Beaks Vs. Bills

For a very long time I have been wondering what the differences is between Beaks and Bills.
 But at long last I have found out.
 A Beak is sharp much like that of a Hawk. And a duck has a Bill flattish and often looks rather rubbery.
 Birds of the water have Bills and the others have Beaks!
Bills are most commonly used for scooping up small fish and other stuff from under the water. (This is why ducks and other water birds have them.)

 Beaks are used for cracking nuts and catching prey.

What do you think this bird has? A bead or a Bill.

So there you have it. The difference between BEAKS and BILLS.

Eggs

  GOD designed each part of an egg with a purpose .

  The Shell(Dark Purple) protects the egg and keeps it together. There are tinny holes in the Shell that allow gas to go out and air to go in. The Shell has millions of holes covering the Shell. These are called Pores.

   

  The Outer shell membrane(Light Pink.) protects the egg from mold, mildew, and other kinds of bacterias. You can find this part when you peel the outer shell off of a hard boiled egg.

  Then you have the Inner membrane (Still Light Pink) this acts as a back up for the outer Membrane.

Next is the Albumen. (Yellow). This the white part of the egg that you eat. This watery stuff acts as a shock absorber, it protects the Embryo and keeps it from drying out.

  

The Chalazae (Reddish Orange) holds the Yolk and keeps it from just floating around. If you find one of these in your egg it means that your egg was fresh. -Exceptions are made.

Next is the Yolk. (Orange) This is the part that you eat. The Yolk is not the part that turns into a bird. People often get the two confused. That is the Embryo - but we get to that in a second.

The Yolk is the Embryo's source of food while it's growing in the egg. (Eventually the bird/ reptile will grow to fully fit the egg.) 

NOW the Embryo. (Black dot in the center of the Yolk.) This is the - animal~to~be. It really doesn't do much but grow and eat.

  

And last- The Air Sack. (Light Green) When the bird is ready to start breathing air, it squarms around and bumps into the Air Sack with it's Egg Tooth and breaks this sack. When you crack an egg you can most often find this Sack.

 

An Egg

Both pictures were drawn by E. G. Pritchett.

Feathers

 There are many parts of feathers:

• The Vanes (This is how you spell vanes on feathers.)
• The Shaft
• The Quill

 These are the main parts.

 The Vanes are the soft part of the feather that if you rub the wrong way the break apart.
If you get a magnifying glass and a flash light and a feather and looked very carefully at the vanes you can probably be able to see tiny little hairs lining the vanes. When you rub the Vane the wrong way they come apart but if you rub then the opposite way the stick back together.
Well this is caused by tiny little barbs attached to the vanes.

The Barbs hook on to vanes without barbs. These are called Barbules.

 
The Shaft is is the poll that runs down the length of the feather and all the vanes attach to it.

It's made out of a substance called Keratin. (Rhinoceros horns and animal claws are made of this as well as your fingers nails.)

The Quill is the tip of the quill that attaches to the bird. (It used to be used for writing because the quill could usually hold a small amount of ink.)

When you see a bird about to get into the water it will rub it's self with it's bill and then get in.
This is called preening and ducks, swans and gees will do this to oil and zip their feathers to block out the water and to stay afloat.

It really is quite amazing.

•  Now... when you are holding a feather you can break the little hairs a part and then when you rub them  the stick back together.

Wings

There are many different types of wings.
You would not believe how many kinds of planes are  designed after birds wings and their flight.
And I am very sorry for the frequent use of the word "designed".


The Fighter-Jet is designed like the Swallows and the quick way it can dive and sore through the air.

A Pheasant has short wings much like a Carrier-Plane. These short wings make it easier to take a quick take off and climb much faster.

 A Helicopter is designed after the Humming bird and the way it can hover.

 And Albatross has long wings enabling it to soar for long distances over the ocean without having to land. (This is nice because there really isn't anywhere for a bird to land in the middle of the ocean.)

A Soaring-plane's wings are designed in much the same way.

And even a parachute was designed like a bird.
When a Gull is landing it spreads out it's wings to catch the air and slow it's descent.

As for the turkey.... we still aren't really sure.

So that is a little of GOD's amzing wonders.