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1Bird ringing — (also known as bird banding) is an aid to studying wild birds, by attaching a small individually numbered metal or plastic ring to their legs or wings, so that various aspects of the bird s life can be studied by the ability to re find the same… …
2Bird anatomy — Bird anatomy, or the physiological structure of birds bodies, shows many unique adaptations, mostly aiding flight. Birds have evolved a light skeletal system and light but powerful musculature which, along with circulatory and respiratory systems …
3bird band — bird bander. bird banding. a band put on a bird s leg to identify it for observations about its range, behavior, longevity, migration patterns, etc. Also called, Brit., bird ring. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * bird band, U.S. a band put on a bird s leg… …
4Bird ichnology — is the study of avian life traces in ornithology and paleontology. Such life traces can include footprints, nests, feces and coproliths. Scientists gain insight about the behavior and diversity of birds by studying such evidence.Ichnofossils (or… …
5bird band — bird bander. bird banding. a band put on a bird s leg to identify it for observations about its range, behavior, longevity, migration patterns, etc. Also called, Brit., bird ring. [1935 40, Amer.] * * * …
6bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 …
7Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
8leg — n. & v. n. 1 a each of the limbs on which a person or animal walks and stands. b the part of this from the hip to the ankle. 2 a leg of an animal or bird as food. 3 an artificial leg (wooden leg). 4 a part of a garment covering a leg or part of a …
9Bird — For other uses, see Bird (disambiguation). Aves and Avifauna redirect here. For other uses, see Aves (disambiguation) or Avifauna (disambiguation). Birds Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent, 150–0 Ma …
10Bird migration — A flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration …
