Podcasts about beaks

Look to the sky, for death comes for thee. This week, it's two killer bird movies with multiple names. First up, birds attack people in BEAKS. Then, more birds attack more people in KILLING BIRDS. Oh, and there's zombies for some reason.

Look to the sky, for death comes for thee. This week, it's two killer bird movies with multiple names. First up, birds attack people in BEAKS. Then, more birds attack more people in KILLING BIRDS. Oh, and there's zombies for some reason.

Dear Listener,Thank you for choosing my evil podcast, Lord Serpent's Library, over all the other podcasts ever made. In this episode, we have a story that will make you gobble in fear. So, set the table, grab your side dishes, and brace yourself for another terrifying tale stuffed full of foul fowl! EVIL (Evil Villains Internationally Lauded),Lord SerpentThis podcast was created by William Charles Brock & Lord SerpentDungeon sounds from phlair at freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/phlair/sounds/388340/)Follow us on Instagram @lordserpentslibrary

Christopher Atkins joined me to talk about Rye Playland, his high school baseball career; modeling; meeting Claudia Black and running into her 40 later; modeling with Brooke Shields, Phoebe Cates, and Lisanne Frank; showing his swing in Blue Lagoon, Randall Kleiser making him sleep with a Brooke Shields poster over his bed for a week before meeting her; swimming with a professional naked baby; William Daniels; being beaten at The Golden Globes by Timothy Hutton; Child Bride of Short Creek about FLDS; Night of 100 Star; hanging out with Paul Newman, Gene Kelly, Mickey Rooney, and Princess Grace; I Love Liberty; The Pirate Movie; Kristy McNichol and its long cult status; her chewing gun; possible reunion; his hit "How Can I Live Without Her"; appearing on American Bandstand; doing Rock 'n' Roll Summer (1985) with Dick Clark; doing a parody of Nastassja Kinski's snake poster; doing Carson with guest host Joan Rivers; getting treated like the Beatles; A Night in Heaven; Perfect Match; Dallas; having Larry Hagman help you move into your dressing room; doing Circus of the Stars and putting your head in a lions mouth; Beaks; doing two movies as a love interest for Joe Pesci's real life girlfriend; twice doing the Jerry Lewis Telethon; Smoke 'n' Lightning; playing a crew member from Blue Lagoon who died of AIDS in It's My Party; his film Amy; how he got into writing and how he wants to make his own film

In this inspiring episode of Living The Good Life, the hosts share an extraordinary story of compassion, science, and second chances. Dr. Rachel Gilardetti a Rhode Island dentist, used her professional expertise in an unexpected way — performing a life-saving dental-style repair on a peregrine falcon's broken beak. Using dental acrylic and composite bonding, Dr. Gilardetti restored the bird's ability to eat and preen, giving it a new lease on life.The falcon, rescued near Rhode Island Hospital and identified as a tagged local bird, is now recovering at The Congress of the Birds in Chepachet, RI. Under the leadership of Sheida Soleimani the organization rehabilitates more than 2,000 wild birds each year and depends on community volunteers and donations to continue its vital work.In the second half of the episode, the hosts shift gears to discuss the growing risks associated with “Buy Now, Pay Later” financing services — a trend that's leaving many consumers trapped in mounting debt despite its convenience. The conversation emphasizes the importance of mindful spending, budgeting, and awareness of fine print before clicking “pay later.”

Beaks suited for opening tough, hard seeds — thick, conical beaks — evolved in more than one lineage of birds. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks are related to cardinals, which also have powerful beaks. Evening Grosbeaks belong to the finch family, which includes goldfinches and crossbills — an entire family of seedeaters. But both these grosbeaks were named before their family connections were fully understood.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org.Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The faces of vertebrate animals are often soft and full of teeth, but there is a common alternative. Birds, turtles, and many more groups have developed toothless snouts covered in a tough sheath. This episode, we'll explore the defining features of beaks and their various functions. And we'll take a tour through animal life past and present to investigate the reasons behind the repeated evolution of beaks among dinosaurs and beyond. In the news: Life on Mars, ancient sharks, mammoth microbes, and ant-eaters. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00 News: 00:07:00 Main discussion, Part 1: 00:42:40 Main discussion, Part 2: 01:38:25 Patron question: 02:21:50 Check out our website for this episode's blog post and more: http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Subscribe to Curiosity Box using our Affiliate Link: https://www.curiositybox.com/CommonDescent And get 25% off the first box with code descent25 Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here: https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

On this episode Ed goes over the quarterly earnings report of multiple parks. After that Ed goes over the changes to ESPN+. Later Ed goes over the wrestling news of the week. AUG 08, 2025 at the WPRK Studios in Winter Park, FL The post Ep. 475- Beaks of America appeared first on Orlando Tourism Report .

