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A class of vertebrates distinguished by their feathers and their two legs and two wings. Birds are warm-blooded animals, and their young hatch from eggs.

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

notes for birds

Some scientists argue that modern birds are descended from the dinosaurs.

Those are saguaro cactuses…the big ones…birds make holes in them and build their nests inside.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Desert Golfing is the distillation of Angry Birds into its purest essence.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But since that explosion of popularity, Angry Birds has become about everything else.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

And in this way, it follows not what Angry Birds became, but how it began.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The sun shone and the birds sang, and the day was beautiful without when she at last fell asleep again.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
I asked whether he or the crew had seen any prodigious birds in the air about the time he first discovered me?
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
"They're great pink birds, without any feathers on 'em," replied the Hole-keeper, solemnly.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl