Chickens can fly but they do not fly high or for too long.

Ostrich , Emu, Cassowary, Penguin and Kiwi. Road runners, pheasants, quails, peacocks, turkeys are a few birds who can fly to some degree but prefer to spend their lives foraging on the ground.

Some birds primarily eat meat, but most birds are opportunistic eaters. They eat seeds, nuts, berries, worms, aquatic, vegetation, so it would be safe to call birds omnivores. Birds can also be called insectivores as insects comprise a large part of their diet.

Birds are birds. They are not reptiles or mammals, but they are unique like fish in that they fit into their own animal category.

The Canary (In December 1986 it became illegal to use canaries in coal mines)

Black

Turkey

Yes. Mexico and Albania have the golden eagle as their national symbol.

The turkey was nominated by Benjamin Franklin.

Mocking Bird

PHOENIX

The Cardinal

BELIZE------------ TOUCAN

INDIA--------------PEACOCK

BELGIUM---------KESTREL

CHILE--------------CONDOR

BAHAMAS--------FLAMINGO

A-Africa B-Antartica C- Australia D- Canary islands

OLIVE BRANCH in the right and ARROWS in the left

The RAVEN

SANKOFA

The STORK

The IBIS

BALTIMORE (THE ORIOLES AND THE RAVENS)

Football wins with 5 teams; The EAGLES, FALCONS, SEAHAWKS, RAVENS AND CARDINALS.

THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS BASKETBALL TEAM

Michael Gross the 6’7 German Olympic swimming champion from the 80’s(Called “the Albatross” because of his long legs and arms.

Also, there was the 6’10 Forward Christopher Claus Andersen from the Denver Nuggets whom is team mates nicknamed Birdman by his team mates because of wide and long reach of his arms.

SARAH VAUGHN

CHARLIE PARKER(Jazz musician), BIRDMAN(Super hero from animated television series), BIRDMAN (2014 Drama movie), Bryan Williams(hip hop rapper), Birdman of Alcatraz(inmate Robert Stroud)

“Somewhere over the rainbow….” from the Wizard of Oz 1939 film and “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” song from Disney’s classic Song of the South 1946 film.

ROBIN (“Fly robin fly” by Silver Convention 1975 ) and (“Rockin robin” by Jackson 5 1972)

“Somewhere over the rainbow….” from the Wizard of Oz 1939 film and “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” song from Disney’s classic Song of the South 1946 film.

ROBIN (“Fly robin fly” by Silver Convention 1975 ) and (“Rockin robin” by Jackson 5 1972 )

The SPARROW

The EAGLES

The Book of ISAIAH

Raptors like eagles, hawks and falcons reach high speeds when diving. The peregrine falcon has been clocked at over 200mph.

The Wandering Albatross and Andean Condor both max out with 10 foot wing spans.

Male ostriches can grow to 8 feet and have been clocked running up to 50 mph.

The CRANE

The DODO BIRD

The CANARY

THE PARROT (The African grey species is known to demonstrate up to a thousand word vocabulary)

THE CUCKOO BIRD

An ORNITHOLOGIST

A Pterosaur is a flying reptile that inhabited the planet in the age of the dinosaurs. They proceeded the bird by millions of years.

There have been several mega sized pterosaurs fossils discovered in the past century all of which had 20- 30 plus feet wing spans. The largest to date is QUETZALCOATLUS which stood the height of a giraffe. Discovered by geology graduate student Douglas C. Lawson at Big Bend National Park, Texas in 1971.

ARGENTAVIS MAGNIFICENS Discovered in Argentina and dating back to the late Miocene era. On display at the Buenos Aires Museum of Natural History. It stood the height of an average sized human and had a 5–6-meter wingspan.

A raptor is a bird of prey who is characterized by its method of hunting in that it snatches its prey.

