-
Explorer for 8-12-year-olds. RSPB
Phoenix is
aimed at teenagers, and
produces Wingbeat magazine,
which is
primarily written by
young people for
young people....
- low-protein diet.
Hummingbirds are
named for the
prominent humming sound their wingbeats make
while flying and
hovering to feed or
interact with
other hummingbirds...
- can
adapt their acoustic behaviour to aid mating, they will
adjust their wingbeat frequency to
synchronise with that of a
mosquito of the
opposite **** flying...
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flight muscles cause rapid oscillation of the thorax:
there can be more
wingbeats than
nerve impulses commanding the muscles. One pair of
flight muscles...
- (subscription required) Schnell, Gary D. (1974-07-01). "Flight
Speeds and
Wingbeat Frequencies of the
Magnificent Frigatebird". The Auk. 91 (3): 564–570....
- virgin, lively, and
beautiful today – Will it tear us up with a
drunken wingbeat This hard
forgotten lake that
lurks beneath the frost, The transparent...
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generate sufficient torque to turn.
Detecting this
within four or five
wingbeats, the
halteres trigger a counter-turn and the fly
heads off in a new direction...
- bird's head.
During hovering flight, Anna's
hummingbirds maintain high
wingbeat frequencies accomplished by
their large pectoral muscles via recruitment...
-
unleashed tremolo strumming",
which accentuates melody in a "hummingbird
wingbeat technique"
similar to Discharge's Hear
Nothing See
Nothing Say Nothing...
- the
rapid wingbeats,
producing acoustic oscillations and harmonics.
During courtship, a male
calliope hummingbird hovers at
accelerated wingbeat frequency...