Cw: suicide mention, referenced homophobia Burying gold in forests, shipper's goggles make us sad, and we get obsessed with numbers yet again (p0ur 1 6ut 4 2avert). Hugo thrills us with civil status, violet scents and an old man dresses his granddaughter-in-law in his mistress's clothes, then we talk for a while about masculinity.   Listen to Asian Pirate Musical now!  This podcast was produced by Nemo Martin. The audio direction and intro composing is by JDWasabi. It is a Captain's Collection Creation. Bread & Barricades (@LesMisPodcast) | Twitter Bread & Barricades | Tumblr Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lesmispodcast  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LesMisPodcast

Have you ever seen a puffin? With their bright beaks, orange feet and black and white coloring, these birds are very cool to look at. And we've gotten a lot of questions about them! In this episode, we talk with Don Lyons, an educator and avian ecologist with the Seabird Institute in Maine. What are puffins? Why are puffin beaks so colorful? Why do puffins dig burrows? How do puffins learn to fly? How can you tell if a puffin is male or female? How long can puffins hold their breath? Why do they have red feet?Download our learning guides: PDF | Google Slide | Transcript

AI-induced psychosis. DIY castration surgeons. And a Florida couple flogging golden tickets to heaven. It's a buffet of madness this week on The Creep Dive, as Jen, Sophie and Cassie spiral through strange science, online obsession, and some truly unhinged crimes. Also: octopuses are forming societies, and we are officially terrified.Want it ad-free and an extra weekly episode !? Support us on Patreon.com/thecreepdive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimberley from The Beaks (and Po Po Mo Co) chats to Jof about the upcoming performance of Stickybeak at COPACC on Thursday 21st of August.For tickets and further information visit https://www.copacc.com.au/WHATS-ON/COPACC-Theatre-Season/STICKYBEAK-by-The-Beaks-Theatre

Join us this week as we check in with Brad and Alisa at A&B Livestock Supply in Caldwell Texas. If poultry is in your plans, this episode needs to be in your speakers. A&B Livestock Supply ⁠https://www.facebook.com/people/AB-Livestock-Supply/100057208731268/⁠Jimmy Naturals⁠https://jimmysnaturals.com/⁠Purple Circle Magazine⁠https://purplecircle.com/⁠Lazy H Beadwork ⁠https://www.facebook.com/lazyhbeadwork/⁠The Showcase jackpot - Lockhart October 18 ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084330966387⁠The Patriot jackpot - Stephenville Tx November 22⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578573717369#⁠ 

A bird's bill is an incredible multi-tool — good for preening feathers, building a nest, self-defense, scratching, displaying, building a nest, and egg-turning. And a bill must be the right size and shape for the bird's diet, whether that's probing for worms, cracking open seeds, or tear apart prey.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org.Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.

Who is the absolute worst mom in the animal kingdom? Why is there an ominous population of black vultures haunting Pennsylvania? In your relationship, are you the crab or the raptor? Explore these questions and more with Ellen and special guest, science communicator Ralph Crewe, as we bob for viscera with some of nature's gnarliest bird facts.Special thanks to Jared Rusk for editing help on this episode!Links:Follow Ralph on Instagram and check out his work on the Practical Engineering Channel!Follow Ellen on Instagram or BlueSky!Follow the show on Instagram!Music: "Snake Oil" by Doug Organ, from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/doug-organ/snake-oilLicense code: YTJL04XPFNDGFD0C

As the UK bursts into bloom, we celebrate British Flowers Week with flower farmer Georgie Newbery, who shares how to create stunning, sustainable bouquets from your own garden. At RHS Garden Wisley, Liz Mooney guides us through successional sowing for a summer full of salad crops, and at RHS Bridgewater, Carolyne Jones reveals how to turn your garden into a haven for nesting birds. From vibrant wildflowers to fledgling robins, it's a glorious season of growth – and there's still time to get involved. Host: Jenny Laville Contributors: Georgie Newbery, Liz Mooney, Carolyne Jones Links: Common Farm Flowers The carbon footprint of flowers Say it with British flowers study

Click here to share your thoughts or questions! Discover how coastal birds have evolved remarkable beak shapes and behaviors to thrive on Georgia's shores. Each species reflects a unique evolutionary twist that matches its feeding niche. To learn more about Coastal Georgia shorebirds- Click hereCheck out Georgia Birds to learn about our local species.For Ogeechee Audubon Society (N GA Coast), click here. Or for the Coastal Audubon Society (S GA Coast), click here. For more information about the Colonial Bird trail, click here. 

