fire birds
so yeah, don’t watch fire birds unless you too want to kiss the helicopters .
it may not be as glossy as top gun, but fire birds is still an above average b movie .
the book is worthy of birds, and i know no higher praise .
charles foster on as kingfishers catch fire
department of conservation spokesman nick hirst said staff on the island reported that no native trees or birds were burnt in the fire .
mt roskill fire station officer phil thorogood said the ungrazed grass increased the likelihood of fire on the island .
leavesley aj, cary gj, edwards gp, gill am (2010) the effect of fire on birds of mulga woodland in arid central australia. int j wildl fire 19: 949–960
just before midday on friday, auckland council said the fire was
being well managed
following the overnight efforts of auckland rural fire crews and the fire service .
mt roskill fire station officer phil thorogood, who helped to battle the blaze, said the ungrazed paddocks upped the likelihood of a fire on the island and contributed to the fire' s spread .
many types of fires could be prescribed for a property, including a head fire, a backing fire, or a flanking fire. the least intense type of prescribed fire is called a backing fire (figure 14). in a backing fire, the fire typically is ignited with a drip torch and set along the downwind side of the area to be burned. the fire then slowly creeps into the wind, burning leaves and other small matter on the forest floor. a head fire has the wind at its back, and a flanking fire is ignited in a line perpendicular to the direction of the wind. the intensity of a fire can be increased in a controlled manner by igniting parallel strips of fire about 5 to 10 yards apart (figure 15). in this strip head fire, the downwind line of fire will briefly intensify as the new upwind ignition strip quickly moves toward it before the two meet. remember to never completely ring an area with fire because the fire could become too intense and not leave escape pathways for wildlife (figure 16) .
smucker km, hutto rl, steele bm (2005) changes in birds abundance after wildfire: importance of severity and time since fire. ecol appl 15: 1535–1549
if you think of movies as big - screen video games, see fire birds. if not, you may want to skip this top gun with copters and cartels .
“the birds which were in the aviary were removed and so we don’t believe any were injured. ”
fire engines from dereham, earlham, fakenham and watton attended the scene and firefighters used hose reels and wore breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire .
lean, mean, clean and empty - hearted, fire birds is a video - game recruiting poster with a bomb ticking inside - - a bomb that never goes off .
uhl c, kauffman jb (1990) deforestation, fire susceptibility, and potential tree responses to fire in the eastern amazon. ecology 71: 437–449
how bad is it? call this one
top gun
with choppers, not an inaccurate description, except that
fire birds
makes
top gun
seem original .
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a silver sedan is engulfed in flames at birds hill park on sunday. (pat kaniuga / cbc )
once the rural fire authority has declared that the fire is completely extinguished, doc staff will be doing a full assessment of the impact of the fire on native wildlife and native plants on the island ,
he said .
one of the most harmful things modern man has done to birds has been his attempt to exclude fire from fire - type pine forests. within a few years most forests choke up with brush, lose their prairie - like vegetation, and can no longer support birds dependent on periodic burning for their food supply and proper cover .
( herbert stoddard, 1963 )
adeney jm, ginsberg jr, russell gj, kinnaird mf (2006) effect of an enso - related fire on birds of a lowland tropical forest in sumatra. anim conserv 9: 292–301
figure 6. pitcher plants require frequent fire to reduce competition from other plants .
for more information and resources for prescribed burners, check with your state prescribed fire council. in north carolina, visit the north carolina prescribed fire council’s website .
or those of us wondering - - in light of the radical changes in the global body politic - - who our enemies are now ,
fire birds
steps in with a few answers .
lean, mean, clean and empty - hearted ,
fire birds
( citywide) is a video - game recruiting poster with a bomb ticking inside - - a bomb that never goes off .
you should police a recently burned stand for smoldering stumps, downed logs, or places where the fire might have crossed the fireline until no danger of fire escape or smoke damage remains. diligence is needed to prevent fire escape. a postburn evaluation of the area should help assess whether the fire achieved the goals in your burn plan .
