The boy is seen gently stroking the chick's soft feathers at it curls up in his arms.
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After a few more tries, I swore I heard something — owls have super-soft feathers that make almost no noise as they swoop in for the kill.
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The care with which it was painted — the almost abstract composition, the contrast of soft feathers against a smooth peel — make it seem soothing at first, and then unsettling.
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No doubt these were cheap souvenirs bought hastily in an airport gift shop, but no matter: the colorful, clench-fisted, slightly menacing figures thrilled me with their strangeness—a sensory confusion of soft feathers, bold stripes, O-shaped mouths, and alarmed expressions.
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Pigeons are meek and gentle with soft feathers which follow humans well. They symbolize the peace and security of mankind, and they mean to desire the unification of the Korean Peninsula and the well-being of citizens.
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The young birds have the same colour as adult from the nest, but with lighter color in the margin of wing-coverts. Nestlings have very thick slate-coloured soft feathers on the upper and white down on the under.
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Therefore, in combination with its less soft feathers, the flight of a snowy owl can be somewhat audible at close range.Wagner, H., Weger, M., Klaas, M., & Schröder, W. (2017). Features of owl wings that promote silent flight. Interface focus, 7(1), 20160078.
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A feather louse Degeeriella elani is known from the species. The soft feathers of black-winged kites can lead to adherence with some grass seeds which may be dispersed by the species. However such seeds can pose the risk of entangling their wings.
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The female builds a nest high in trees often overhanging streams. The nest is an open cup lined with soft feathers, mosses and small leaves. The exterior, covered with lichen and other plant litter bound with spider silk, measures wide and deep, with the inner cup wide and deep.
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This species is long and weighs (average ). Like other trogons, elegant trogons have distinctive male and female plumages (sexual dimorphism), with soft feathers. Both sexes have a white undertail with fine horizontal black barring. The undertail also has large white tips spaced evenly ending in a black terminal band.
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This song was also the first track on some versions of I'd Rather Believe in You, and in Australia the track was retitled "Images". A followup to "Pirate", "War Paint and Soft Feathers", did not chart. As with her other two Warner Bros. releases, Cherished has never had a legitimate reissue in any format.
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The red-backed mousebird (Colius castanotus) is a species of bird in the Coliidae family. It is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name mousebird is based on bird's soft feathers with texture similar to a mouse's fur. The red-backed mousebird got its name from the red or chestnut color patch on its back.
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Soft feathers emerge from the base of the bill to form a fan- shaped crest. Many other characteristics are shared with the black-legged seriema (Chunga burmeisteri), the only other living member of its family. Some of these traits are discussed in the Cariamidae article. The song has a quality described as "a cross between 'the serrated bark of a young dog and the clucking of turkeys'".
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Both parents start guarding the nest as soon as the first egg is laid, and they both incubate the clutch in turn. 24–29 days later, the young hatch, vulnerable and entirely dependent on their parents. They look nothing like the adults with their white-grey short, soft feathers, their wide blue eye-ring and their yellow bill. During the first two weeks, both adults brood the young.
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Grandmother Winter is a picture book for children which describes the seasons in a poetic way. The story is inspired by "Mother Holle" from German fairy tale stories. Grandmother Winter enjoys spending time with her white geese and as they loose their soft feathers, she gathers them together. She uses the feathers to fill a quilt that she makes and when she's finished sewing, snowflakes fill the sky.
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The breeding season for these warblers varies from year to year, but can be seen to average from around September to January. The nest style produced is the enclosed pendant, very similar to that of the grey warbler. The female birds are the sole nest builders, and incorporate mosses, lichens, leaves, bark, feathers, small twigs and spider webs into the nests. The nests are also seen to be lined with soft feathers.
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It will defend its territory with a quick peck if the territorial display fails. The female builds a flimsy nest of twigs, roots and grasses, which are collected by her mate, in a tree and lays one or sometimes two white eggs which are incubated for about 20 days to hatching, with a further 12 or more days to fledging. The jambu fruit dove is long and weighs about . It is a plump small-headed bird with soft feathers and very distinctive colouring including a white eye ring, orange bill and red legs.
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Hearing is birds' second most important sense and their ears are funnel-shaped to focus sound. The ears are located slightly behind and below the eyes, and they are covered with soft feathers – the auriculars – for protection. The shape of a bird's head can also affect its hearing, such as owls, whose facial discs help direct sound toward their ears. The hearing range of birds is most sensitive between 1 kHz and 4 kHz, but their full range is roughly similar to human hearing, with higher or lower limits depending on the bird species.
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