| 单词 | flight feather |
| 例句 | The veins of her flight feathers were split and dry. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The tips of her flight feathers had grown in, and she could stand and walk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She closed the slots between her flight feathers and maneuvered the bumps like a mogul skier. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z So she preened her flight feathers, wiped her cheek on her shoulder, and walked under an overhanging rock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was molting his flight feathers and chose to be alone. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Over Gilboa, she braked by pulling down on her secondary flight feathers and tail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Thrown off balance, Frightful fanned her flight feathers, regained her equilibrium, and went after the owl. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She tipped, spread her flight feathers like fingers, and braced herself against two wires. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As their flight feathers appeared, their white down disappeared. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z One of the vultures flew off, dropping a flight feather, "long, dark and beautifully curved, lying there on the pavement like an open parenthesis." Thor Hanson's 'Feathers': a delightful inquiry into a lightweight miracle 2011-06-16T19:58:05Z The illustration shows a bird’s wing, which has two layers of flight feathers, the long primary feathers and the shorter secondary feathers, which overlay the primary feathers. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they grew flight feathers, she started going up in a microlight, first for a one minute flight, then for twice that time the next day. Up above the world so high: Woman flies with geese over the Alps 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The ordeal had left Chi Chi a little beat up — scratched and missing one of her flight feathers — but she survived. Perspective | Chi Chi, the feathered banana, flew away. Chance brought the cockatiel home. 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z It lacked the long, strong flight feathers characteristic of birds. Bat-winged dinosaur was intriguing detour in evolution of flight 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Given that, plus structural differences revealed by electron microscopy analysis, it’s likely that Anchiornis feathers weren’t suitable for flight, Schweitzer says, but represent an intermediate stage in the evolution toward flight feathers. Fossil feathers reveal how dinosaurs took flight 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Two types of flight feathers are found on the wings, primary feathers and secondary feathers. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “They were not flight feathers,” said paleontologist Baoyu Jiang of Nanjing University, who led the research published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. Wondrous extinct flying reptiles boasted rudimentary feathers 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z While there, they also replace their flight feathers. Louisiana biologist ventured to Arctic Circle to band geese 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z On the other hand, an earlier find of enantiornithine wings in amber revealed a feather structure remarkably similar to flight feathers of modern birds. Baby Bird from Time of Dinosaurs Found Fossilized in Amber 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z He unable to fly when he was found because all 44 of his flight feathers were cut, apparently with scissors. Hawk recovering after wings were clipped with scissors 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Fossils of older feathered dinosaurs exist, but the feathers do not have the characteristics of flight feathers. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the feathers appeared black to the naked eye, microscopic analysis revealed that the flight feathers were mostly dark brown, while the covert feathers ranged from a slightly paler brown to silver or white bands. Rare Dinosaur-Era Bird Wings Found Trapped in Amber 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z She checked for flight feather wear and found nearly no damage. Hope for the birds 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z The presence of flight feathers on such a young bird is reinforcing the idea that enantiornithes hatched with the ability to fly, making them less dependent on parental care than most modern birds. Baby Bird from Time of Dinosaurs Found Fossilized in Amber 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Without their flight feathers, they can't fly long distances or avoid predators. Birds Are Dying As Drought Ravages Avian Highways 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Prior to developing flight feathers owlets are more easily detected and wholly reliant on their parents for food. Fledging great horned owls learn art of flight, how to hunt 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes they took ravens and eagles for their plumage to bedeck themselves with the beautiful black flight feathers. Secrets of Neandertal Cognition Revealed 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z At shows, judges look for things like feather quality, color pattern and identical bars on the flight feathers, Gross said. Pigeons come home to South Dakota teenager 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z A snowy owl that