figure 9. longleaf seedlings in the grass stage are adapted to survive a fire .
tortoises died in a fire at hoe, near dereham. picture: matthew usher .
a number of tortoises have died after being caught in an outbuilding fire near dereham .
a down - on - his - luck israeli detective must unlock the secrets of a circle of spry holocaust survivors to solve a vexing crime in fire birds, a murder mystery that enticingly entwines past and present .
ukmar e, battisti c, luiselli l, bologna ma (2007) the effect of fire on communities, guilds and species of breeding birds in burnt and control pinewoods in central italy. biodivers conserv 16: 3287–3300
the film even managed to have 2 different, but both awful, titles — originally known as wings of apache, for the us release (but not the international one) it was given the even more terrible title of fire birds (i guess because helicopters fly and… sometimes go on fire ?) .
the
active flame front
was spread over 200 metres, the fire service said .
but predictability isn' t the worst of
fire birds'
problems. the dialogue is so hokey you' ll have a hard time not laughing out loud. did i say dialogue? make that pontificating soundbites .
woinarski jcz, brock c, fisher a, milne d, oliver b (1999) response of birds and reptiles to fire regimes on pastoral land in the victoria river district, northern territory. rangel j 21: 24–38
the fire spread on thursday night and extra crews were called in to help fight the flames .
figure 4. white - tailed deer browse the nutritious sprouts that grow after a prescribed fire .
figure 10. fast - growing saplings less than 8 feet tall are sometimes killed by fire .
figure 18. standing dead trees, called snags, provide habitat for birds like this red - headed woodpecker and many other wildlife species .
more than 13 hectares of browns island in auckland' s hauraki gulf has been blackened by fire .
they have done an excellent job to contain this fire in what can be difficult conditions .
three additional fire crews, from birkenhead, mt roskill and parnell, arrived at 7. 30am .
however, herbicides used in combination with prescribed fire can yield desirable vegetation conditions, such as open, park - like forest stands dominated by a lush herbaceous layer, more quickly and easily than fire alone .
dwyer jk, block vw (2000) effects of wildfire on densities of secondary cavity nesting birds in ponderosa pine forests of northern arizona. in: kieth m, moser cf (eds) fire and forest ecology: innovative silviculture and vegetation managements. tall timbers fire ecology conference proceedings, no. 21. tall timbers research station, tallahassee, pp 151–156
the fire, in auckland' s hauraki gulf, spread overnight as windy conditions caused problems for firefighters .
a man injured in a house fire in gore remains in a serious condition in icu at christchurch hospital .
figure 2. northern bobwhite feed on the seeds and fruits that herbaceous plants produce following a prescribed fire .
i don' t know anyone who watched the opening to fire birds and didn' t get chills. this movie almost cost me my canadian citizenship when an army recruiter in massena, ny made a very convincing argument for me join up and fly helicopters .
dardanelli s, nores ml, nores m (2006a) minimum area requirements of breeding birds in fragmented woodland of central argentina. divers distrib 12: 687–693
jake preston (nicolas cage) is a helicopter pilot training for war against a famous nemesis. jake is the most skilled flyer of everybody, but he has a team of other helicopter flyers behind him including brad little (tommy lee jones), who helps jake train to be an even better pilot. i thought
fire birds
was a good action movie. it might not be the best of its kind, but it' s certainly not a bad movie. the training sequences and the final showdown between the fire birds and their major enemy is exciting. if you like action movies and especially if you like flying movies, i recommend getting
fire birds .
note: that was my amazon review from the year 2000. underrated action / flying flick to me .
