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Stacey and Laney Thompson are reflections of one another, identical sisters, companions and everlasting friends. In their small rural town of Eidsvold in Queenland, the Indigenous and white communities are segregated, white farmers claiming stolen land as their own and ravishing the natural resources. Since her grandmother passed away and her mother working long hours as an assistant nurse, Stacey and Laney would care for one another, until Laney begins her nightly rendezvous with Troy, a local boy who Stacey resents for monopolising Laney's time. It’s thought that this might have something to do with the nocturnal nature of their vision, or it could be related to the way that they tilt their heads up whenever danger is near. The potoos today are exclusively found in the Americas, but they apparently had a much more widespread distribution in the past. Fossil remains of potoos dating from the Eocene have been found in Germany. [4] A complete skeleton of the genus Paraprefica has been found in Messel, Germany. It had skull and leg features similar to those of modern potoos, suggesting that it may be an early close relative of the modern potoos. Because the only fossils other than these ancient ones that have been found are recent ones of extinct species, it is unknown if the family once had a global distribution which has contracted, or if the distribution of the family was originally restricted to Europe and has shifted to the Americas. [4]

And its a bit of a love letter to county fairs, but that's just my nostalgia seeping through. Language: English Words: 6,646 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 1 Kudos: 16 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 229 You can’t! They look identical. This is actually a source of frustration for ornithologists since it’s hard to determine which gender is hunting, nesting or courting the other. Whereupon the Skeptics point to the real elephant in the room: At least occasionally, ivorybill pairs must court, mate, excavate a cavity, lay eggs, incubate eggs, and feed the young in the nest, all of which requires the birds to remain in the same location for well over two months. Why, in 62 years, has not a single nest been found? This, perhaps more than anything else, is a problem for teetering Skeptics who might otherwise lean toward belief. Many of America’s top bird-watchers, including David Sibley, have a simple answer: Birders, even the best birders, make mistakes. Every instance of field identification is a judgment call, a sorting of information and formation of an opinion, and sometimes the conclusion is wrong. “It has nothing to do with honesty or expertise or truthfulness,” Sibley says. “We all make these kinds of mistakes. We get excited about a possibility, and our brain tends to jump to that possibility whenever we see something remotely similar.” The most important thing is that there are trees nearby. Great potoos can’t survive in open plains without branches to shelter and camouflage them. 30. Where do great potoos nest?Altitude won’t help with these predators at all. The best guess of researchers is that the height of the nest has something to do with its camouflaging capabilities. 31. Where can I see the great potoo?

Prior to 2018, Nyctibius was considered the only extant genus within the Nyctibiidae; however, a study that year found a deep divergence between the rufous potoo and all other species in the genus, leading it to be described in the new genus Phyllaemulor and expanding the number of genera within the family. [12] This was followed by the International Ornithological Congress in 2022. [11] They stood outside the men’s department store. Nine of them all dressed professionally, but throwing off different aura's. I met their eyes one by one, showing a confidence I would never feel inside. I felt my eyes linger on the last two, both looked slightly older than the others, the first met my eyes with cool indifference and pure calculation, examining me in the same way I did him. The second looked at me in an entirely different way, he looked at me as if he could see the bruises on my skin and the limp I was trying so hard to hide."Some great potoos are completely monochrome; others look tawny with mottled spots on their feathers. Something to keep in mind is that their most famously bug-eyed pictures became famous because they caught the potoo at the silliest possible moment or the worst possible angle. One night while North is working as a bouncer at a bar, his bartender Amy tells him that she doesn't feel safe walking to her car since a guy has been harassing her. North escorts her to her car and notices that someone has messed with her car. North takes her home instead of letting her drive her car. While he and Luke are at her house to make sure she is safe, they notice a bracelet on her dresser that looks very familiar. Why does it look so familiar and what happens when her ex shows up out of the blue and starts drama? After she saw the ivorybill, she said, her first thought was, “For the love of God, I can’t cry. I’m a scientist.” Great potoos usually weigh around 12 – 23 ounces (340-652 g). 5. What is the great potoos wingspan?

What would happen if little Sang wasn't so innocent, if she was still abused but rather than wilting, became stronger. If Sang didn't have the shadows that drew the boys to her would she still get her happily ever after? Or will the boys not find her so sweet to be around. Language: English Words: 3,347 Chapters: 8/? Kudos: 37 Bookmarks: 7 Hits: 769 The great potoo is a medium-sized bird with a stout figure and a large head. It can come in several different colors, including white, gray, brown, burgundy, and reddish-orange. Phylogeny based on a study by Michael Braun and Christopher Huddleston published in 2009 [9] and Costa et al., 2021 [10]

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Crossover From Erin R Flynn's Reverse Harem Story Artemis University. Based on the last known fairy restoring the balance in the world and finding her people and love along the way. The average wingspan of the great potoo is around 28 inches, but this measurement can fluctuate between 27 – 33 inches (68.5-83.8 cm). 6. How can you tell the difference between a male and female great potoo? This is an Academy Ghost Bird Fan Fiction. Many of the characters in the story belong to C. L. Stone with some of my own original additions. The plot is my own creation. Edited and re-released in 2018, The Great God Pan explores themes of the occult, sexuality, insanity and experimentation. It’s an ideal read for people who like traditional 19th-century horror. The Library Suicides by Fflur Dafydd (2023)

There just isn’t enough meat on their bones to make hunting them a worthwhile pursuit. 28. Do great potoos have any other uses? There used to be two recognized sub-species, nyctibius grandis guatemalensis and nyctibius grandis grandis, but these are outdated. You’ll only see them referenced in older books and encyclopedias. The eyes are large, even larger than those of nightjars. As in many species of nocturnal birds, they reflect the light of flashlights. [14] Their eyes, which could be conspicuous to potential predators during the day, have unusual slits in the lids, [15] which allow potoos to sense movement even when their eyes are closed. Their plumage is cryptic, helping them blend into the branches on which they spend their days. However, these strange-looking birds have a lot more going on than their looks might suggest! Get all the facts here: 1. Is the potoo bird real? Since males and females look so much alike, it isn’t known how much or how often the mated pair will share incubation duties.Great potoos live in trees. Most of them prefer the coverage of forests and rainforests, but they’ll also strike out to grasslands, woodlands, foothills, forest edges, and even meadows. The extreme pressures of hunting and museum-collecting on a tiny remnant population in the 19th and early 20th centuries, some Believers say, eliminated the noisy, unwary birds. Natural selection favored the survival traits of silence and extreme shyness, leaving a few nearly mute and hyper-timid individuals far differ- ent from the species said to be revered by Native Americans for its courage. (Many scientists, how- ever, doubt that such behavioral change could occur in only two centuries or so.) If you're looking for a creepy little mystery to sink your teeth into, I recommend this highly. It's also a great option for anyone looking to explore more indigenous authors. LOVED IT.