Born: Dec. 7, 1956Basketball F college Player of Year (1979) at Indiana St.; 1980 NBA Rookie of Year; 9-time All-NBA 1st team; 3-time regular season MVP (1984-86); led Boston to 3 NBA titles (1981,…
Larry Bird rose from modest small-town origins in French Lick and West Baden, Indiana, to lead Indiana State University to the 1979 college basketball finals, then went on to a stellar professional…
Name at birth: Isabella Lucy BirdIsabella Bird was an English missionary and explorer of the 19th century, known best for her books The Englishwoman in America and A Lady's Life in the Rocky…
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General anatomy of a bird
bird, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animal having its body covered with feathers and its forelimbs modified into wings, which are used by most…
How A Charlie Brown Christmas Came to Pass The unlikely beginnings of a holiday classic by Holly Hartman The first of nearly 50 Peanuts television movies, A Charlie Brown Christmas is the…
Forest Whitaker won an Academy Award for his critically-acclaimed turn as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 feature film The Last King of Scotland. Big, black and with offset eyes, Whitaker has…
From ancient times to the present, certain birds have been considered both symbols and forecasters of events. These eight birds, from every part of the world, have been especially important.…
Born: 1921Birthplace: Stoughton, Mass Medical respirators—Bird developed the first highly reliable, low-cost mass-produced respirator in the world. His “Babybird ” respirator reduced infant…
HOLLOW BONESFLIGHTLESS BIRDSCATCHING FISHCLASS: AVES (BIRDS)FIND OUT MOREBirds are endothermic (warm-blooded) animals that have feathers, beaks, and scales on their legs. They lays eggs, which…
HOW ARE BIRDS’ BODIES DESIGNED FOR FLIGHT? HOW DO FEATHERS HELP BIRDS FLY? CAN ALL BIRDS FLY? WHAT DO BIRDS EAT? FOOT SHAPESBIRD CLASSIFICATIONNESTSMIGRATIONFIND OUT MOREBirds have wings covered…