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a person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after their papakura, south auckland flat caught fire .
a spokesman for the fire services said: “no humans were injured but sadly a number of tortoises did die .
in a certain way, with the help of insomnia and perhaps the closure of one eye, fire birds actually works in a minor key. let' s just say it' s the best 77 - minute apache helicopter actioner starring nicolas cage i' ve ever seen .
fire birds was released in the year 1990, some songs of the official soundtrack are find a way to my heart by phil collins, do you remember by phil collins, chain of fools by judson spence, the good life by billy trudel. listen the soundtrack online !
beautifully illustrated and illuminated by the celebrated graphic artist neil gower, as kingfishers catch fire is a book to love and to hold, to return to again and again, to marvel at the way that authors across the centuries have captured the endless grace and variety of birds .
manitoba conservation officers first attempted to put that fire out with handheld extinguishers but weren' t successful, hudson said .
these have since been stood down and now ground crews are targeting hotspots and securing the perimeter of the fire .
this can make extinguishing a fire more challenging but the crews working today and overnight have done a sterling job .
cochrane ma (2001) synergistic interactions between habitat fragmentation and fire in evergreen tropical forest. conserv biol 15: 1515–1521
the fire appears to have started in the engine of a silver sedan in the east beach parking lot around 4 p. m. , according to jeff hudson, chief of the rural municipality of springfield' s fire and rescue service .
this is contribution number 81 of the sagebrush steppe treatment evaluation project (sagestep), funded by the us joint fire sciences program, the bureau of land management, the national interagency fire center, and the great northern landscape conservation cooperative .
burning vehicles in birds hill park sent plumes of thick black smoke into the air sunday afternoon as more than 100 people stood by and watched from a short distance away .
this will include conducting a scene examination, in conjunction with the rural fire service, to establish the circumstances .
earlier on friday morning, fire service northern communications centre shift manager scott osmond said about 30 firefighters were on the island .
norfolk fire and rescue services were called to gorgate road in hoe, near dereham, at around 7. 30am today .
fire adapted organisms benefit in some way from the occurrence of bush or forest fires. birds of prey might catch insects fleeing from the flames and temminck' s coursers lay their eggs on scorched ground to take advantage of the open space and to feed on the insects that perished in the fire. certain plants have gone one step further and become totally dependent on heat and flames to open their seed capsules or trigger germination .
what makes birds truly riveting entertainment is not the conflict between good and bad guys, but the clash between the film' s apparent intent and the loony subversiveness of its performances .
blake jg (2005) effects of prescribed burning on distribution and abundance of birds in a closed - canopy oak - dominated forest, missouri, usa. biol conserv 121: 519–531
perhaps the most obnoxious aspect of
fire birds ,
however, is how everybody tells cage' s character how wonderful he is at every opportunity  including cage himself, who has a big scene in a chopper simulator where he screams
i am the greatest !
after every target he hits .
fire birds (also known as wings of the apache) is a 1990 action film starring nicolas cage and tommy lee jones as us army apache helicopter pilots who battle drug cartels. with support from the department of defense, the film was one of the first to feature the actual ah - 64 apache .
the fire, which started around 7. 30pm yesterday evening, has covered 13. 2 hectares of the island .
six department of conservation staff helped combat the fire on friday and their boats have been ferrying firefighters to and from the island .
wildlife biologists such as herbert stoddard recognized the value of fire as a tool to conserve habitat for many wildlife species as early as the 1920s (figure 2). many of north carolina' s plants and animals adapt well to fire because much of the state' s lands burned frequently for thousands of years. here are some specific examples of fire' s value to wildlife :
however, mature hardwood trees, especially species with thin bark, such as tulip - poplar, water oak, willow oak, red maple, and american beech, may be damaged or killed if a fire becomes too hot. the other oaks and most hickories are more fire resistant. you should weigh the risk of losing valuable trees against the habitat improvements associated with fire in hardwood stands .
that was shortly after a fire was reported on the island - which blazed out of control on thursday night and into friday morning .
because of its many benefits to wildlife and its relative cost efficiency, fire is a land manager’s best tool to improve wildlife habitat .
