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3rd Year: Minor Project, Research @Phil

Avian's With birds in their quest for companionship, all tend to follow a similar theme, put on an amazing to get the girls attention . In this list all the birds are males which is surprising , but I can totally see why it is the way it is. Greater Sage Grouse Greater Sage Grouse: Mating Display The Greater Sage Grouse has the innate ability to puff up its chest to a massive size in order to attract a mate, creating two almost like breasts. It also makes a very distinct puffing, slapping noise which almost sounds like a whistle and bongos. I don't know why, but whenever I look at this thing I'm immediately reminded of a drag queen for some reason? So I might have something to play with there. Bird of Paradise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTmHtxJpEWE Birds of paradise come in a variety of shapes and colors in order to attract a mate, like the rest of the birds, the whole idea is to attract as much attention as possible in...

'The Birds 1963' Look! Is it a bird? Yeah, its a bird alright... 31/01/2016

Figure 1: The Birds 1963 Poster   This film review will focus on the film 'The Birds 1963', the film was made in 1963 and is another one of Alfred Hitchcock’s films. The film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock , the screenplay was done by Evan Hunter , cinematography was done by Robert Burks and the soundtrack was done by Bernard Herrmann . The film is very detailed in its design, having the special effects that it did were very complex and took a while to make. However some scenes do look a little dodgy, even now it is slightly amusing watching gulls fly head first into homes almost as if they don’t know how to fly. The pacing for the film is also slightly odd, there is a sense of these birds having some sort of significance but the build-up is so weirdly paced and sudden that it makes the introduction of the birds almost unexplainable. However despite this the film is widely regarded as a really good film, showing that the effects and story do have quite a lot of backbon...