TALONS

COMORANTS AND PELICANS

The OSTRICH AND THE HUMMINGBIRD

Around one in five of all the world’s bird species migrate. And while every migration is an epic and often perilous feat of endurance, here are just 4 of natures’ marathon champions- THE ARCTIC TERN is considered by some as the supreme long-distance migrant. It breeds in the circumpolar Arctic and sub-Arctic and winters in the Antarctic. Tracking studies have found the birds make annual journeys of about 44,100 miles, THE COMMON SWIFT (breed in southern Sweden and winter either in western or central Africa), THE BLACKPOL WARBLER(breeds in the boreal forests of Canada and winters in the Amazon basin of South America). And The Short-tailed Shearwater this globetrotter migrates every year from its breeding grounds in Tasmania and southern Australia to Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, to then continue on to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, then circle around the Pacific Ocean and travel back along the western coast of North America. Their bodies are perfectly adapted for gliding above the water, allowing them to fly for extended periods of time while saving energy. Surprisingly, even after travelling such impressive distances they return to the same burrow every year.

YES. PENGUINS THE ARCTIC TERN THE ARCTIC HAWK

THE PARAKEET MACAW AFRICAN

The HOMING PIGEON is a world class racing bird.

ROOSTERS (cockfighting is a blood sport, held in a ring called a cockpit. The history of raising fowl for fighting goes back 6,000 years.) The Gallic Rooster is the national bird of France.

Yes. Cockfighting is illegal in all 50 states; Louisiana's cockfighting ban, passed in 2007, is the most recent. Cockfighting also is illegal in the District of Columbia, but remains legal in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

THE BLACKHAWK

THE FALCON Falcons prey on other birds, making them experts at air-to-air combat. We affectionately call them nature’s fighter pilots, making them a fitting mascot for the U.S. Air Force Academy.

DUCKS GEESE GUINEAS QUAILS PHEASANTS

King penguins have been clocked at 6-7 mph

The COMMON SWIFT AND CANVAS BACK DUCK have been recorded at speeds well over 50 mph

Gliding is when a bird is moving through the air without self-propulsion from its wings. Soaring is when a bird is also moving through the air without self-propulsion from the wings; however, the bird is still able to take advantage of the winds force to provide lift.

Imagine going on a nine-day flight with no time to sleep and nothing to eat or drink. This is the way of the Bar-tailed Godwit; from Alaska to New Zealand, it holds the record for the largest non-stop flight of any bird, flying for over 11,000 km (6,835 mi) without rest.

The world record to date would be 11 hours set by Dustin Martin as he traveled 474 miles from Zapata to Lubbock Texas.

The world record for a 2-seat glider is 70 hours set in 1961 in Hawaii. The record for a single pilot is 56 hours set in 1956 set in the French Alps.

Alan Eustace 135,889 ft.

The constant speed that a free-falling object eventually reaches when the resistance of the medium through which it is falling prevents further acceleration.

B- 6,000 feet

Survival expert Bear Grylls served in the Special Forces Reserve from 1994 to 1997. At the age of 21, his military career was cut short by a parachuting accident while training with the SAS in Africa. On a routine jump, his parachute split at 1,600 feet (500m). He fell and landed on his back, fracturing three vertebrae. Incredibly, his spinal cord remained intact, and after 18 months of military rehabilitation, he was discharged.

D. All the above

An ornithopter is a man-made aircraft designed to fly with flapping wings.

A hang glider is a kite like glider from which a harnessed rider hangs suspended below while gliding down from a cliff or hill.

A jumpsuit worn by a skydiver or BASE jumper with folds of fabric between the arms and legs that create lift when extended and allow the wearer to glide through the air over long distances.

Is a very light weight (<255lbs) recreational aircraft. Ultra-lights travel slower than conventional aircraft and the fuselage exposes the pilot’s body to the elements. Also called micro light.

A motorless recreational aircraft designed with very long narrow wings to provide prolonged sustained glider flight. Sail planes can be 1 or 2 seated.