apparently was hit by a bus in Washington flew back into the wild on Saturday, after weeks of rehabilitation in Minnesota and procedures to replace its flight feathers. Snowy owl that visited D.C. returns to the wild 2014-04-22T20:45:06Z This movement of the primary flight feathers, the researchers found, changes the shape and size of the wing in such a way as to very precisely control the lift they generate. Hummingbirds' wings 'shape-shift' 2013-07-04T07:43:08Z And as exciting as the discovery of hind-leg flight feathers might be, says Norell, other clues are needed to really understand the locomotion of birds. First Birds Might Have Flown on Four Wings 2013-03-14T21:15:00.407Z That’s a long way from running on land, a change in speed and agility requiring not only wings and flight feathers but sharp senses and sophisticated brains for long-distance vision and high-speed action. Side Effects: Skull Analysis Charts the Changes From Dinosaurs to Birds 2012-06-01T03:31:49Z Red-tailed hawk eyases will begin to grow flight feathers starting around three weeks. City Room: More Answers About the Baby Hawks 2012-04-27T22:18:36Z “The snowy flew off with strong, steady wing beats, showing off the new flight feathers,” said Julia Ponder, the Raptor Center’s director. Snowy owl that visited D.C. returns to the wild 2014-04-22T20:45:06Z Hop, hop, then the impression of flight feathers in the snow. Scientist at Work Blog: Following the Wolf Pack 2012-02-14T17:26:33Z Those which are cockerels show their flight feathers earliest. Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. 2012-01-19T03:00:19.390Z His flight feathers hardly reached beyond his finger-tips, and his body was covered with a sparse coating of sooty black down. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z From there, feathers adapted to become complex branching structures, eventually culminating in the asymmetrical flight feathers of the early bird Archaeopteryx and its living relatives. Amber Inclusions Showcase Prehistoric Feathers 2011-09-15T17:45:00.233Z The male of the common wild duck is called the mallard, and soon after his brown duck begins to sit the drake moults the whole of its flight feathers. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z It is to the agency of these hooklets alone that the closely-knit, elastic vanes of the flight feathers and the body feathers are due. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Pip right now is working hard to put in a full set of flight feathers. City Room: Answers About Pip and Violet, Part 2 2011-05-26T18:01:30Z We shot one bird, which, true to its reptilian nature, spread both wings, locked its flight feathers among the twists of a liana tangle, and there hung suspended out of reach. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Quill, one of the large, stiff, strong flight feathers or tail feathers of a bird; the hollow, basal part of a feather; a large, hollow, sharp spine. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z On August 4 and 5 the young were well feathered, but flight feathers were not fully grown and the young remained in the nest or perched on nearby branches. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas Those which form the “flight feathers” of the wing, and the tail feathers, are the most perfectly developed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Adult raptors lose or “molt” only a few flight feathers at a time, because they cannot afford to be grounded. City Room: Answers About Pip and Violet, Part 2 2011-05-26T18:01:30Z The principal difficulty which is encountered is the occasional appearance of one, two or three white flight feathers in the wing. Ducks and Geese To clean forearm in a small bird, use the thumb nail to shove skin forward toward wrist, on front of wing, without breaking union of large, secondary flight feathers with wing bone. Taxidermy In the juvenal plumage flight feathers of the kites are brown, barred with white, much different in appearance from the dark, slaty plumage of adults. Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas But their outspread wings are a mockery, the flight feathers showing as a mere fringe of quill sticks, which beat the water helplessly. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Once Pip has a full set of flight feathers he will be ready go, although, as you can see from his classmates, the downy remnants will give him a comical look for a while longer. City Room: Answers About Pip and Violet, Part 2 2011-05-26T18:01:30Z As in the Toulouse avoid any white flight feathers. Ducks and Geese One of the most deadly means of killing off the black swans was to chase them in boats, and either to net or club them, when they had shed all their flight feathers. The Naturalist on the Thames White with part of each flight feather black, and with down of pale buff, it is a handsome bird, strong and firm of flesh, and possesses remarkable powers on the wing. Confessions of a Beachcomber To keep the birds from flying away it is necessary to clip the flight feathers of one wing or what is safer still to pinion the bird. Ducks and Geese Like the Canadian the Egyptian goose is likely to become uneasy at times and one wing should therefore be pinioned or the flight feathers clipped to keep the birds from flying away. Ducks and Geese Two of the flight feathers should be white and birds lacking these must be avoided. Ducks and Geese These defects are apt to be associated with colored flight feathers which is also a defect to be avoided. Ducks and Geese |
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