Five Birds Have Changed What We Know About How Animals—and Planes—FlyAfter researchers studied bird flight in unprecedented detail, they found birds tilt and angle their wings to accelerate using drag and slow down using lift.
Gorgeous, Gruesome Reminders to Bird-Proof Your WindowsThe glass window, not the brick wall, brought about this bird's demise.
Incident: Europa B738 at Madrid on Apr 30th 2018, bird strikeAviation Herald - News, Incidents and Accidents in Aviation
It’s the 10th anniversary of the ‘Miracle on the Hudson.’ Here’s what we’ve learned since.A new documentary from the Smithsonian Channel will show how wildlife biologists pieced together the events leading up to the “Miracle on the Hudson,” and work to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
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Bone Eater BirdImpression of a bird left on a window. The imprints are caused by the bird’s powder down, a special type of down which helps feathers to grow. In some species, the tips of the barbules on powder down feathers disintegrate, forming fine particles of keratin, which appear as a powder, or ‘feather dust’. When a bird strikes a glass pane, the power is shaken lose and adheres to the glass. The effects are simply amazing
Bird vs. Building: Portraits of Flight Gone WrongMinneapolis artist Miranda Brandon gives victims of bird strikes new life.
This Week in History: 1945I could not get excited about writing about the August 12, 1898 US annexation of Hawaii for today’s blog post. (I could get excited about Hawaii’s statehood, which happened in my childhood, but its…
Amidst a growing glass skyline, Philly looks to keep buildings from becoming an avian death trapBy ornithologists' best estimates, between 350 million and a billion birds in the U.S. die every year from colliding into the windows of buildings. Lacking good depth perception, birds are unable to distinguish reflections in glass from the real thing, causing them to fly into the window at full...
How to Stop Birds from Flying Into Your WindowsWondering how to stop birds from flying into your windows? Here are 23 easy ways to prevent bird strikes and protect backyard birds. The post How to Stop Birds from Flying Into Your Windows appeared first on Turning the Clock Back.
I flew 16 hours business class with Turkish Airlines and, while the food was excellent, the upgrade is only worth it for a long-haul flightTurkish Airlines is a top-20 airline, but few people I know fly it. I flew in business class on my way home. It was good, but not extraordinary.