! Michelle Nguyen, who is 25-years-old, produced a line called Quail which is currently based in Long Beach. Michelle has had her line going for four seasons, and recently graduated from L.A.’s Biola University. Under the lens of dark haired, tattooed models, vintage silhouettes [...] | | By: Smarter Fashion Blog | | |
| | Look at the birds | | 2008-06-15 10:30:00 | | W hen you shift your mind into neutral and just let it idle, where do your thoughts go'? Do you worry about money'? We are to be careful with money, but Jesus taught that we are not to be full of care about it. If you have given yourself to God, you don't have to worry about life's necessities. God Himself has assumed responsibility for your food and clothing.Speaking of our need for food, Jesus pointed to the birds. He said, "They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" That doesn't mean we get what we need by doing nothing. Birds must scratch andsearch for food. The point is, they don't worry about it.Jesus instructed us to center our lives on God's kingdom. Then clothing, food, and drink will be ours as well. Look at it this way: If you center your life on money, you'll ultimately leave it or it will leave you, and you'll also lose out on God. But if you center your life on God and doing His will, all the | | By: Nice Reading | | |
| | The Birds Fly Into Boston...Bye Bye Birdies...BEAT LA! | | 2008-06-10 04:48:00 | | Those Orioles from Baltimore are in Boston to play a three game set starting tonight (Tuesday). And yes, it will be muggy, hot and humid, at least for game one. Some relief is in sight for the Wednesday and Thursday evening contests, relief in the form of a cool front which will march through the northeastern states sometime Wednesday afternoon. The humidity will go down to tolerable levels and the temperatures will back off by 15 degrees or so. Yesterday here in Connecticut, those temperatures topped out at about 97 degees F. That's too warm for this time of year. And on that sizzling note, here are the pitching matchups for the first place Boston Red Sox (40-26) and the last place Baltimore Orioles (31-31)... Daniel Cabrera (5-2, 3.98 ERA) vs. Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.07) tonight Garrett Olson (5-1, 3.86) vs. Bartolo Colon (3-1, 3.91) Wednesday Jeremy Guthrie (3-6, 3.40) vs. Jon Lester (4-3, 3.50) Thursday.Notice that 5 of the 6 scheduled starters have ERAs in the threes. The lone except | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Boston Bops Birds - Colon Sharp Enough...Red Sox 9 Orioles 4 | | 2008-06-02 04:31:00 | | Bartolo Colon won his third straight decision while wearing a Boston uniform and the Red Sox went on a hitting tear, several of them, in fact, and defeated Baltimore 9-4. Another highlight was home run #501 from Manny Ramirez. But Bartolo Colon, who struggled a little bit more than in his first two starts but is clearly what this team needed after Matsuzaka went down, pitched into the 7th inning, giving up 4 earned runs (the last one came in courtesy of Javy Lopez), on 7 hits. He struck out 5 and threw a total of 102 pitches. If he keeps going like this, and he thinks his velocity has not fully returned yet, he will help his club immensely. The O's third base coach, Juan Samuels, said this to Colon as he passed by him yesterday...“I told him, ‘You’ve got your sh*t back,’ Samuel said."Peter here...well said, Juan. I couldn't have put it better myself. I wonder if the Yankees' front office is kicking themselves for not signing Bartolo to an almost risk-free deal like their bitter | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Two Birds In A Cage… | | 2008-05-26 07:00:47 | | …discuss what they see as art in 27 seconds. As a followup to yesterday’s post, this funny video illustrates some of what W.J.T. Mitchell says about offending images in “What Do Pictures Want“:
“…images are not words. It is not clear that they actually ’say’ anything. They may show something, but the verbal message or speech [...]
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| | IndianWildlifeClub’s Online Monthly Chat: Role of Urban Birds | | 2008-05-17 23:35:49 | | Chat on 18th May 2008
Log in to IndianWildlifeclub.comfor an online chat on “Role of Urban Birds” between 7.30 PM (IST) and 8.30 PM (IST) on 18th May 2008.