fire birds is a movie starring gila almagor, rami heuberger, and dvora kedar. an eighty - year - old man' s body is found with three stab wounds to the chest and a number tattooed along his forearm. amnon, a police detective and second generation holocaust survivor, is... see full summary »
not usually! animals may be temporarily displaced following a prescribed burn, but most can avoid direct harm from fire. deer, foxes, and bobcats run; birds and bats fly; and mice, lizards, snakes, and salamanders go underground into burrows or under rocks and fallen logs as a fire approaches (figure 7). some animals, such as slow - moving turtles and snakes, can be killed during a wildfire or prescribed burn. however, many turtles survive fires by burrowing underground or using their shells to protect themselves. nestlings or young birds are most vulnerable to fires. however, the overall benefit wildlife receive from habitat diversity by burning far outweighs any wildlife loss. ironically, the absence of fire may cause greater harm to wildlife. habitat changes resulting from fire exclusion can result in low reproduction and eventual displacement of some wildlife. today, many wildlife species are imperiled by habitat changes resulting from too little burning .
officer cartelle confirmed the fire had been
contained
by 5: 45pm on friday and that officers were standing down for the evening .
pausas jg, keeley je (2009) a burning story: the role of fire in the history of life. bioscience 59: 593–601
saab v, powell dw (2005) fire and avian ecology in north america: process influencing pattern. stud avian biol 30: 1–13
although no one was injured in the blaze at the residential property, the fire took hold of outbuildings containing aviaries and a tortoise house .
in central argentina, serrano forest has a long history of fire disturbance; however, the impact of fire on avifauna remains unknown. we compared the avian–habitat relationships in forest patches with low, moderate, and high fire regimes using a community - level (species richness, abundance, ordination and guilds) and species - level (indicator species analysis) approach. in patches under each fire condition, we recorded bird community composition, richness and abundance, and different vegetation structure variables. the site under high - severity fire regime was structurally poor and had been converted from original forest to dense grassland. there, diversity of bird community was low, retaining approximately 30% of the species present in the least impacted site. avian assemblage was dominated by generalist and open area birds. guilds were underrepresented, showing an important reduction of foliage granivorous, nectarivorous, omnivores, and foliage and bark insectivorous, and absence of fly - catchers. moreover, low abundance of forest understory, midstory, and canopy species and of birds belonging to open and closed nesting guilds was detected. by contrast, under low and moderate - severity fire regimes highest bird diversity as well as highest representativeness of most guilds was observed. forest bird species were strongly associated with low fire disturbance, whereas moderate fire disturbance was characterized by the presence of forest and generalist species. given the critical conservation status of serrano forest in córdoba, argentina, habitat restoration and protection of forest relicts could be suitable measures to promote avifauna preservation .
songs we love: the stray birds,' shining in the distance' maya de vitry' s powerhouse of a voice shines in this gospel - inspired ode to dreaming of what seems unattainable .
fire birds
is rated pg - 13 for violence and profanity, along with the aforementioned sex scene, which, by the way, is edited just as choppily as the flying scenes. you can' t tell which chopper is which in the air and you can' t tell what body part is what on the ground .
a woman who caused a massive blaze on an uninhabited island said she had lit the fire to attract help after being stranded for three days .
in his impressive debut feature, writer - director amir wolf keeps audiences guessing with a smart mix of humor, charm and melancholy. nominated for 10 israeli academy awards, with a best supporting actress win for dvora kedar, fire birds also features ophir - winners miriam zohar and mali levi, and the queen of israeli cinema and theatre gila almagor .
barlow j, peres ca, henriques lmp, stouffer pc, wunderle jm (2006) the responses of understorey birds to forest fragmentation, logging and wildfires: an amazonian synthesis. biol conserv 128: 182–192
swathes of blackened grass are visible on browns island following a raging fire, which was still smouldering more than 16 hours after the alarm was raised .