Hello Interactors, This week, four strange bird encounters landed in my lap — three in real life, one on my screen. First, a crow tore through the bushes in our yard chasing a frantic nuthatch. Moments later, I spotted two more crows feasting on roadkill just outside our house. Then, while walking with my wife, we watched four ducks in hot pursuit of another, flapping furiously down the street — some kind of aerial turf war. And finally, scrolling through my feed, I stumbled on a paper describing a Cooper's Hawk hacking the city's traffic system to hunt smarter. After all that, I tried seeing cities as a bird might. So I wrote as one.HISS, HUM, HUNTI first sense the city as vibration. Before sun rays even breech the branches, a hiss of car tires emerge; street lamps click off; somewhere a garage door rumbles open. Each resonance strikes the hollow chambers of my bones like sonar. It's a sketch of distance, density, and direction. This all makes perfect sense to me even though I am just a kid. A juvenile Cooper's Hawk — Accipiter cooperii — yet the human-made maze below me is as legible to me as the nest I left barely two winters ago. What follows, in human words, is a recount of one day's hunt. I hope to demonstrate what humans regard as intelligence, innovation, and enterprise exists in a single act of predation.DANCING WITH DATA AT DAWNPerched on a gray mast of the Main and Prospect traffic light, I begin to render the scene. My basemap is no pixel grid glowing on some screen across town; it is a topological organ in my scull. Topology matters when a lamppost sits one maneuver away from the porch roof, which is one glide away from the dumpster rim. My so-called ‘bird brain' calculates dynamic flows of probability. One flip of a traffic light, a garbage truck rolls by, and that gust of wind changes direction. My internal map pulses between “larger” when prey likelihood rises and “smaller” when likelihood falls.As I gaze out above the east-west avenue, a slipstream peels off the 7AM wave of commuters. I spot a sparrow in a vortex that spirals from the garbage truck's wake at 07∶13. That acoustic shadow beneath that florist's van is one place I could pass unseen. But is a sparrow worth it?What I am doing — unknown even to myself — is what spatial scientists call real‑time kernel‑density estimation. At any point on a simple 2D path I can plop a small mathematical bump — a kernel. I can then reason about the density mapped below me by stacking up every bump's contribution at a particular spot. That once scatter of points on a map morphs into a smooth curve that shows where meaningful observations truly cluster. I continuously weight a landscape of pigeons, cyclists, and idling SUVs by situational context rather than simple Euclidean distance.Complexity geographer David O'Sullivan calls this kind of adaptive map a narrative model — a story the system tells itself so it can keep acting. My mental basemap obeys what is adjacent to what on this map. After all, a three‑meter hedge is more impenetrable than thirty meters of empty air; therefore straight‑line distances can lie and deceive. When humans try to simplify distances by saying, ‘as the crow flies', they have no idea what they're leaving out.BRAKES BUILD BARRICADESAt 07∶26 a stainless‑steel button is pressed; I hear the relay's metallic click 3.2 seconds before the little white pedestrian blinks alive. I am perched here because I anticipated this poke by pedestrians on their morning commute. Vehicles will now queue as these bi-peds spill into the cross walk. The stacked metal boxes of steel, rubber, and plastic will form a barricade forty meters long…potentially.Brake‑lights align into a pulsing crimson corridor whose half‑life I have calculated and averaged across nineteen previous dawns. Humans call the coming congestion a nuisance, but I call it camouflage. For twenty‑two seconds the asphalt canyon's turbulence drops below an acceptable range. I can now hover as if among cedars.A scientist has been watching from the opposite curb. They will soon begin recording this trick in their field book as so: a hawk anticipates the signal pattern and times its dives to the red‑phase distribution of brake lights.Because most queues are short, but occasionally very long, I have to be careful to time this properly. If I dive for prey based on the overall mean of the lineup, I will arrive while half the cars were still rolling to a stop — dangerous. So instead, I consider just the top-10% longest lines. Scientists marvel that I learned this algorithm in a single winter. I marvel that they need calculators to compute it.ZEBRA STRIPE SLALOM STRIKEI drop. The scent of hot rubber folds swirls with the cedar‑resin on my breast feathers as the warm air fills my plumage. The slowing bumper of a school bus becomes a landing spot — a moving parapet. Fresh into the dive, the thermoplastic zebra stripes flash white‑white‑white like a stroboscopic speedometer. None of this was made for me, yet every dimension matters for my survival. The curb‑to‑planter setback of 0.9 meters sets my glide angle; the bollard spacing — installed last year to calm e‑scooters — creates a slalom that funnels starlings toward an ornamental plum in a front lawn.Urban design handbooks invoke words like livability and placemaking, as if these geometries were some kind of neutral toolkit. But for me, in the instant before impact, this curb‑to‑planter setback, this bollard slalom, adjudicates more than legal fiction — it means life and death.Urban forms may look passive, yet every angle, radius, and dwell time means someone has won and someone has lost — wide curb radii speed cars through a right-turn but lengthen the crossing exposure for a toddler. Urban