The chat will be moderated by Dr. M Shah Hussain, who is is the Scientist Incharge of Aravalli Biodiversity Park, New Delhi. He is attached to the Center for [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
| | Birds’ Add Two Linebackers | | 2008-05-14 13:58:28 | | The Eagles have signed BYU linebacker Markell Staffieri, and Cal U linebacker Gary Butler.
I don’t want to hate on these guys, but can you say camp bodies?
>>Eagles sign ex-Norfolk State QB (The News Journal) | | By: Inside the Iggles | | |
| | Birds in the picture | | 2008-05-10 01:31:22 | | Fort Collins - A tourist-filled raft slammed into the Class 3 rapid Sarah's Hole on the Cache la Poudre River one morning this week.Some rafters grimaced, others screamed or laughed as they punched through the waves. Their faces were captured by photographer Charlie Malone.When Malone was done shooting, he pulled the memory stick out of his Nikon camera and slipped it into a tiny Lycra backpack worn by a gray pigeon named Lucky.Malone gently released the bird riverside, and Lucky took wing.Malone and the company he works for, Rocky Mountain Adventures, were relying on the uncanny - and scientifically mysterious - ability of homing pigeons to fly for tens and even hundreds of miles and find their way home.No one knows how they do it, said pigeon expert Charles Wolcott, a professor of neurobiology and behavior at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.Wolcott believes pigeons rely on "multiple, redundant systems" to navigate accurately - using vision, smell and even the Earth's magnetic field | | By: Pets Knowledge | | |
| | Birds Of Tokyo 'Silhoettic' Video | | 2008-05-09 06:50:51 | | Birds Of Tokyo are out with the video to their new single 'Silhoettic', directed by Matt Weston, the lead release from the Perth, Australia alternative rock band's forthcoming independently released sophomore album. Watch it below the fold. | | By: Rockdirt.com - Rock Music News | | |
| | Birds of Paradise | | 2008-05-06 03:11:03 | | Myna Birds Singing (Woodlands)
At about 1pm while waiting for the children to come back, I saw this lovely scene. At first, there were no birds, but later one bird came and then another one. The first one I saw, keep nodding its head. I did not understand what it means. Next, [...] | | By: Moments That Inspire | | |
| | | Tests Confirm T. Rex Kinship With Birds | | 2008-04-24 23:18:28 | | By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
In the first analysis of proteins extracted from dinosaur bones, scientists say they have established more firmly than ever that the closest living relatives of the mighty predator Tyrannosaurus rex are modern birds.
The research, being published Friday in the journal Science, yielded the first molecular data confirming the widely held hypothesis of [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
| | Inside the National Beijing Stadium aka. Birds Nest | | 2008-04-18 10:05:22 | | After months of waiting I finally got to into the National Beijing Stadium. I went to the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Women’s race in the afternoon. The men’s 20 kilometer race was held in the morning. It was quite a warm day in Beijing, so the men got a better deal.
Security was [...] | | By: Beijing Olympics 2008 | | |
| | Modest opening for Birds Nest Stadium | | 2008-04-17 00:26:01 | | A modest opening ceremony was held yesterday for the opening of the new Birds Nest Stadium. The stadium is fast becoming an icon for Beijing and the 2008 Olympics. The stadium is famous for its lattice type exterior giving its nickname the ‘Birds Nest’.
The first event for the stadium will be held tomorrow. [...] | | By: Beijing Olympics 2008 | | |
| | Bird Songs - 250 North American Birds in Song | | 2008-04-14 13:15:05 | | Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in SongBy Les Beletsky List Price: $45.00Price: $29.70 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
Book Description : Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds including the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker in a stunning new format. Renowned bird biologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study... | | By: Store Books Cheap | | |
| | “Role of Urban Birds”, IWC’s Monthly Online Chat | | 2008-04-14 11:34:43 | | Chat on 18th April 2008
Log in to IndianWildlifeclub.com for an online chat on “Role of Urban Birds” between 7.30 PM (IST) and 8.30 PM (IST) on 18th March 2008.