An airship is an aircraft that consists of a very large balloon that is filled with gas and is powered by an engine. It has a section underneath for passengers. Also called a dirigible.

The Hindenburg disaster 6 May 1937.

TRUE Civil War balloons like the Intrepid and Union (Union) and the Gazelle (Confederate) were used for reconnaissance or directing artillery fire on enemy positions.

A traveler in a hot-air balloon, airship, or other flying craft.

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager, was the first plane to break the sound barrier. 14 OCT 1947

At sea level, at a temperature of 21 degrees Celsius (70 degrees Fahrenheit) and under normal atmospheric conditions, the speed of sound is 344 meters per second or 761 mph. When an aircraft reaches the speed of sound it is called MACH 1.

Everyone is under the force of gravity. Right now, if you are standing you are experiencing 1G level of force (which would be whatever your body weight is). If you got on a high-speed roller coaster at the point of the loop you would experience 3-4G’s for a few seconds. Modern fighter pilots manning a F-15 or F-35’s pulling 9G’s translates out to 2,000lbs of force on their body. A pilot once stated “It’s like an elephant sitting on your chest! During a sharp turn under peak G, you’re spending much of your effort pancaked into your seat, trying not to pass out”.

Commercial Air liners average travel speed is between 460-575 mph. Fighter jets travel at extremely fast speeds!!

Wind is moving air and is caused by differences in air pressure within our atmosphere.

In meteorology, any visible mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of both that is suspended in the air, usually at a considerable height.

The ocean of air that envelops our planet. Scientists divide the atmosphere into 5 layers.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere. The bottom of the troposphere is at Earth's surface. The troposphere extends upward to about 10 km (6.2 miles or about 33,000 feet) above sea level where the lowest clouds exist.

5.5 quadrillion tons. Or in a more practical expression about 15 pounds pressing down at every square inch of your body.

Barometer

Altitude is the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. An altimeter is used to measure altitude.

Meteorology

Osprey

Harrier Hawk

Voyager 1 is the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space. It originally was launched (along with Voyager 2) in 1977 to explore the outer planets in our solar system. However, it has remained operational long past expectations and continues to send information about its journeys back to Earth. Also on board was a special record, carrying voices and music from Earth out into the cosmos. Voyager 1 is currently 14 billion miles away.

There are 10 NASA field centers, which provide leadership for and execution of NASA's work.

A satellite is an object in space that orbits or circles around a bigger object. There are two kinds of satellites: natural (such as the moon orbiting the Earth) or artificial (such as the International Space Station orbiting the Earth).

According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which maintains a database of active satellites in orbit, as of April 1, 2020, there were a total of 2,666 satellites in Space, of which 1,918 were in low Earth orbit (LEO).

All astronauts are deserving of recognition and respect for their bravery and contributions to the pursuit of knowledge.

James Lovell Jr Neil Armstrong John Glenn Jr Valentina Tereshkova Alan B. Shepard Jr Yuri Gagarin Mae Jemison

Russia Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

The Wright brothers were born and lived their lives in Ohio. They made their famous test flights at the sand dunes off the Atlantic coast {where the winds are constant }in the state of North Carolina.

The Wright brothers were successful bicycle mechanics.

Amelia Earhart 1897-1937

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was a Brazilian inventor of dirigibles and airplanes. He was the first man to successfully combine the internal combustion engine with ballooning, and Europeans long believed him to be also the first to fly a heavier-than-air motorized plane.

Shivkar Bāpuji Talpade (1864 – 1916) was an Indian instructor in the Sir JJ School of Art with an interest in Sanskrit and in aviation. He lived in Mumbai, and is claimed to have constructed and flown an unmanned, heavier-than-air aircraft in 1895.

The hailed legendary story of Icarus and Daedalus is from ancient greece.

Interesting Faq: Two other nations with legendary stories about men attempting to fly like a bird with wings are