geometry is power cast in concrete; it never clocks off, and is both political and ecological: a three‑second refuge for a starling is a three‑second targeting solution for me.FORCE AND FEATHERS FACES FEEDBACKImpact. Feathers erupt like dark gray confetti. The starling crumbles under thirty‑four newtons of closing force — about the weight of a brick slammed into its ribcage. While I mantle the prize, a more philosophical bird might wonder: Who authored this death? Was it my neuromuscular burst alone? Or the person whose fingertip initiated a forty‑second cascade of stopped traffic? Or the traffic engineer who — chasing level‑of‑service targets — extended the red phase by six seconds last fiscal year?Philosophy of science warns against naïve linear causation; urban events rarely run in neat A → B lines. Herbert Simon, writing on complex systems, described cities and organisms as “nearly decomposable hierarchies,” where slow, macro‑scale layers — like signal‑cycle regulations, curb geometries, and commuter habits — set the boundary conditions within which rapid micro‑events unfold. My talon snap and a starling's dodge happen inside those higher‑order constraints, even as countless such micro‑acts, in aggregate, keep the larger structure of life humming along.My strike, therefore, is a city‑scale phenomenon folded into tendon and keratin — street grids, signal cycles, and global supply chains compressed into one ballistic gesture. In the metallic tang of blood this mystery unfolds. I taste data: adipose fat tissue infused with fryer grease, feather sheaths dusted in brake dust, hormone ratios ticking through molt stage like seasonal code. Each swallow becomes a lab assessment — an unwitting biopsy of the urban food web — revealing how corn subsidies, restaurant waste, and airborne microplastics percolate up the trophic ladder. To devour a single starling is to audit the metabolic ledger of the Anthropocene, one protein strand at a time.All of which reminds me that agency, mine, yours, the starling, is relational: the prey's demise is over‑determined by a network whose nodes include asphalt viscosity — how a petrochemical blend modulates surface friction, drainage, and midday heat plumes — and municipal bond ratings that decide whether this intersection receives fresh pavement or another crosswalk. Chemistry, finance, and instinct co‑author every kill I make, and every step you take.FIBERS, FOSSILS, AND FIRMWARE REFRESHDusk now drapes the mast in violet. Streetlamps flicker on; LED headlight arrays begin tinting the roadway cyan. Beneath the darkening asphalt, copper once meant for a clicking telegraphs now pipes broadband; beneath that, bricks baked when canals were high‑tech cradle those cables like red‑clay fossils. Media archaeologist Shannon Mattern argues that cities have always computed — tallying grain on cuneiform tablets, ringing bell‑tower hours to synchronize labor, routing mail through pneumatic tubes — only the substrates keep shifting, from clay and bronze to fiber optics and silicon. And trust me, nature was doing math long before humans claimed to invent it.From my perch, epochs overlay transparently: timber palisades, horse drawn carriage tracks, fiber conduits. My hunting tactic is merely firmware patch v.2025 in a 5,000‑year old operating system. Your protocol tomorrow may be Li‑Fi pulses from a smart pole — a future where streetlamps won't just illuminate, they'll whisper streams of data in rapid-fire flashes — or the hiss of an autonomous shuttle that brakes at frequencies human reflexes never reach.And you'll be impressed with yourself. Meanwhile, I listen, map, and adjust — in my world here, survival goes to whoever learns faster, not whoever hits harder. Every fresh tactic buys a heartbeat of advantage, yet it also tightens the ratchet: the prey adapts, signals change, habits shift. Humans follow the same spiral — each smarter signal controller, each app‑driven reroute, plugs one gap while opening two more, slipping us all a step deeper into the city's endless, restless loop.OF DASHBOARDS AND DAGGER-WINGSHumans may obsess over their dashboards and digital twins, yet a hawk that weighs less than a laptop already runs a live cognitive twin of the urban systems you built. Your impressed with monthly model updates while my model is updated at wingbeat resolution. If Homo sapiens hope to build a resilient future they might start where I perch: by listening for weak signals, mapping contingencies as well as coordinates, and recognizing that every curb, click, and feather participates in these nested conversations of forces.The next time you press that crosswalk button and that electromechanical relay inside the signal‑control box snaps the circuit closed, ask not only whether it is safe to cross but what other intelligences have read that clue before you.Meet us in the hush of those red taillights — inhabit that brief, engine‑silent interstitial where the white pedestrian man shines — then test what flickers in your own peripheral “bird brain”. Listen for the thin rustle of variables you once called noise; trace how a single press of that button ripples through nerves, budgets, buildings and beaks. Hold the silence long enough to notice how even I, a vicious dagger‑winged stalker, leave scraps for ground‑feeders and vacate a block after one clean kill so others may eat. If you can rest in that hush without lunging for your phone or some manically measured meaningless metric, you may begin to practice reciprocity — paring appetite to need, letting leftovers seed the next cycle — while stalking your own assumptions with the same taloned precision I bring to feather and flesh. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