The chat will be moderated by Dr. M Shah Hussain, who is is the Scientist Incharge of Aravalli Biodiversity Park, New Delhi. He is attched to the Center [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
| | | Even Birds Hate A-Rod | | 2008-04-04 10:31:00 | | OK, well not THAT A-Rod.A young Red Sox fan from Connecticut was clipped by a hawk while taking the tour of Fenway Park yesterday and sustained a minor cut to her scalp. She was treated at a local hospital and released, and will be fine.Her name: Alexa Rodriguez.She was part of a group taking the tour of the park when a hawk, who had a nest in an overhang near the press box, spotted them. When the tour got to about 40 feet of the nest, the hawk came at them, and scratched the unfortunate girl on the head. The nest was removed later in the day by state wildlife officials.I can't help but think there's a message in there somewhere for that guy who plays third base for the Yankees. | | By: The Mighty Quinn Media Machine | | |
| | Hope is Birds Singing in the Cold Darkness | | 2008-04-04 06:40:59 | | It's still dark out there and there are still small patches of snow. But the birds are singing I can hear them out there in the cold darkness. They are singing because they know that spring is coming, even though there very little evidence. Their song is a song of hope.At this moment all is OK in my world. I'm not thrilled about three of the four court hearings we have to face in the next few weeks (one of them, April 22nd, we finalize the new boys, so THAT I am looking forward to). But for today, all is well. Today there is not anything too tough on my schedule today (a United Way Presentation in late afternoon is all) and the kids have been very well behaved this week.But there are other days when things don't seem this hopeful. There are days when my world seems cold and dark. And I have to ask myself, "Do I have the strength to sing in those situations?" Often, I probably do have the strength, but I just choose not to. I would rather moan. And the more negative things I | | By: Never a Dull Moment | | |
| | Do Birds Know More About Eating Fruits Than Humans Do? | | 2008-04-02 19:41:00 | | Fruit-eating birds actively select fruit with the highest concentrations of antioxidants – compounds that help them maintain a healthy immune system – ecologists have found. This is the first time that a group of antioxidants known as flavonoids have been found to boost the immune system in studies on living animals, as opposed to test-tube studies. The results are published online in the British Ecological Society’s Functional Ecology.Researchers from the University of Freiburg and the Max Plank Institute for Ornithology in Germany offered a group of blackcaps a choice of two foods. The foods were identical in all respects except for the amount of flavonoids they contained, and the researchers found that the blackcaps actively selected the food with added flavonoids.As well as the food selection experiment, the study also looked at whether or not the flavonoids had an impact on the birds’ health. They found that, compared with birds not fed the antioxidants, blackcaps that ate | | By: Whole Food And More | | |
| | FISHES, ANIMALS, BIRDS | | 2008-04-02 11:21:10 | | The leader points at the players in turn, speaking as though mechanically: fishes, animals, birds. And suddenly he/she points at one of the players not in turn: "animals!" In 3 seconds this player must name any of the animals. If the player makes mistakes (names the fish or the bird instead of the animal) or can't remember the name or names the animal which was already mentioned, he/she becomes the leader.ARTISTSNOT TO THE POINTWHAT IS THE VOLUME? | | By: Children Party Games | | |
| | Birds Get 3 More Draft Picks | | 2008-03-31 20:12:55 | | The NFL announced it’s compensatory picks today, and the Eagles were rewarded with 3 of extra draft picks.
The league gives out draft picks to teams that lost more free agents than they gained. The Iggles lost Michael Lewis, Rod Hood, Donte’ Stallworth, and Jeff Garcia, and gained Kevin Curtis and Monate Reagor.
