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Big Bird is a character on the children’s television show Sesame Street. Officially performed by Caroll Spinney from 1969 to 2018, he is an eight-foot two-inch (249 cm) tall bright yellow anthropomorphic canary.[3][4] He can roller skate, ice skate, dance, swim, sing, write poetry, draw, and even ride a unicycle. Despite this wide array of talents, he is prone to frequent misunderstandings, on one occasion even singing the alphabet as one big long word (from the song called “ABC-DEF-GHI,” pronounced /æbkədɛfgi:dʒɛkəlmɪnɒpkwɜrstu:vwɪksɪz/), pondering what it could mean. He lives in a large nest behind the 123 Sesame Street brownstone and right next to Oscar the Grouch’s trash can and he has a teddy bear named Radar. In Season 46, Big Bird’s large nest is now sitting within a small, furnished maple tree, and is no longer hidden by used construction doors. He wears a red neckerchief and straw hat on his birthday and a red and blue necktie on special occasions every year and in early television specials.

In 2000, Big Bird was named a Living Legend by the United States Library of Congress.[5]

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Big Bird sings "That's Cooperation"

Even the proudest of the peacocks knows when to give an inch. Listen to Big Bird’s wisdom and start cooperating today.

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Areas of Interest

Big Bird was originally designed by a drawing from Jim Henson and built by Kermit Love in 1969. The design was based on a previous Henson creation: A seven foot tall dragon that the puppeteer created for a La Choy advertising campaign. [10] The Big Bird performer is completely enclosed within the costume, and extends his right hand over his head to operate the head and neck of the puppet. The Muppeteer’s left hand serves as the Bird’s left wing, while the right wing is stuffed and hangs loosely from a fishing line that runs through a loop under the neck and attaches to the wrist of the left hand. The right hand thus does the opposite of the left hand: as the left hand goes down, the right hand is pulled up by the fishing line. For some of the Journey to Ernie segments, a second puppeteer (usually Jim Martin) controls Big Bird’s right wing. He is concealed by dressing in a body suit the same color as their chroma keybackground (something that obviously cannot be done on the main  Sesame Street set).[citation needed] Big Bird’s body suit weighs ten pounds, and his head weighs four pounds. According to writer Louise Gikow, the heat inside the suit is “unbearable, and it’s extraordinarily difficult to hold Big Bird’s head.”[11]

Academic Degrees

In the mid-late 1970s, Big Bird made several appearances on The Hollywood Squares. As with Mr. Hooper, Big Bird frequently mispronounced host Peter Marshall’s name, calling him “Mr. Marshmallow” or “Mr. Masher”. In another episode, when asked by Marshall what kind of bird he was, Big Bird replied “I’m a lark”, which broke Marshall up.

Publications

Simon, Ellen.  “He’s Big Bird: Caroll Spinney loves every feather”, Associated Press via Google News, 16 June 2008. Accessed 19 June 2008.

Demara, Bruce. “Sesame Street’s Big Bird: Brought to you by the letter C”. Toronto Star, 23 April 2014, E1.

The Original Sesame Street Lyrics Archive

The Original Sesame Street Lyrics Archive - Big Bird Songs

Big Bird

ABC-DEF-GHI Big Bird's classic confusion song!

Available as a small .mp3 file 232K
and you can watch it online at YouTube

~~ Ain't No Road Too Long from "Follow That Bird" with Big Bird and Waylon Jennings

Believe In Yourself "And the world belongs to you and me" and don't you ever forget it!

Watch Diana Ross and Big Bird sing it online at YouTube

~~ Big Bird Doesn't Fly, no, but The Squirrelles will help by singing a groovy tune

Bob and Big Bird Present The Letter F short skit where Big Bird helps without even trying

~~ The Count's Birdy-Pox Lullaby poor Big Bird's got birdy-pox, but his buddy sings and counts him to sleep

~~ Deck The Halls from "A Muppet Family Christmas"

~~ Deck The Halls Medley older version, another good sing-along tune for your family to try

Easy Going Day we're so laid-back we're floating on a bubble . .. ahhh. From "Follow That Bird"

See it online at YouTube

~~ Everyone Feels A Little Shy with Big Bird and Susan, not complete yet

Everyone Makes Mistakes classic and still good advice

You can watch it online (with Mr. Hooper and Big Bird) at YouTube

~~ A Gift you will consider this planet a gift after this lovely tune from Big Bird

~~ "Good Morning, Mister Sun Welcome to the sky", by Big Bird

~~ Guess Who? not complete yet, with Big Bird and Snuffy, "I'm thinking of someone exactly like you ..."