helicopters with monsoon buckets provided good
knock - down
support to help control the fire' s spread, the council said in a statement .
in moments like this, director david green, whose last film was the fairly sly heist comedy
buster ,
seems to have turned into a total
top gun
bunny: a dire fate even in a gonzo, rock' n' roll recruiting poster movie like
fire birds
( rated pg - 13 for violence and sexual innuendo) .
dardanelli s (2003) the role of pine plantations as habitat for birds and the impact on natural environments of cordoba, argentina. master thesis. universidad nacional of cordoba, cordoba, argentina (in spanish )
fire protection policies implemented in the 1920s led to the transformation of forest and prairie landscapes. southern fire - dependent plant communities, like longleaf pine forests, oak savannas, and piedmont prairies, almost disappeared following the decline of fire, thereby causing declines in the number of animals that depended on these habitat types. although prescribed fire is recognized as a necessary habitat management tool for forest and wildlife management, fire is used on only a small fraction of private forestlands. because many of our native wildlife species are best adapted to habitats that experience frequent fires, burning only once in the life of a forest stand or burning less frequently than every 5 years does not maintain quality wildlife habitat. today, prescribed burning on private lands is hampered by :
beissinger sr, steadman ec, wohlgenant t, blake jg, zack s (1996) null models for assessing ecosystem conservation priorities: threatened birds as titers of threatened ecosystems in south america. conserv biol 10: 1343–1352
we haven' t seen much rain in a while, then with a combination of water, dust build up and electricity, that saw the birds nest go up in flames ,
a jemena spokesman said .
marone l (1990) modifications of local and regional bird diversity after a fire in the monte desert, argentina. rev chil hist nat 63: 187–195
many shrubs produce more fleshy fruit 2 to 5 years after a fire than they would if they had been in an area that had not been burned .
the spokesman said power would be restored to those homes by 10. 30am. he said the bird survived the fire and
was doing ok
.
many of the plant and animal species of greatest conservation concern in the south are dependent upon or assisted by fire (table 1). longleaf pine forests, once occupying 90 million acres in the south, now cover only about 5 percent of their original range. birds such as bachman' s sparrows and brown - headed nuthatches favor open pine stands with a dense grass ground cover found only in frequently burned areas. many of the south' s increasingly rare reptiles and amphibians, like the gopher tortoise, pine snake, and pine barrens treefrog, prefer forests frequently burned by fire. the long - term survival of these animals is in question if the use of prescribed fire does not persist .
principal rural fire officer bryan cartelle said the kikuyu grass on the island held a lot of dry matter, which can burn under the green layer of grass .
sometimes, you just have to go for it — that dream, that hope, that wish. and, in 2015, that' s exactly what maya de vitry, one - quarter of the stray birds, did .
when alex preston was 15, he stopped being a birdwatcher. adolescence and the scorn of his peers made him put away his binoculars, leave behind the hides and the nature reserves and the quiet companionship of his fellow birders. his love of birds didn’t disappear though. rather, it went underground, and he began birdwatching in the books that he read, creating his own personal anthology of nature writing that brought the birds of his childhood back to brilliant life .
they haven' t been able to achieve a lot overnight because it' s been quite windy and the fire' s been spreading ,
osmond said .
pons p, wendenburg c (2005) the impact of fire and forest into savanna on the bird communities of west madagascan dry forests. anim conserv 8: 183–193
here is pretty much the entire plot of fire birds: nicolas cage has to learn to fly a helicopter using only one of his eyes so he can go and shoot at bad drug helicopters. this is padded out to film length with just loads and loads of footage of helicopters because aren’t helicopters just the greatest? don’t you wish you could be a helicopter? or maybe even kiss a helicopter ?
