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What are Aves?   the Latin word for birds; a special class of vertebrates  
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what is Binocular vision?   seeing only one object at a time; both eyes focus on the same object  
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What is a bird of prey?   a carnivorous bird (hawk, falcon, eagle, etc.) that kills and eats small mammals.  
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what is a Carrion?   decaying flesh of a dead body.  
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what is Cere   fleshy area above the beak, where the nostrils of most birds are located  
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what are Contour feathers   stiff feathers designed to cover the wings and body of a bird  
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what is a Crop   a sac between the esophagus and stomach that stores food until the bird is ready to begin digestion  
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what a Down feathers   fluffy feathers designed to help insulate and keep a bird warm  
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What is a drag?   anything that hinders or hampers the speed; something that pulls you down  
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What is a fledge?   the rearing of a young bird until it has grown its feathers and is able to fly and leave the nest  
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What are flight feathers?   special contour feathers that help a bird get off the ground, move in the air, and land safely  
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What is Fovea?   a rodless area of the retina enabling a bird of prey acute vision  
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What is a Gizzard?   a special muscle of the stomach that helps the digestive process by grinding and crushing hard-to-digest food; acts like teeth  
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What is Keratin?   a tough, fibrous protein; the basic substance of hair, nails, horns, feathers, shafts, etc.  
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What is Molt?   to shed feathers, skin, horns, etc. before replacement with new growth  
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What is Monocular vision?   seeing two different objects at the same time; a different object per eye  
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What is Nictitating membrane?   a transparent third eyelid hinged at the lower lid of the eye of raptors, and closes laterally across the eye  
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What is an Ornithologist?   an individual that studies birds  
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What is a Pellet?   the unusable and undigested material that a bird cannot process for nutrients, and is regurgitated in the form of a pellet  
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What is a Shaft?   the stem of a feather; the hollow tube that holds the feathers together and in place  
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What are Talons?   the lethal weapons of raptors; powerful feet with toes (usually three or four) having sharp ends  
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Waht are Vertebrates?   an animal with a backbone or spinal column  
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What is Warm blooded   being able to control and maintain a constant body temperature even when the temperature of the environment changes  
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Wings   either of the paired organs of flight of a bird, bat, insect, etc.  
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