Article: Bluegill.(Nature Watch: From the Roger Tory Peterson Institute)

Article: Firefly.(Nature Watch: From the Roger Tory ...
Highlights for Children;  May 1, 2007 ;     522 words ...Did You Know? Fireflies make their own light by producing a chemical reaction in their bodies. They use light the way birds use their songs: to show where they are and to find a mate. Usually the male flies around, flashing his light. The female doesn't move around as much as the male does. When

Article: Hummingbird.(Nature watch: from the Roger Tory ...
Highlights for Children;  May 1, 2005 ;     449 words ...Did You Know? The hummingbird spends most of its time feeding at flowers. It uses its long beak and tongue to drink the flowers' nectar. This bird has to keep drinking nectar almost all the time. Nectar contains sugar, and sugar gives the bird the energy it needs. The hummingbird can't store up

Article: Mayfly.(Nature Watch: From the Roger Tory ...
Highlights for Children;  March 1, 2009 ;     538 words ...Did you Know? Adult mayflies don't live long. But when they appear, they can be hard to miss. Sometimes millions of mayflies come out at once, flying low over streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes. These insects are not feeding. They eat all they need while they live underwater as nymphs. Some kinds

Article: Kestrel.(Nature Watch: From the Roger Tory ...
Highlights for Children;  July 1, 2009 ;     517 words ...The kestrel can hover like a helicopter. It flutters its wings back and forth. That motion holds the bird steady in the air. Very few birds can do that. The kestrel hovers over a field or meadow. Then it dives to catch a grasshopper or mouse. The kestrel can fly fast and catch smaller birds, too.

Article: Matching.(Nature Watch: From the Roger Tory ...
Highlights for Children;  July 1, 2009 ;     290 words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Look at each pool toy on the left. Find one like it on the right.

Article: Jumping spider.(Nature Watch: From the Roger Tory ...
Highlights for Children;  July 1, 2005 ;     498 words ...Did You Know? Jumping spiders don't weave webs. Instead, they capture prey by leaping and pouncing. Some jumping spiders can jump 40 times their own body length. Jumping spiders use sharp eyesight to spot their prey. They have four pairs of eyes, and they can tell the difference between prey and

Article: TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MCCORMICK ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... David H. McCormick at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International EconomicsIMF Reform ... It's a pleasure to speak at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, which ... economic issues of the day. The Peterson Institute is a particularly appropriate site ...