politi n (2003) degradation and fire in the arid chaco: implications for bird assemblage. master thesis. universidad nacional of cordoba, cordoba, argentina (in spanish )
van mantgem pj, schwartz m, keifer m (2001) monitoring fire effects for managed burns and wildfires: coming to terms with pseudoreplication. nat area j 21: 266–273
fire birds
is a primitive dogfight movie, with nicolas cage and sean young as its stars, that serves as a kind of extended commercial for the u. s. army and its ah - 64 gunship helicopter, also known as the apache. the point, the film' s press notes inform us, was to make a picture that does for the army what
top gun
did for the navy .
milesi fa, marone l, lópez de casenave j, cueto vr, mezquida et (2002) management guilds as indicators of environmental conditions: a case study with birds and habitat disturbances in the central monte desert, argentina. ecol aust 12: 149–161
isaach jp, holz sl, ricci l, martínez mm (2004) post - fire vegetation change and bird use of a salt marsh in coastal argentina. wetlands 24: 235–243
fire burns away much of the leaf litter on the forest floor and exposes insects and seeds. many wildlife species move into recently burned areas to feed on these newly available foods .
there were no injuries. in all, five vehicles were burned and others damaged by smoke hudson said. manitoba public insurance will investigate the cause of the fire further, he said .
young hardwoods that sprout back after a fire have more available protein and phosphorus and are more palatable to white - tailed deer and eastern cottontails than their unburned counterparts (figure 4) .
public attitudes about fire have been greatly influenced by decades of smokey bear' s effective fire prevention messages that emphasize the destructiveness of wildfire. although the anti - wildfire message did not extend to prescribed burning, many people are unable to distinguish between
good
and
bad
fire. television and newspaper coverage has worsened the problem by dwelling on the sensational aspects of wildfire and doing little to educate the public on the benefits of prescribed burning. recent efforts, such as the “one message, many voices” campaign, have attempted to promote the “good fire” concept to the public by using the # goodfire hashtag in social media and other outlets. new characters, such as burnin'
bob
white and drip torchin'
tom
turkey, are needed to promote the benefits of prescribed fire (figure 8). these characters could be used in public education campaigns as a complement to smokey' s anti - wildfire message .
battisti c, ukmar e, luiselli l, bologna ma (2008) diversity / dominance diagrams show that fire disrupts the evenness in mediterranean pinewood forest bird assemblages. community ecol 9: 107–113
as kingfishers catch fire was inspired, in part, by a “bird memoir” written in the late 1920s by edward grey, who in addition to being preston’s great - great - uncle was britain’s longest serving foreign secretary in the years leading up to, and into, the first world war. “ the charm of birds was a record of his life, smuggled into a bird book, ” writes preston. in this respect, as kingfishers catch fire shares a familial relationship with dan richards’s energetic climbing days and james macdonald lockhart’s elegant raptor in revisiting the work [ and in the cases of richards and macdonald lockhart, the footsteps ] of illustrious and impressive forebears .
she had lit, and then later extinguished, small fires to attract attention for help from passing boats but yesterday evening' s fire had got out of her control due to winds .
rush s, klaus n, keyes t, petrick j, cooper r (2012) fire severity has mixed benefits to breeding bird species in the southern appalachians. for ecol manag 263: 94–100
standing dead trees, called snags, provide critical nesting, feeding, and resting cover for over 100 wildlife species in north carolina, including about 40 birds (figure 18). the manner in which fire affects snags is complex. during a prescribed burn, fire often burns into the heartwood, causing snags to fall. although these newly downed logs are beneficial to other wildlife, they no longer are usable by cavity - nesting birds and bats. high - intensity prescribed fires may kill live trees, thereby increasing the number of snags in a forest. additionally, less intense prescribed fires may scar the base of trees, especially hardwoods, creating an entry point for insects and disease and leading to eventual death of the tree. it is generally desirable to have at least two large snags more than 10 inches in diameter per acre, but the more snags the better. to protect snags, stumps, and large fallen logs from fire damage, rake leaves and other material away from them before a burn. snags near the edge of the burn area can fall over firebreaks during or after a burn, so consider removing them before beginning a prescribed burn .