So when you see [...] | | By: Inside the Iggles | | |
| | Red birds gather | | 2008-03-27 11:39:45 | | When I pulled into my driveway yesterday, before I got out of the car I noticed that a small, still-bare bush was sheltering: a robin, two red finches and a male and female cardinal! It's as if they said, "All red birds over here!"Female cardinals are underrated, I think, for their beauty.Photo by Tom HindmanAtom
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| | Plastic waste killing birds | | 2008-03-26 11:20:03 | | Albatross in Midway island are dying due to consuming plastic waste
According to a breaking news report by By David Shukman [...] | | By: Comprolive | | |
| | Birds of a Feather... | | 2008-03-18 04:37:57 | | ...always flock together.It's a basic understanding: you are who you associate with. Who you choose to spend your time with, are seen with, relax with, will determine who you become. It may sound overly generalizing, but it's the truth. The people you choose to call your friends are the people that will ultimately shape and mold your future. If your friends are interested in cars, pop music, and dancing, most likely you will be into those things as well. If your group of friends are into networking, planning ahead, and thinking positively, you will most likely pick up those good habits as well. It can just as easily work the other way. People outside your niche of friends will judge you by the people you surround yourself with and you do the exact same thing when you observe other people. You instinctively observe the people a person associates with and will make an instant judgment of that individual based almost entirely on his/her friends.Be careful who you spend your time w | | By: Big Fish | | |
| | T-Birds Buffalo-Bound | | 2008-03-17 10:49:03 | | Contrary to a report on the Rocky Mountain District web site, the Colorado Thunderbirds U16 AAA team advanced to the National Tournament today with an overtime over the Texas Attack. In early play,...
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| | Dice K OK As Sox Beat Birds 7-4..Hello To Sal S. | | 2008-03-15 04:37:00 | | Atlanta sustained a direct hit by a suspected tornado last night (Friday). There was an NCAA tournament in progress at the time and people inside the building described the increasing air pressure in great detail. 20 people were hurt, some severely, but no one perished, thank GOD. But it was much calmer in Florida as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-4. Daisuke Matsuzaka was servicably good, giving up a couple runs in his four innings. He had this to say after the contest ended after 6.5 innings...“In terms of the four games that I’ve pitched so far, I feel that things are coming along well,” Matsuzaka said through a translator. “As I’ve said before, I’m a slow starter. So, in my fifth start, the thing I’ll be working on is focusing on my first inning. From the third inning onward, I felt like I got a lot better,” Matsuzaka said. “It would be nice to bring that state to the start of the game.”Manny slammed a two run four hundred plus foot home run | | By: Peter's Red Sox Forever | | |
| | Spitzer & Clinton: Birds of a Lustful Feather | | 2008-03-13 23:52:16 | | I’m back - set of broken ribs and all. I won’t tell you I got these broken ribs by skydiving or rassling a bear, because you probably wouldn’t believe me, so I won’t tell you. Days have passed, and I don’t know if Nancy Pelosi knows it or not, but the FBI [...] | | By: Forgot To Ask | | |
| | 2 birds with one stone | | 2008-03-01 23:35:42 | | Just finished reading the International Narcotics Report released by the State Department today (2.29.08). I tell you, the Taliban got it going on and it seems to be all charged by the hate of US – the United States and the West. According to the report:"Narcotics production in Afghanistan hit historic highs in 2007 for the second straight year. Afghanistan grew 93 percent of the world’s opium poppy, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Opium poppy cultivation expanded from 165,000 ha in 2006 to 193,000 ha in 2007, an increase of 17 percent in land under cultivation... The export value of this year’s illicit opium harvest, $4 billion, made up more than a third of Afghanistan’s combined total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $11.5 billion. Afghanistan’s drug trade is undercutting efforts to establish a stable democracy with a licit economic free market in the country. The narcotics trade has strong links with the anti-government insurgency, most co | | By: Raw Dawg Buffalo | | |
| | Chris Clemons To Sign With Birds Today | | 2008-03-01 05:20:02 | | Howard Eskin was the first to report Clemons as a possible signing, and now Clemons own agent thinks a deal will get done.