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Heath and Brandon are joined by Edmond Hanlon from Minor Character Theater to discuss his YouTube videos about the Ducks, Beaks of Glory. Edmond talks the boys through his process, and they go over all the absurdities of the Ducks movies. Follow Edmond's work at Minor Character Theater on YouTube and TikTok.Follow us on Instagram @thecakeeaterspodEmail us at thecakeeaterspod@gmail.com

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Summary: Join Kiersten as she talks about the eyes and beaks of the Screamer.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: Ornithology 3rd Edition by Frank B. Gill “The evolutionary relationship among beak shape, mechanical advantage, and feeding ecology in modern birds,” by Guillermo Naval, Jen A. Bright, Jesus Marugan-Lobon, and Emily J. Rayfield. Evolution 73-3;422-435, Society for the Study of Evolution. doi:10.1111/evo.13655 “Bird Eye Color: A Rainbow of Variation, a Spectrum of Explanations,” by Eamon C. Corbett, Robb T. Brumfield, and Brant C. Faircloth. Https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13276. Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops) Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… I'm Kiersten, your host, and this is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. This is the penultimate episode of Screamer and the ninth thing I like about this animal is their eyes and beaks. One of the things that is often overlooked in bird is their eye color, so today we will delve into the variations that exist by looking through the eye of the Screamer. Bird beaks, or bills either is correct, also vary extensively through out the avian family. Beak shape often indicates what type of food the birds eats, but like everything else about the Screamer, things are not always as they seem. Bird eye color varies more than anyone expected. Not many researchers have attempted studying this characteristic and the few that have taken up this research topic and finding more questions than answers. Colors ranged form dark black or brown to vivd emerald green, sapphire blue, scarlet and crimson, turquoise, and even white. There is even a bird with pink eyes. It is absolutely amazing the various hues that birds' eyes contain.  Irises can be one color or more than one. The eyes of Rock Pigeons, one of the most disliked birds around the world, are bicolored starting with a ring of yellow on the outside and red/orange close to the pupil. The Satin Bowerbird has eyes with a vibrant blue ring on the edge of eye with an equally vibrant ring of purple next to the pupil. The Three-streaked Tcharga has a ring of light spots that look like stars set in a dark background giving them some of the most unique bird eyes around.  Eye color in birds can change as a bird matures, for example Osprey eye color changes from red as juveniles to yellow as adults. Sexual dimorphism is also present in some species of birds meaning the female's eyes are a different color than the male's. Seasonal changes in eye color can also happen, for example Brown Pelican eyes change from brown to blue during breeding season. Southern Screamers and Northern Screamers both have brown eyes as adults, while Horned Screamers can have yellow to orange to red eyes as adults. To clarify, I found no research indicating that these birds eye color changes as they age, but I could only find reference to their adult eye color.  There are three things that contribute to the color of a bird's eye, pigments, blood vessels, and structures. These three color options are still being closely studied but certain pigments are responsible for light colors and different pigments are responsible for darker colors. For example, carotenoids are responsible for the orange color of birds in Family Anatidae which includes certain ducks. An increased amount of blood vessels in the eye creates the red eyes of some species.  Why do bird have such varied eye color? The short answer is we just don't know. It could be related to how they find food, where they nest, diurnal versus nocturnal behaviors, communication, or another reason we have not thought of yet. Much more research needs to be done to answer this question, but for now, we can marvel at the extreme variation of bird eye color.  Now, let's take a look at some bird beaks. Just like eye color bird beaks vary tremendously. They can be wide and flat like a duck, tweezer-like similar to a gnatcatcher, chisel-like as the raven's beak, long and thin like a hummingbirds, and deeply curved like the honeycreeper. These are only a few beak shapes found in the avian world. What a bird eats can impact the shape of its beak. Keeping this idea in mind, let's look at the Screamer's beak. Screamers eat leaves, stems, flowers, and roots of aquatic vegetation, so we might assume that their beaks would look at lot like their closer relatives ducks, geese, and swans who also eat similar items. Duck bills are flat and wide with some serration on the inside to help grasp aquatic grasses, but as we know Screamers have a hooked beak reminiscent of a raptor beak.   Hooked beaks help raptors tear apart their prey to facilitate swallowing. If the Screamer eats plant material why does it have a small hooked beak? It has to be hard work to get enough food using a smaller beak to pick up leaves, flowers, and plant roots. It is so much effort for a food item that is low in calories. Once again there is no easy answer to this question, but new study discovered that what a bird eats isn't the only determination of beak size and shape. Turns out we should be thinking about the birds beak in the same manner that we think of our hands. Beaks are not just for eating, they are for manipulating the environment.  Screamers may have hooked beaks to help them build nests, feed their young, or manipulate their environment in ways that we have yet to discover. Once again Screamers are pushing the boundaries of normal avian behaviors. Thank you for joining me for the ninth episode of Screamers. I hope you learned something new, I know I did and my ninth favorite thing about Screamers is their eyes and beaks. If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for the final episode of Screamers.        (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

