You cannot fly like an eagle…
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren
A William Henry Hudson quotation
Identify this bird
This bird is the eastern representative of a widely distributed species that has been subdivided into 12 additional subspecies in western North America. It’s breeding range, is from southeastern Nebraska, northern Illinois, southern Michigan, and central Pennsylvania south to central Arkansas, northern Mississippi, central Alabama, central Georgia, and the highlands of South Carolina.
It can be seen from southwestern British Columbia and the Pacific coast region and from central United States to southern Mexico. The commonest numbers of eggs found in their nests are from 5 to 7. Perhaps 7 might be the average set.
This bird is a gentle and confiding bird, rather courting than avoiding human society. It is a familiar dooryard bird throughout most of its range. Almost any suitable cavity or place of support will suit this bird for a nesting site.
Civilization has provided this bird with an unusual variety of homes. Any opening of ready access invites its attention; among those used are holes in fence posts, tin cans, empty barrels, discarded clothing hung in buildings, baskets, bird boxes, deserted automobiles, oil wells, and crevices in stone, brick, or tile walls.
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren
By William Henry Hudson
Bird Quotation Popularity Poll
(4 answers max)
Loading ...
Add any comments below and/or name the bird.
Large view/credit: wikipedia +
license
The eagle does not catch flies
The eagle does not catch flies
An old proverb
Identify this bird
This bird lives mostly in tropical deciduous forests. The maximum elevation they normally are found at is about 1,200 meters. They are found on tropical hills and lower slopes around 500-900 meters in the tropics.
Some reported foods in their diet include mammals, birds, reptiles, dead and decaying flesh, and fish.
They have a large platform nest situated in trees or ravines and lay one egg. Its movements are poorly understood.
Typical meaning: Important people don’t concern themselves with small or insignificant matters or, and here’s a more controversial take, with insignificant or unimportant people.
The eagle does not catch flies
Variations:
Eagles don’t catch flies
The eagle does not hunt flies
Bird Quotation Popularity Poll
(4 answers max)
- Loading ...
Add any comments below and/or name the bird.
Read More
The old age of an eagle…
The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow
A old Greek proverb
Identify these birds
These birds appear in North America and northeastern Siberia; casual in Berinuda, and accidentally in Sweden.
The flight of these birds (when grown) is powerful and impressive, but not so graceful or inspiring as that of the golden eagle. Its ordinary traveling flight appears heavy and labored, as it moves steadily along with slow beats of its great wings. However it is really swifter than it seems, as is often the case with large birds. But in pursuit of its prey it develops marvelous speed, which the swiftest wild fox can seldom escape.
The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow
By unknown author
Bird Quotation Popularity Poll
(4 answers max)
- Loading ...
Add any comments below and/or name the bird.
Read More
When you soar like an eagle…
When you soar like an eagle, you attract the hunters
A Milton S. Gould quotation
x
Identify this bird
These birds have always been looked upon as emblems of power and valor. Its soaring flight, with its pure-white head and tail glistening in the sunlight, is really inspiring and a sight to behold.
When you soar like an eagle, you attract the hunters
By Milton S. Gould
Bird Quotation Popularity Poll
(4 answers max)
- Loading ...
Add any comments below and/or name the bird.
Large image: wikipedia
Read MoreThere is an eagle in me …
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud
A Carl Sandburg quotation
x
Identify this bird
I am a very large bird of prey, with a length of 76-90 cm (30-36 in), an average weight of 5.2 kg (11.6 lbs) and a wingspan of 190-260 cm (6.25-8.5 ft).
I am (Polemaetus bellicosus) Africa’s largest bird of this type and am the only member of the genus Polemaetus. My preferred habitat is the semi-desert and open savannah. I cautiously avoid dense forests, however I need trees to nest in.
hippopotamus amphibius
There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud
By Carl Sandburg
Bird Quotation Popularity Poll
(4 answers max)
- Loading ...
Add any comments below and/or name the bird.
Large image/Image credit: wikipedia +
license
African Safari Adventure
