Tag: Birds

Hats were an essential accessory for women in the 19th and early 20th century. While hats were used as sun protection, they were also an important part of social etiquette. A woman going outside with an uncovered head in 19th and early 20th century Western culture was considered ...

We discussed in the previous chapter the concept of vector spaces (basically n-dimensional collections of numbers — and more generally collections of fields) and linear maps that operate on two of those vector spaces, taking objects in one to the other. As an example of these...

The vultures is nobody’s beauty queen, that’s for sure. It is a flinch-worthy, dead-eyed, ugly bird of nightmares. But we truly need them because vultures play a pivotal role in the health of ecosystems around the world. Without the not-so-beautiful vulture, life would become a real n...

Wildlife and biodiversity are not generally linked with urban environments. Birds, on the other hand, have demonstrated their endurance and adaptation by prospering in urban contexts, where they serve an important role in maintaining ecological balance and conserving biodiversity. The importanc...

One of the most essential tasks for autonomous driving is precise environment perception. The measurement of environmental distances while integrating monocular cameras is quite difficult. As monocular cameras can only see places in the picture plane, images can be transformed to a bird&rs...

Okay! Then, let’s start with today’s hot topic, “Vibes.” What is a vibe? Have you ever gone deeper to know what exactly it is? However, we usually say that “her vibes are very good. How do we predict that? Confused? Let’s clear it out. It is a body sensor that ...

I was sitting on my lounging chair writing on my tablet when a sparrow was attacking another one on the ground. I watched the two of them telling David one bird was ‘killing’ another one. Only a lot later when I watched two more couples doing the same, I noticed this wasn’t an a...

Bentonville Municipal Airport has a Maverick on its team, but unlike the Maverick of “Top Gun” aviation movie fame, this one is no fan of Goose. The Maverick in Bentonville, Arkansas is actually a border collie, and his job is to get rid of the geese on and near airport grounds. ...

These Black-tailed Godwits were in flight as I was on the path by the harbour. I managed to get this shot. There were a lot more, more than I’ve ever seen before. I’m guessing they stay close in winter in order to have warmth at night and maybe it makes feeding easier. I am not expert en...