This month, biologist Pam Perry and phenologist John Latimer discuss Red-headed Woodpeckers, Bald and Golden Eagles, and the curious forms of Red and White-winged Crossbills.

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For some birds like hermit hummingbirds, the difference between sexes starts with the beak. Females hermit hummingbirds typically have curved bills while males wield straighter ones. Because the two sexes are better at drinking nectar from flowers that match their respective beak shape, males and females of the same species don't compete with each other for food resources. Adaptations like these can provide benefits for the whole species.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

Please welcome author Jolene Gutiérrez to the show! Her latest book, Mamiachi and Me just released on January 7. Congratulations, Jolene! And grab your copy now while it's still hot off the press!♨️

Our pick this week is deals.Mark Gurman's Apple rumors are pretty good. His analysis, less so.An old Apple patent seems familiar.Our thanks to Notion, a perfect place to organize your tasks, track your habits, write beautiful docs, and collaborate with your team. Notion is used by over half of Fortune 500 companies, so you'll be in great company. Try Notion for free when you go to notion.com/therebound.If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out!You can now also support the show by buying shirts, iPhone cases, hats and more items featuring our catchphrase, "TECHNOLOGY" and now shirts and hats featuring our stylish logo!

Dear Listener,Thank you for choosing my evil podcast, Lord Serpent's Library, over all the other podcasts ever made. In this episode, you'll find enclosed a heroniffic tale that may ruffle your feathers! Grab your sunscreen, slap on your beret, and pray that your beach is free of… BEAKS.EVIL (Evil Villains Internationally Lauded),Lord SerpentThis podcast was created by William Charles Brock & Lord SerpentDungeon sounds from phlair at freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/phlair/sounds/388340/)Follow us on Instagram @lordserpentslibrary

Everything Remade episode 224. Thanks so much to Ian for taking the time to chat with me. Intro/Outro track "The Dense Macabre" by Coma Regalia. Featured tracks: 1. How Many Angels Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? - Fatalist 2. Pecked Apart by the Beaks of a Thousand Crows - Untold Want 3. Lost and Found - Tender Object hear more: fatalistviolence.bandcamp.com If you are enjoying what you hear and would like to support the growth of this podcast directly you can do so by way of donation via paypal: middlemanrecords@gmail.com venmo: @ediequinn or join our patreon: patreon.com/humanmachine

Bird beaks, or bills, come in many shapes and sizes. And birds use them for just about everything: to collect food, preen, fight, court (as this pair of Laysan Albatrosses is doing), chop holes in trees, weave nests, and more. In order for a bird to fly, its beak must weigh as little as possible. Beaks are covered with a sheath of a tough material called keratin, which grows continuously because a beak wears down with use.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.  

