The Geese Fly HighU of Minnesota Press, 1964 |
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RAZORBACKS EYED US WITH MALICE | 17 |
ALONG THE TELEPHONE WIRES SAT GENTLE DOVES | 32 |
ONE BLUE GOOSE AND THREE SNOWS | 40 |
THE CANVASBACKS AND RINGNECKED DUCKS | 58 |
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN WITH GATORS | 84 |
A SINGLE WHITEFRONTED GOOSE | 100 |
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หน้า 54 - In the deep and clear cove . . . the brown pelicans would hurtle from a height as great as 20 meters above the water, usually spiralling or twisting on their downward course so that they struck with their backs rather than their breasts toward the surface. In other words, they would be gliding upside down, with the wings still half spread at the instant before the plunge. Usually they quite disappear, even to the tips of their long wings . . . The twisting descent is doubtless responsible for the...
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หน้า 54 - Usually they quite disappear, even to the tip of their long wings. . . . The twisting descent is doubtless responsible for the fact that the bird turns some sort of somersault under water, and comes up heading in another direction from that of its diagonal dive. Emergence, in fact, finds the pelican facing the wind and ready for flight, while the plunge is usually, if not always, made with the breeze astern.
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