Usually, watchful waiting is an outpatient process and may have a duration of months or years. In contrast, medical observation is usually an inpatient process, often involving frequent or even continuous monitoring and may have a duration of hours or days. 1 Medical uses.
Shearwaters earned their name by their ability to cut - or shear - the water with their wings, although until recently they were known as 'muttonbirds'. This name was given to them by early European settlers, who killed the birds for food and found that their flesh tasted like mutton.
Red Crossbill: Breeds from southern Alaska, Manitoba, Quebec, and Newfoundland, south in the west to northern Nicaragua, and in eastern U.S. to Wisconsin and North Carolina (in mountains).Spends winters irregularly south to the Gulf Coast; also in Eurasia.ative to North and Central America as well as Europe and Asia, this bird prefers temperate forest ecosystems, though it can reside in urban areas. The global population of this bird is estimated at 15,000,000 individuals and does not show signs of decline that would necessitate inclusion on the IUCN Red List.