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The Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher,is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies identified within its wide distribution across. Eurasia and North Africa. It is inhabitant in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.


This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptions to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.

This species has the typical short-tailed, dumpy-bodied large-headed and long-billed kingfisher shape. The adult male of the western European subspecies, A. a. ispida has green-blue upperparts with pale azure-blue back and rump, a rufous patch by the bill base,

The Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is a giant forest raptor endemic to the Philippines. It is considered one of the largest and most powerful eagles in the world. Unfortunately, it is also one of the world’s rarest and certainly among its most critical endangered vertebrate species. The eagle is known to be geographically restricted to the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao.

A. Breeding Biology

Philippine eagles are monogamous and they bond for life. Nevertheless, contrary to claims that they opt to remain unpaired in the death of their mate, evidence from natural pairing techniques and data from all other raptors indicate that they take in new mates as a replacement. Females reach sexual maturity at around five years and males, at seven.

1. Courtship

Increased aerial displays, frequent stay near the nest and nest-building activity mark the start of the courtship

IT IS easy to list problems that pressure people today. However, it is another matter to find remedies that bring relief. That, obviously, is not easy.

One reason for the difficulty is that usually the symptoms are treated, not the root causes. To find sure remedies for problems, the causes must be determined first. Once these are known, then treatment is more certain.

To illustrate: If a certain part of your body hurt due to infection, you could take a drug to deaden the pain. However, would that solve the problem? No, for it would treat only the symptom, not the cause. When the drug wore off, the pain would return, since the infection would still be there. Instead, if the root cause was determined as being the infection, and it was properly treated, the pain would be eliminated.

Similarly, in looking for remedies for today’s pressures,

Are you financially stable? Alternatively, you’re in a way to go broke? Why has this situation come about? To illustrate: suppose you had a job that paid you $1,000 every week. Would you say that you were well off financially? Most people certainly would say so.

However, what if you spent $1,100 every week during the year? What if you spent $1,200 every week next year? What if you continued spending more than your income year after year? Simple mathematics would tell you that, after you used up any savings you had, you would be going deep into debt.

After a while, banks and credit firms would realize that you were living too far beyond your means, and that you were a poor risk. They would see that you were headed for bankruptcy and would stop lending you money.

Thus, regardless of what income a person has, he certainly is

The GMA Artist Center announced that Kris Bernal will have Carl Guevarra (the actor formerly named Carlo Guevarra) as love tandem, losing Aljur Abrenica who will be paired with Rhian Ramos!

THE challenge today is to decide what will have the greatest impact on our health. The media have flooded the marketplace with information on dieting, exercise, nutritional supplements, and a host of other health-related matters. Unfortunately, much of it is contradictory. Says science writer Denise Grady: “Advice to the public about what to eat, what medicines to take and, basically, how to live, seems to do an about-face every time a new study is published in a medical journal.”

Some doctors advise that sticking with the basics is a more sensible approach than experimenting with every new health fad that comes along. For example, The American Medical Association Family Medical Guide says: “You can stay healthier throughout your life by making positive lifestyle changes and by having regular checkups, so that any disease that develops can be detected and treated early.” But what sort of “positive lifestyle changes” are