~~ Happy Birthday To Me celebrate your big day with the gang

~~ Hot, Hot, Hot Elmo's feeling hot, hot, hot!

~~ "How Do You Get From Here To There? what do you do?"

~~ I Just Adore Four Big Bird's ode to the number four

~~ I Think That It Is Wonderful classic tune where everyone chimes in on their favorite subjects

~~ I'm So Blue from "Follow That Bird", Big Bird's sad lament when he's trapped as a blue bird *sniff*

If I Were A Cloud Snuffy dreams about being way up high

Watch it at YouTube

J Poem cute little poem by Big Bird

Just One Me Big Bird reminds us how special we are.

Available as a small .mp3 file 175K

Just One Person Technically a Muppet song, really just a personal fave ... so sue me!

You can watch the lovely Muppet tribute to Jim Henson version online at YouTube

~~ Just Three Colors Big Bird and Oscar tune about a funky album cover from the old days that included three colored discs

~~ Macarena even the Street's not safe from this dance craze!

Mr. Hooper's Death the classic scene where everyone explains his death to Big Bird *sniff*

The Noodle Story Big Bird needles Oscar with nine naughty noodles!

~~ One Little Star a classic from the movie "Follow That Bird"

Picture A World gets harder as we get older, but with Sesame Street's help I think we can all picture this world

Visit YouTube for a wonderful clip with Perry Como, Julie Andrews, and the Muppets

~~ Play Along even Mr. Hooper joins in the game ... *sniff* ...

Read Me A Story Big Bird and Zoe's lovely tune about tricking grownups into reading

Available as a full . mp3 file 2.6M

~~ A Really Good Feeling short but lovely tune from Big Bird

~~ Sign Song "No Right Turn, No Left Turn, What can you do?"

~~ Sign, You're A Friend Of Mine Big Bird sorts out all the "Signs you never should forget"

"Sing sing a song, make it simple to last your whole life long!"

Available as a full .mp3 file 2.8M (kids, w/Spanish verse)
as a small .mp3 file 368K (Big Bird)
and another small .wav file 315K (Bob McGrath)
Visit YouTube for a lovely Perry Como and Julie Andrews duet of "Sing" songs from "Julie On Sesame Street" (1973).
Also try here for guitar chords

~~ Small People with Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, Prairie Dawn, and Big Bird

The Sound of the Letter "A" the beginning of the alphabet album, AND the alphabet, neat!

Available as a full .mp3 file 2.4M

~~ Surprise with Big Bird, Bob, Maria, Grover, Mr. Hooper and a Baker, not complete

~~ Tall Enough when all that mattered was being able to reach the snacks.

The Twelve Days Of Christmas classic muppet version of a holiday fave, great family singalong

Available as a full .mp3 file 4M

~~ A Very, Very Special Letter a very, very silly song by Big Bird.

~~ Walking Down My Street Big Bird's cheery tune as he walks down Sesame Street

When Muppets Cry not from the show, but a fan's beautiful tribute

~~ Wonderful Me by Big Bird, "Who is the bird who is happy and proud? Me!"

~~ You'll Never Take the Texas Out of Me Tanya Tucker and Big Bird duet

~~ You're Gonna Be A Star Big Bird adopts an Egyptian prince at the museum

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Great lyre bird | it's... What is the Great Lyre Bird?

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Great lyre bird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordates
Grade: Birds
Squad: Passeriformes
Family: Lyrebirds
Gen. : Lyrebirds
Type: Large lyre bird
Latin name
Menura novaehollandiae
(Latham, 1802)


Systematics
on Wikispecies


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ITIS 561097
NCBI 47692

Large lyre bird [1] , or common lyrebird [1] (lat. Menura novaehollandiae ) - living in eastern Australia and singing bird.

Contents

  • 1 Description
  • 2 Location
  • 3 Lifestyle
  • 4 Subspecies
  • 5 Notes

Description

Male up to 100 cm long, female up to 86 cm. Plumage predominantly brown. The tail of the male up to 60 cm long has the shape of a lyre, the tail feathers are black and dark red above, and silver below. The tail of the female is shorter and not lyre-shaped.

Habitat

The large lyre bird lives in temperate and subtropical rainforests. Many individuals of the great lyre bird live in Dandenong National Park and in Kinglake National Park in the suburbs of Melbourne, the Royal National Park and in the Illawarra region south of Sydney and in many other parks along the east coast of Australia, which is not protected by bush.

Way of life

The bird feeds more often on the ground, raking the forest floor with its paws. Feeds on insects, worms, snails and other land animals. She sleeps in the trees.