In this episode of the Jason and Mindy podcast, the hosts discuss various topics including the need for lazy days, the benefits of carrots for the skin, and unusual foods from around the world. They also play a water cooler quiz and share their favorite weekend time wasters. The episode ends with an inspirational quote about being your better self.https://www.lowtreestudios.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@lowtreestudios Jason's Segment - LAZY DAYS:According to a survey, the average person feels they need 60 “lazy days” per year in order to feel properly rested. The poll of 2,000 Americans found that adults seem to take their “do nothing” days very seriously, with about one in 5 planning these days in advance, and 11% even marking them on the calendar a few weeks ahead of time. On a typical lazy day, the average person spends 2 hours lying in bed, an hour eating, 3 hours binge-watching movies and TV, an hour reading, and 2 hours scrolling. Three hours are spent doing literally absolutely nothing, 2 hours are spent napping, and a full hour is generally devoted to “dreading the next day”. FRUITS AND VEGGIE TALES:⇒ New research says that carrots aren't just good for your eyes, they also do wonders for the skin. A new study found that snacking on baby carrots 3 times a week increased the levels of skin carotenoids in young adults. High skin carotenoid levels have a link to increased antioxidant protection and a lower risk for chronic diseases — including cancer and heart disease — and also gives the immune system a boost.INEDIBLES:Some “local delicacies” to sample next time you're in these countries…⇒ Jellied eels: A fav street food in London. Eel is boiled, then gelatin is added to the water, and after hardening, it is served with meat pies, potatoes and beer. (LOTS of beer…)⇒ Duck feet: In China, the webbed duck feet are braised, and eaten as a snack with soy sauce. (LOTS of soy sauce…)⇒ Helmet: You can get this from street vendors in the Philippines. What is it? Barbecued chicken heads. (Beaks removed, if that makes it any better…)⇒ Fried pig blood: Common in rural Hungary, it is made by collecting slaughtered pig's blood, and frying it with scrambled eggs. ⇒ Surströmming: In Sweden, this dish is made by soaking Baltic herring in a brine solution, then packing it in a wooden barrel and leaving it in the sun for 24 hours to induce fermentation. Next, it is placed in a cool room for several months. Then it is canned, where it continues to ferment. The smell is compared to extremely rotten fish, or horribly rotten eggs…or to garbage that's been left out in the sun. And just imagine how it tastes! (And imagine what kind of a mind came up with this idea!)

Grab your popcorn and settle into your coziest spot because Troy and Roger are about to dive into a wild ride of avian chaos with their latest episode! This week, they're dissecting the 1987 Hitchcock homage gone awry, Beaks! Tune in as they peck apart the film's dizzying array of location shifts, the lackluster performance of the female lead, and the finale that will leave you flapping in frustration. Whether you love a good bird-themed disaster or just enjoy a juicy critique, this episode promises to ruffle your feathers! Find out more at http://www.darknightofthepodcast.com

On this episode, Michelle and Katherine are in a rush! (But the episode is no shorter for it.) Foundational moments are remembered, pedagogy is cried over (in a good way!), plans are hatched for both summer squirrel experiments and discussion panels. (Listen for the CFP!) “Interspecies Breeding is Responsible for Some Squirrels' Black Coloring,” by Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/interspecies-breeding-responsible-some-squirrels-black-coloring-180972921/ “Labor Relations,” by Mostafa Heddaya in Art in America https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/labor-relations-63232/ “An Essay in Aesthetics,” by Roger Fry, http://art1010student.blog.brooklyn.edu/files/2018/01/Fry_An_Essay_in_Aesthetics.pdf

Birds of a feather are featured together in an upcoming Research Day! A new month means a new update–its gonna be May! …and more on this episode of GOCast! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:16:24 - News 00:42:03 - Gear Up 00:45:55 - Pokélore 00:53:25 - PokéPoll 01:13:47 - Emails/Voicemails News Links: May Content Update⁠ - https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/1784991060319498312/photo/2 ⁠Flock Together Research Day⁠ - https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/flock-together-research-day-2024/ ⁠The Master Ball returns in Masterwork Research⁠ - https://pokemongolive.com/en/post/catching-wonders-2024/ ⁠Spearow - ⁠⁠Fearow - ⁠⁠Stats⁠ Visit our website - ⁠⁠www.gocastpodcast.com⁠ Support us - ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/gocastpodcast⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Email us - ⁠⁠mail@gocastpodcast.com⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Email PvP Corner - pvpcorner@gocastpodcast.com Follow us on X - ⁠⁠@gocastpodcast⁠⁠ Leave us a voicemail - (262) 586-7717‬ P.O. Box address: GOCAST PODCAST PO Box 367 301 E Congress Pkwy Crystal Lake, IL 60039 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gocastpodcast/message

