Caruncle (bird anatomy) Caruncle (bird anatomy) A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'. Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps), snoods, and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin 'caruncula', the diminutive of 'carō', flesh. Caruncles are carnosities, often of bright colors such as red, blue, yellow or white. They can be present on the head, neck, throat, cheeks or around the eyes of some birds. They may be present as combs or crests and other structures near the beak, or, hanging from the throat or neck. Caruncles
Bird Skin Coat Bird Skin Coat Bird Skin Coat is a book of poetry by Angela Sorby published in 2009. It won the 2009 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, judged by Marilyn Nelson. Angela Sorby Writer of 2 books(Childhood, Performance, and the Place of American Poetry and Distance Learning: Poems and Schoolroom Poets) ,Angela Sorby is associate university teacher of English at Marquette University and her area of specialty is American poetry:, interpreting it, reading it and writing it. She is particularly involved in how poetry engages with children and childhood. Upcoming work comprises: Early African-American Children’s Literature (U of Minnesota P); “Baby to