Chris Clemons, who had eight sacks as a linebacker-defensive end for the Raiders last season, will sign with the Eagles today, agent Don Henderson said last night. “We’ll get it done,” Henderson predicted, as [...] | | By: Inside the Iggles | | |
| | For The Birds, Pixar | | 2008-02-22 19:41:35 | | A veces uno se siente asà cuando, intenta meterse en su propio “cuaderno”, y como hay que tomárselo con algo de humor, pues que mejor que un “corto” que fué finalista, en los premios Oscar, de hace unos años (que en pocas horas, serán celebrados).
Es de la factorÃa “Pixar” y es de esas animaciones, [...] | | By: Memoria De Una Desmemoriada | | |
| | For the birds - short comic video by Pixar | | 2008-02-17 15:54:34 | | I love Pixar. Each and every video from those guys is a masterpiece. I really am a fan of their creations and i cannot hide it.So here it is. One of the best short comic videos i've ever seen.I really enjoyed it. I promise you will too.
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| | Flight engineers learn from birds and insects | | 2008-02-05 18:07:56 | | Birds, insects and other natural flyers are teaching engineers how to build flapping-wing aircraft that can withstand flying in a “messy environment”, through snow, rain, and wind gusts.
More at ScienceDaily.
See two birds in a mid-air collision. | | By: Wild Light | | |
| | Tips on Photographing Birds in Flight. | | 2008-01-15 02:58:00 | | 1. The problem of stabilityStability starts, not with your camera, but with your feet and legs. As bipeds, humans are inherently unstable, any movement of our arms and/or shoulders is immediately compensated for by a complex series of lower body adjustments, all of which contribute to camera and lens movement. You can only be moderately successful shooting while standing and when it is windy you might as well forget it entirely.The answer is to sit on a chair or on a stool with three legs. No one wants to drag around a four-legged canvas chair and they are not stable on rough terrain. There are a number of three-legged stools available but most are not suitable. Rough terrain and the necessity of supporting a heavy body that will twist and lean to one side or the other precludes most of the lightweight camping stools or massage stools I have see advertised.The solution: for several years I have used a Swedish Walk-Stool which is very strong, easily collapsible, portable and comfortable. Made in Sweden (with all the design expertise we expect in a Swedish product) it is available all over the world; you can find a distributor at www.walkstool.com. With your lower half stabilized you can easily rotate your upper body from the waist and move your arms up and down while following the bird. But that’s not all there is to stability.Richard Pavekmore : fourthirdsphoto | | By: DSLR CAMERAS ONLINE | | |
| | Humor jokes-Mom eats birds | | 2008-01-09 03:59:10 | | Little Johnny was all out of sorts one morning. When his father asked him what the problem was the kid said, "I'm mad at mommy, cause she eats birds."His father said he didn't know what Little Johnny was talking about.Little Johnny replied, "I was up late last night and heard noises coming from your bedroom. When I listened at your door, I heard mom say, 'should I swallow it or let it fly' !" | | By: Really funny jokes | | |
| | | big birds | | 2007-12-20 15:54:00 | | .no Porto há pardalada e umas gaivotas para as bandas da Foz. Pelos quintais, uns gatos e uns cachorros.... quando vi uma raposa na porta do hotel em Dublin até que fiquei espantado, mas nada se compara ao desfile de abutres em plena cidade de Nairobi....Já deu para perceber por onde ando.... até hoje às 23h? | | By: solas na mesa - photo blog about portugal ( and mo | | |
| | Birds Theme | | 2007-12-07 12:57:40 | | Nice theme from eseth.netThis birds theme is compatible with Nokia E61, Nokia E61i, Nokia E62, Nokia N77 cellphones only.Click the picture to download the theme. | | By: Free Cellphone Theme | | |
| | Ordinary Birds Turn Violent | | 2007-10-02 08:07:00 | | You had better watch out, because these birds can turn on you at a moment's notice. I have never liked geese that much anyway compared to most other birds.
