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Region. Illinois. The Piasa ( / ˈpaɪ.əsɔː / PY-ə-saw) or Piasa Bird is a creature from Native American mythology depicted in one of two murals painted by Native Americans on cliffsides above the Mississippi River. Its original location was at the end of a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois.
Corvus pyrrhocorax Linnaeus, 1766. The red-billed chough, Cornish chough or simply chough ( / ˈtʃʌf / CHUF; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax ), is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from the western coasts of Ireland and Britain east through southern ...
The grey go-away-bird ( Crinifer concolor ), also known as grey lourie, grey loerie, or kwêvoël, is a bold and common bird of the southern Afrotropics. They are present in arid to moist, open woodlands and thorn savanna, especially near surface water. [2] They regularly form groups and parties that forage in tree tops, or dust bathe on the ...
Silhouette animation. Silhouette animation is animation in which the characters are only visible as black silhouettes. This is usually accomplished by backlighting articulated cardboard cut-outs, though other methods exist. It is partially inspired by, but for a number of reasons technically distinct from, shadow play .
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The frigate bird appears on the national Flag of Kiribati. The design is based on its former colonial Gilbert and Ellice Islands coat of arms. The bird also appears on the flag of Barbuda, and is the national bird of Antigua and Barbuda. There are anecdotal reports of tame frigatebirds being kept across Polynesia and Micronesia in the Pacific.
List of wildlife works of art by Frank Weston Benson. Bird (mathematical artwork) Bird in Hand (painting) Bird in Space. Bird on Money. Bird stone. Bird-and-flower painting. Birds in Meitei culture. The Birds of America.
The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (commonly referred to as an EGA) is the official emblem and insignia of the United States Marine Corps. [1] [2] The current emblem traces its roots in the designs and ornaments of the early Continental Marines as well as the United Kingdom 's Royal Marines. [citation needed] The present emblem, adopted in 1955 ...