During the lek, the male sings and waves his tail over the body. The male mates with several females. Each female builds a nest on the ground or on a stump, lining it with feathers. She lays a single gray to purplish-brown egg with dark spots. Without the support of the male, the female incubates the egg and feeds the chick.

Along with its “own” cries (“blik-blik” or “bilik-bilik”), the large lyre bird imitates the voices of other birds and the calls of mammals. It even imitates sounds such as the horn of a locomotive, the click of a camera or the noise of a chainsaw [2] .

Subspecies

  • Menura novaehollandiae edwardi
  • Menura novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
  • Menura novaehollandiae victoriae

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Five-Lingual Dictionary of Animal Names90 Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / under the general editorship of acad. V. E. Sokolova. — M.: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 265. - 2030 copies. — ISBN 5-200-00643-0
  2. http://www.vokrugsveta.ru/telegraph/theory/777/ Bird songs from someone else's voice

Bird alphabet.

Umnoteka children's portal Sun

A

Stork is known for generosity -
He brings children to mothers.
And a singer - such songs...
And a dancer from the very best.

Albatross soars over the sea,
proudly flies over the waves,
Argues with the wind, argues with the sea.
Doesn't know how to be submissive.

B

Cormorant is a dexterous fisherman,
He is a great fisherman.
On a long neck, a nose-hook,
Catch a fish - and in a bag.

Snipe lives in swamps,
Gets food from mud.
And somewhere in the reeds is a nest.
It's hard to see where it is.

The golden eagle is circling. With a keen eye
He sees a hare. Stone down.
He is a hunter, it's clear at once.
Do you want to live? Look out!

The petrel catches the storm,
Powerfully cuts the clouds.
Silence of sea blue
Hurricanes frighten.

B

The woodcock is barely visible,
His suit is the color of the grass.
Only the long nose sticks out.
Knot? Or a twig from the grass?

Long-tongued bluethroat,
Knows many languages:
Birdsong, someone's screams,
The sound of cars and the roar of horns.

Sparrow drooped in winter,
He is barely alive: "Chick-chirp."
And when the sun warmed up,
“Chick-chirp,” is already laughing.

A crow and a raven are two different birds,
They cannot be together. Never get along.
Let the black color not bother anyone,
They will never recognize themselves as relatives.

Vertisheyka like a woodpecker,
Only very small.
She has such a character:
She shouts to everyone in fright: “Remove!”

Bittern, like a bull, shouts angrily.
It is tightly hidden by reeds.
The bittern stretched its neck,
wants to be a reed.

D

Gaga will dive and disappear for a long time.
I want a fish. So you want it fresh.
But she doesn't live much on earth,
She hatches her chicks and swims away.

Loon does not like to walk on the ground,
And she sleeps even in cold water.
Will only build a nest, but next to water,
Water is her home, her food pantry.

Jackdaw gallops along the road,
She has such legs.
Jumps straight, to the right, to the left
So easily and so skillfully.

The rook walks sedately in the garden -
He wants to eat - that's the reason.
Whatever he finds - straight into his mouth.
That's full. And no hassle.

The vulture does not like to hunt,
It is better to look for the dead.
It is not difficult to deceive him.
He is also a coward.

Capercaillie is not deaf. Capercaillie is not blind,
He hears everything, sees without problems.
But as soon as he begins to sing a song,
And immediately deaf and completely blind.

Gogol - duck. Duck only
Builds nests on the ground.
Imagine for a moment,
has a nest in a hollow!

D

Thrush sings. And in this song
The voice of different birds is heard.
he is a famous mockingbird,
an amazing artist.

Bustard like an airplane
Jogging.
Run up and fly,
Important and slow.

Dubonos with a massive nose,
He is an expert at biting bones.
So easy, so fast, simple!
Who else can do that?

A woodpecker hammers a tree trunk
With a long, strong, thin nose.
He himself is full. Healthy tree -
He treats trees deftly.

E

Spruce loves the forest so much,
He eats seeds from cones.
Will eat some rascal
And throw a bump on the ground.
Eat whoever wants, there are enough cones!
So he feeds the forest brothers.

Each bird has its own food,
What is good only for her.
One has leaves, seeds,
Another meat must eat.
And this, really, is not a whim:
Each bird has its own life.

F

Lark from the sky
He sends greetings to everyone with a ringing song.
The sun, the sky, the forest and the field -
Everyone sings a happy share.

Zhelna is the largest woodpecker.
He is a friend to sick trees.
The barrel is hollow, but they are pleased.
He is a surgeon. But without hands.