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| | Birds Attack Video | | 2007-09-05 14:40:34 | | http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3310450333114068064
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| | When Birds Collide | | 2007-09-04 17:40:11 | | Two sparrows collide mid-air, reminding me a little of France’s Zidane head-butting Italy’s Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup Soccer final. No information on what was said before the two birds crashed. | | By: Wild Light | | |
| | Dirty Birds | | 2007-08-20 13:54:00 | | Having the received and read the first ever issue of Drunken Werewolf zine - i was very impressed by it - i realised that i hadn't said i thing about DW's cover star, Kat Flint, and her lovely new album, Dirty Birds. Not yet released as Kat hasn't found a label to put it out yet (silly music industry people), she produced a limited set of 120 copies to give to those who help her create this wonderful piece of music, by donating any extra change they could spare. Funfunfun donated a handsome sum of £10 - all my student loan could spare - waited eagerly to see the outcome and i wasn't let down.It plopped through my letterbox a few months and from the first look at the handmade cd case, all expertly folded, hand-printed cover and beautifully presented sleeve notes, you could tell that Dirty Birds was a labour of love without even having to listen to the music. Its such a treat to look at. Now the music...its beautiful, even more so that the packaging. Kat's voice has flourished with | | By: funfunfun | | |
| | Prayer | from Conference of the Birds | | 2007-08-19 18:12:24 | | God said to David:“Tell my servants prayerShould be creation’s all-consuming care;Though hell were not his fearnot heaven his goal,The Lord should wholly occupy man’s soul.But if the sun did not light up the day,They would not think of Me, nor ever prayTheir prayers know nothingof love’s selfless pain;Not love inspires thembut mere lust for gain.True prayer seeks God alone; its motives startDeep in the centre of a contrite heart.Tell them to turn from all that is not Me;To worship none but God continuously;To heap together all the world can show;To break it piece by piece and blow by blow;To burn these fragments in one vivid flash,And scatter on the winds the swirling ash –When they have done this they will understandThe ash they grasped for with each greedy hand.”If it is paradise for which you prayYou can be sure that you have lost your way.- Conference of the Birds by Farid Ud-Din AttarTranslated with an introduction by Afkham Darbadni and Dick Davis | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
| | Birds of Prey Centre | | 2007-08-08 22:40:19 | | On our last full day in Cornwall the other month we decided on a visit to the Birds of Prey Centre, the other side of Newquay from where we were staying.It's a relatively small place, but even though neither my wife or I are especially fanatical about raptors we had a good time. The weather was looking a bit dodgy when we arrived, and it wasn't certain if the flight display would be able to proceed later on. We had nearly an hour, wandering around and looking at all the birds, before it started chucking it down. Instead of the display the owners decided to host an impromptu talk in one of the inside areas. I think I actually enjoyed this more than I would have the flight display - instead of fiddling with the camera all the time trying to get 'the shot' of a bird in flight we actually got to chat with the owners. It quickly became obvious how much they care for what they do and how much regard they have for the birds. They brought a couple of the birds in - a Harris Hawk and a Buzz | | By: Dave's Photo Blog | | |
| | Birds Help Trees Soar | | 2007-08-02 06:17:00 | | Birds boost tree height up to 33 percent by munching on pesky parasites that can literally suck the life out of the tall-growing plants, a new study shows. Birds remove harmful species of beetles, caterpillars, ants and aphids from branches, Mooney explained, increasing the vigor of trees. His findings are detailed in the August issue of the journal Ecology.
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| | | Birds role in Ecology | | 2007-07-12 07:00:00 | | Muskogee phoenixGardeners and farmers understand the import role birds play in every day ecology.
In back yards and nature preserves, bird watchers flock together during the early morning hours to catch sight of migrating and local birds.
The more you know about the lifestyle of the birds in your neighborhood, the more easily you will be able to attract them as well as recognize their songs and calls... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Joba Chamberlain Likes to Chase Birds | | 2007-07-09 02:47:39 | | During the Futures All-Star game today, former Husker pitcher Joba Chamberlain came in to pitch the third inning. After a foul ball, Joba strolled toward a bird that had located itself between the pitcher’s mound and home plate.
He tried to spook it off, but it just casually wandered toward the foul line. Suddenly realizing that he was on national TV, Joba turned around and returned to the mound.