Maria chats with Bear Brook Feather Friend Rescue and Sanctuary founder Pete Lillo about his sanctuary in Newton NJ. Pete takes care of about 60 ducks and geese, all on his own!!Most of us know about animal sanctuaries like horses or pigs, but this one is all about our feathered friends. Listen and Learn.You can follow Bear Brook Feather Friend Rescue and Sanctuary on social media! 

"Not Even D2" is joined by the first player in Empire 8 history to win POTY four consecutive years, Daniel Cook. Cook has had a great college career at St. John Fisher- averaging almost 20 points and 10 rebounds in his career. Hear about his transition from Hobart to Fisher, the Battle of the Beaks rivalry, and which Player of the Year award means the most to him. This episode is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to the podcasts YouTube channel @ "Not Even D2". Enjoy the episode!

The boys are back to recap a wild weekend in sports.  Tom is slightly under the weather as a trip up to Western New York for the Battle of the Beaks as well as a night out in Buffalo have taken its toll.  Nonetheless we power through to recap NBA All Star weekend as well as a quick College Hoops round up as we march towards the tournament.  Top 5 season returns as we rank our Top 5 Dunk Contest participants of all time!

Most baby birds are adorable little floofs — but not all of them. The tongue and palate of estrildid finch chicks are strangely spotted and ringed. They display these markings while they beg for food. Most species' chicks have mouth markings in colors ranging from black or white to bright yellow, orange, red or blue. The function of these markings has long puzzled scientists.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.

A fine woodworker has a chest full of tools, each designed for a specific task. Birds also have highly refined tools-their bills. The size and shape of a bird's bill match perfectly the food they seek and the way in which they obtain their meals. Different species of shorebirds that forage shoulder to shoulder in tidal estuaries (like this Marbled Godwit and Willet) have bills of different lengths. As a result they don't compete for the same food. More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible.

This episode—which is Number 86—is all about bird beaks.This will be an overview of beak anatomy, function, evolution, and diversity.The head of every bird on Earth is adorned with a beak. A bill. And to the delight of us all, those beaks come in a wild variety of shapes and colors. Just picture the mugs of toucans, vultures, ducks, parrots, flamingos, and pelicans.The diversity of beak shapes like these is one of the fascinating things about birds. Birds use their beaks for all sorts of tasks. These appendages are vital tools, used for getting food, for grooming, for communication, and more. Links of Interest The Mark My Bird Project  ~~ Leave me a review using Podchaser ~~Link to this episode on the Science of Birds website Support the show

The Glorious Free Republic of Yorkshire is the mightiest new nation state that emerged a few decades ago from the troubled era that was early 21st century Britain. In this episode we return to Londonium and get a guided tour from Carston Vale and have an exclusive chat with Reese Michael Bates, the owner of the food van called The Travelling Tuna. All the (government approved) info and entertainment you could possibly want, packed into one show. (This episode features Eji Osigwe, Francesca Reid and Robert Frimston)

The Seahawks defense has been elite for a month and it carried the team to its fourth win on Sunday, besting a scrappy Cardinals team 20-10. Jacson dives into the unit's resurgence, another dominant performance from Devon Witherspoon, the emergence of Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Jake Bobo, and what Seattle needs to do to compete with the NFC's best.Grab your official Cigar Thoughts stogies right here: https://anthonyscigars.com/product-line/Cigar-thoughts-ctCigarThoughtsNFL.com

One of the most popular movie series of all time—The Godfather series—has a telling dialogue in the second movie when the local mafia kingpin wants to “wet his beak”—that is, to take a generous cut from the activity taking place. But modern organizations of all types face a similar problem: lots of folks who “wet their beaks” with a monetary cut…but with little to no value being added to the supply chain. Join Kevin as we dive into the stewardship necessity of “drying some beaks” in your workplace enterprise's supply chain! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

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As the full week of daily pods begins, Bo, Zach and Marissa give their initial thoughts on the Eagles-Niners matchup from both sides of the ball ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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