Crane moves stilts,
Comes closer... closer... closer.
But the dancer is one of the best -
He will teach anyone to dance.

Z

Gem Kingfisher
As if dressed in silk.
Catches fish, drags children.
Here's a real parent!

The finch carries a song from the heart,
Likes to warm up in the song.
Builds a strong house for children,
So that it would not be scary in it.

And

The ibis remembers the pharaohs.
They are gone, but he is still alive.
He still lives in the same house,
Where before. Where the Nile is.

Oriole, like a cat, can meow
And, like a flute, it will play softly too.
The best singer! And he loves to swim:
So from the flight he cuts the water with his bright chest.

Y

Y sounds like an anguish,
Birds can't sing this sound.
This letter will close the syllable -
There is a deep meaning in this.
And without this letter, the word
seems to be completely unfamiliar.

K

Guillemots will arrange their own market,
Many thousands - guillemots, guillemots.
But they habitually live in the sea.
Why? What's the secret?

Warbler so crackling,
Mosquitoes over her cloud.
Stuffs mouth with them.
How else does she sing?

The kinglet is very small,
Its weight is only five grams.
Will disperse in earnest
And will start snooping around everywhere.

The kite fumbles over the forest,
He is looking for his prey.
His interests are clear,
The people are only dissatisfied with the bird.

The cuckoo pours "cuckoo" around.
Counting? Sings? Or maybe sad?
Where are her children? All one on a bitch.
And what does she say with this “cuckoo”?

Kulik praises his swamp -
Where else can you find something like this?
Fat frogs, large flocks -
Catch and eat. You won't get lost!

Partridge wherever she wants,
Builds a warm snow house.
She will dive into the snow on a polar night,
And she will not care about frost.

L

Swallows under the roof
They mold a house out of mud.
Strong house came out,
Best of all in the world.

A white swan swims
Among the pure light waters.
Majestic, proud,
She arched her neck beautifully.

The forest horse sings, flies,
Dreams of meeting a girlfriend!
And meet - quiet and invisible.
All care will be left to the children.

Harrier flies over the ground
Slowly and smoothly.
Nothing that he is gray-haired,
But a glorious hunter.

M

Maina looks like a starling.
And eats pests too.
Somewhere she can help,
Somewhere they drive her away.

Marabu strides importantly,
Bald like any wise man.
Will not repeat twice.
Once said, and that's it, the end.

Moskovka brings aphids to children
And bark beetles, ants…
As soon as she feeds her children,
And the forest around is almost healthy.

Flycatcher catches flies
And eats larvae in the garden.
She has a good sense of smell -
I'll catch everyone, I'll find everything!

N

Nandu ostrich. The ostrich is large.
And he can't fly either.
But he runs as if
He can catch up with the car himself.

The tawny owl is a predator. During the day he sleeps.
By night it flies to hunt.
Flies silently, quickly, dexterously,
To catch and eat a vole.

Diving is inseparable from water.
Is it with water? Is there water with it?
If he wants to eat, he will dive deeper...
He will always find something to eat.

O

Bunting - a small bird,
Like a horse, eager for oats.
What will such a small thing eat?
And the horse doesn't want to quarrel.

Ogar swims like a duck,
searches for food on the ground.
And brave in earnest.
How strong and how brave he is!

Eagle slowly in the air
Soars. He sees everything on earth.
When the eagle's cry is heard,
The language of all the living goes numb.

P

Handsome peacock, tail like a fan,
Who does not believe in his beauty?
His peacock is majestic,
This peacock walks slowly.

Chiffchaff jumps tirelessly through the trees,
Like a doctor, treats them, collects aphids.
Let the healthy apple tree grow, don't cry.
There is someone to carefully make friends with her.

The quail cries immodestly:
"Time to sleep! It's time to sleep!"
He doesn't sleep himself. It is enough for him
Put others to bed.

The penguin lives among the snows,
Where is night, frost and thick ice.
Will lay an egg. And just in time
A daughter or a son will be born.

Nuthatch slides along the trunk,
Feet up, head down.
And he will create a house in the spring -
Not everyone will build such a house.

The parrot is brightly colored,
Can even talk.
Maybe someone as a gift
Would like to receive it?

Kestrel - almost like a falcon,
Only smaller - a falcon.
Near the house, not far away,
Catches a mouse in one throw.

Р

Remez - a small builder,
A noble house built his own.
Long entrance - enter it,
Close the door behind you.

Golden Plover walks clumsily,
But flies fast, as all birds need.
In autumn it will set off on the road over the sea.
And in the spring he will return. Wait, soon!

