According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such as gliding, soaring, hovering or flapping in the most effective ways. The ...

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The contrast between quail, cormorant and eagle was striking, and I wondered, why do birds have different kinds of wings and flight patterns? When you consider that there are over 9,000 species ...

A quail taking flight is somewhat like a rock with a bad set of wings as these pudgy birds madly flap, exerting great effort to get off the ground. On a backcountry hike I enjoyed a much different ...