After the inning, when interviewed by Erin Andrews, Joba laughed and said that the bird was just hanging out, looking for some seeds or something.
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| | The Modern Version of The Birds & The Bees | | 2007-07-01 05:27:32 | | My Aunt Barbara sent me a bunch of jokes this afternoon - here is one of them for your reading pleasure! If you like it, be sure to leave some feedback below with the “comments” form!
A little boy goes to his father and asks “Daddy, how was I born?” The father answers: “Well, son, [...] | | By: Joe's Journal | | |
| | (One year ago today) THE SENSE OF THE WHITE BIRDS | | 2007-06-09 00:01:00 | | O! White birds fly down the raging river lineAnd white hot are the sun’s rays bathing the shore,And I think of this war and of my own borrowed complicityThat will be my shrieking, loathsome marrow felt forevermore!You cast it masterfully, dangling your lureOf every feeble people’s swindler in your damn book.You’d rather not have “pull out” swim the raging water,But it’s out there! The nibblers bleed from your despotic hook!I think of all the Iraqi people, and I weep.And of their homes and shame at having believed in us;Freedom, democracy, clean water, safe streets, living;I think of your lies and at once am asphyxiated by our oily lust!O! The white birds flying the river can see it,They can see the shoreline and they can see the nectar,They glimpse a fabrication in America’s half-truths,For they see the ancient beauty of Iraq swilling in fumes of war!The bird senses our pandering, illicit ambition,The looming and buckling hell of shorelines stony crustAs the warring winds | | By: Poetic Justice (Dont burn the flag. Wash it!) | | |
| | Birds, Bees, and Moths Drive Flower Evolution | | 2007-06-08 07:00:00 | | IaFlowers evolve in a predictable fashion to match the mouthparts of pollinating birds and insects, rather than engaging in a gradual “arms race#148; between flower and pollinator, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Santa Barbara. An article describing the study is published in the June 7 issue of the journal Nature.
The research builds on work done by Charles Darwin more than 140 years ago.... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Onomatopoeia for Birds | | 2007-05-19 01:45:00 | | Onomatopoeia exist in languages and used as one of the tool of expression. I think Japanese onomatopoeia is especially rare in the world because some of them are not heard at all like real ones. Here is new onomatopoeia for birds.Birds...............English..................Japanese“Owl”.................Hoot.......................... Hôhô（ホーホー）“Cockerel”........Cock-a-doodle-doo...Kokekokko（コケコッコ）“Chicken”.........Cheep..........................Piyo-piyp（ピヨピヨ）“Hen”...............Cackle / Cluck............Kokkokko（コッコッコ）“Crow”..............Caw.............................Kâkâ（カーカー）“Dove”...............Coo.............................Kûkû（クークー）“Duck”...............Quak..........................Gâgâ（ガーガー）“Sparrow”........Chirp...........................Chun-chun（ちゅんちゅん）This is always fun and interesting to compare with these kinds of onomatopoeia, | | By: Discover Japan! | | |
| | | | Billions of Birds | | 2007-05-03 00:05:45 | | We don’t live in a particularly rural area. In fact, from our house you can hear the roar of the highway in the not-so-distant distance. The Boston Post Road is just a few blocks away and the mall is only a mile or so down the road.
Still, we are fortunate enough to have a wooded area at the back of our house, with a stream running through it, and all the neighboring backyards are open and unfenced. It’s the perfect environment for lot of birds.
In the morning, our back yard is a cacophony of birdsong. We’ve got quite a variety of feathered friends chiming in. There are the usual visitors–sparrows and robins and mourning doves and crows, cardinals, bluejays, and starlings. We also have some woodpeckers and a lovely pair of yellow-bellied sapsuckers.