Ryab grouse and spotted grouse,
Anyone can offend him.
Hiding in a snowdrift in winter
From enemies and frost.

С

The secretary is a big bird,
Run fast master.
Takes off only slowly -
Picks up speed for a long time.

Starlings are used to living in the garden.
The birdhouse is a modest gift to them.
All the insects they find,
Kids in the house. And the garden is happy.

Osprey knows a lot about fish,
She is used to catching fish.
Will dive into the water
And take off. In the claws - prey.

Tits like to live with people.
Don't count it as work in winter:
Feed them a little,
And in summer they will save the garden.

Bullfinch sparkles with scarlet chest
In the branches of snow-covered trees.
He took out a rowan berry,
he pecked. Quiet. Fell asleep, probably...

Owl is a hunter, sees at night
And smartly catches rodents.
There was a rustle. Mouse? Exactly!
Where to get away from these owls?

Jay - an old thief,
Bird's nest known thief *.
That egg will deftly drag,
Then the chicks are in a hurry to steal.

* thief - thief

Nightingale - a famous singer,
At night, during the day - he always sings.
Will disturb the heart with a song.
It would be necessary to sleep - it does not.

Magpie will not miss the news,
Ready to tell everyone.
Here she trumpeted everything before the deadline.
Loquacious, like... a magpie herself.

Shrike - an evil robber,
Pecks so that oh-oh-oh!
He sings well. Only for birds
These songs make it hard to sleep.

The ostrich rushes quickly,
An ostrich on the run argues with the wind,
And he can't fly at all.
The wings are barely visible.
Big beak. And the legs too.

The owl is almost a brother to the owl -
He is also happy with the prey,
Just as quickly, just as deftly
He catches a mouse - a vole.

T

Black grouse and huge.
And the grouse's outfit is inconspicuous, modest.
Like winter, a warm house will be built under the snow.
Frosts are not terrible, the hunter will not find.

Hatchet hatchet has been friendly with the sea since childhood,
Dives deep, the fish won't leave.
Will give a rebuff to anyone when it is needed,
The beak of an ax, like an ax, beats.

Wagtail, like a sister,
Helping everyone is a craftswoman:
Quickly runs around the beds,
Who harms them, will catch everyone.

U

A hoopoe flutters over the grass,
A crest proudly straightening it.
But don't try to catch him, -
Hoopoe smells so bad.

Ular will fly off the summit in the morning,
Then he goes home all day.
Everyone eats something. Not for a minute
He will not stop his way.

Ф

The pheasant, like your rooster, is painted,
He is brave in a fight and scary.
He will protect both honor and home,
Fighting spirit is always with him.

Owl - a thief, a chief robber,
And he can catch an owl.
Fly up silently, smoothly -
And the owl is also a predator.

Flamingo - a fabulous bird
On long legs with a long neck.
How can this bird not be proud -
The world is fascinated by this fairy.

Frigate hovering over the water surface
And the fish is waiting for a long, long time.
She will surface. He was immediately nearby,
grabbed her, and flew again.

X

Stilt - oh, he is long-legged,
No one in the water can compare with him.
Does not look for a ford, walks without roads -
Such an amazing bird.

Gull Gull,
With velvety head.
Always misses the water, -
There is food, there is a home.

C

Heron raises his leg,
Stands on the other leg.
All day as lifeless -
Dozing? Sleeping? Or not sleeping?

H

A seagull proudly cuts the air,
Soars near the shore.
The boundless expanse does not attract, -
Let the sea nearby make noise.

Hobby, like a nimble fighter,
Flutters in the sky, looking for a victim.
Would you like to come to breakfast? –
Moderate flight ardor, moderate.

You won't see lentils,
You don't even have to look.
Who offended her when,
If she hides again?

Chizh loves to sing. And how she sings!
And imitates many birds.
Chizh loves freedom. But
lives And in a cage, if they suddenly get caught.

Great Grebe builds a floating house,
Children always swim.
And when you get bored in the nest,
Quickly into the water. There is food.

Ш

Shalashnik builds a solid house,
To live comfortably in it.
Then he will invite a female,
After all, it's so boring to live alone.

Avocet – large shorebird,
Long nose curved upwards.
Legs are like your stilts.
And a very short tail.

Щ

Goldfinch is handsome. But how grumpy.
But who wants to be friends with him?
Smart goldfinch. Such a bird!
He likes to fight with others.

A dandy, when he beckons a female,
And then he is no longer a dandy.
Then he will become inconspicuous:
If you have a family, why be strict?

Shchur is noticeable in any forest,
He is wearing a crimson vest.


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