I’ve also seen a great-crested flycatcher and a scarlet tanager–bright flashes of color as they zip past. There are finches, but I couldn’t tell you what kind. There might be a mockingbird&nda | | By: Smoochmonkey | | |
| | Gooney Birds on Midway Atoll | | 2007-03-12 23:23:00 | | Just like you'd guess from its name, Midway Atoll is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, half way between the US mainland and Japan. That geography made it a strategic outpost during the second world war.The atoll's best known inhabitant would have to be the gooney bird.Over three-quarters of a million laysan albatross or gooneys nest at midway every year, that's seventy one percent of the world's population.From July to October, most birds are out at sea, feeding at night on fish and squid. They come ashore for the breeding season. The chicks hatch around January to February, and spend the next six months practising their take-offs and landings.These still images are taken from movies that NHNZ Images has in its collection, and which are available for sale to include in your production, please check out our website for the on-line catalogue, demo reels, and soon to be launched newsletter.If you'd like to subscribe to this blog, check out the panel on the right, and while you' | | By: NHNZ Images | | |
| | Love Birds as pets!! | | 2007-02-22 06:40:00 | | I have a pair of love birds who are very dear friends of mine. I just love spending time with them. I keep talking to them whenever I feel a lil lonely and when there is no one around. Their funny antic, gestures and the deep bonding churns up myriad emotions in me. Today I did a bit of a research on the net on these adorable and cute species of birds and here is what I found.Species: There are several species of lovebirds (genus Agapornis and but the most commonly found species in the pet trade include peach faced lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis, masked lovebirds (Agapornis personata) and Fischer's lovebirds (Agapornis fischeri). There are many color mutations found in peach faced lovebirds and several mutations in some of the other species, so there are many color variations of lovebirds available.Size : Lovebirds are small, compact parrots about 5-6 inches in length.Expected Life Span: Up to 15 years or more.Temperament: Very active, curious, and playful, lovebirds pack a lot of p | | By: Pet Greeting Cards & Ecards | | |
| | Visitors' birds-eye view of flower show | | 2007-01-18 07:00:00 | | EDP24
Visitors will be able to enjoy a bird's-eye view of one of Norfolk's most popular events for the first time this year. A wide-ranging package of attractions has been lined up for the Sandringham Flower Show on Wednesday, July 25. New for 2007 are hot-air balloon rides which, weather permitting, will provide a lofty vantage point to see the showground and the Queen's private country home... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
| | Birds, snow, cats and creativity | | 2007-01-16 15:44:00 | | Well. The title says it all! LOLHere's the scene from our front door Saturday morning:Don't those poor little birdies look COLD? And yes, I know, we need to take the Christmas lights down.Thursday, we took poor Buddy in to get a few things removed; claws & um, boyhood things. He was a hurting unit when he came home Friday.I've decided I want to try making stitch markers & jewelry. I'm still waiting for a tool kit, but I managed to make one (yes, ONE!) stitch marker and a couple of bracelets for the girls. I didn't get a photo of the bracelets before they went off to school this morning, but I'll get one later. Meanwhile, here's the lone stitch marker:I've been working on Mark's sweater exclusively. I want to get it done for him while it's still winter! LOL And the UPS guy came yesterday to drop off a package and just ranted & raved about his scarf, how much he liked it and how everyone comments on it. Gave me a big ole warm fuzzy! Here's the sweater in progress:I'm doing th | | By: Rachel's Ramblings | | |
| | Birds that make teeth (Press Release + Summary) | | 2006-11-18 20:21:03 | | Contents:1) Birds that make teeth (Press Release)Gone does not necessarily mean forgotten, especially in biology. A recent finding by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and colleagues from the University of Manchester have found new evidence that the ability to form previously lost organs--in this case, teeth--can be maintained millions of years after the last known ancestor possessed them. Birds do not have teeth. However, their ancestors did--about 70 - 80 million years ago. The evolutionary loss of teeth corresponded to the formation of the beak that is present in all living birds. Nonetheless, it has been known that if mouse tooth-forming tissue is in contact with bird jaw tissue, the bird tissue is able to follow the instructions given by the mouse tissue and participate in making teeth, and that these teeth look very much like those of mammals. However, Drs. Matthew Harris and John F. Fallon and colleagues have found that modern birds retain the ability to make | | By: Evolution Research - Main Blog | | |
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