dormant season and growing season burns affect wildlife habitat differently. which type of fire you use depends upon which species of wildlife you favor (table 2). forests burned every 1 to 3 years and forests burned during the growing season tend to have a more open canopy with more grasses and forbs growing on the forest floor (figure 12). less frequently burned forests, especially those burned only in the winter, generally develop a dense understory several years following a fire (figure 13). within about 5 to 8 years after a prescribed burn, hardwood sprouts or saplings may become too tall to practically control with fire; in such cases, special measures (e. g. , rollerchopping or herbicides) may be used along with fire to improve the quality of the forest for various wildlife .
looking for moments ‘when heart and bird are one’, preston weaves the very best writing about birds into a personal and eccentric narrative that is as much about the joy of reading and writing as it is about the thrill of wildlife. moving from the ‘high requiem’ of keats’s nightingale to the crow - strewn sky at the end of alan garner’s the weirdstone of brisingamen, from ted hughes’s brooding ‘hawk in the rain’ to the giddy anthropomorphism of jonathan livingstone seagull, this is a book that will make you look at birds, at the world, in a newer, richer light .
the cars in the packed parking lot were parked very close together and the fire soon spread to three other vehicles, kaniuga said, adding he heard
lots of pops
from the engulfed silver sedan .
fire, along with saturated soils or prolonged flooding, aids in the control of vegetation in many coastal plain wetlands. historically, fire that started in the surrounding uplands crept down into wetlands, especially during dry periods (figure 20). these periodic fires once maintained vast areas of switchcane, called canebrakes, in wetland areas throughout the south. these canebrakes provided habitat for a diversity of wildlife, and remnant patches of switchcane still are used by many animal species (figure 21). more recently, however, firebreaks typically are plowed around the edges of southern wetlands, thereby destroying the unique plant community along this boundary and preventing fire from entering the wetland. without fire, trees and shrubs in bays and other isolated wetlands become dense and eventually the canopy closes. herbaceous cover, which is favored by many species of amphibians and reptiles, is shaded out, and permanent drying of the wetlands may occur. it is thought that herb bogs historically burned every 2 to 8 years, whereas shrub bogs or pocosins likely were maintained by more intense and less frequent fires every 8 to 20 years. animals like the pine barrens treefrog and the bog turtle (figure 22) depend on the herb bog habitats maintained by fire and may become increasingly rare as the use of fire declines .
fire birds'
raison d' etre seems to be to show off state - of - the - art military hardware - - notably the army' s ah - 64a attack helicopter, the apache, armed, according to the press book, with
19 laser - guided hellfire missiles, rockets and a 30 - millimeter chaingun .
there' s a certain elemental excitement to the movie, mostly in the last 20 minutes, but it' s so slick and vacuous that watching it is like dropping down an aluminum slide .
it took fire crews about 20 - 30 minutes to arrive, kaniuga said. in the interim, scores of people stood looking on from a distance of 40 - 60 feet away as park security kept them at a distance .
typically, prescribed burning is conducted in pine - dominated forests. many types of pines, including longleaf, table mountain, and pond pine, are adapted to fire and can survive relatively intense flames. however, conducting a prescribed burn in hardwood forests is not out of the question. just as is the case in pine stands, fire has a long history in north carolina' s hardwood forests. south - facing slopes and other dry sites in the southern appalachians likely burned at least every 10 years and often were characterized by open stands of oak with well - developed herbaceous ground cover. the fact that bison and elk, which needed the fire - maintained grass layer for grazing, once lived in western north carolina is further evidence of frequent fire. many of the same benefits achieved by burning pine forests may be gained by burning hardwood stands every 3 to 10 years (figure 19). they include :
herbicides increasingly are used as a substitute for prescribed burning because of concern for property damage from fire. although they help control dense brush and undesirable hardwood saplings, herbicides alone cannot provide many of the wildlife benefits that result from prescribed burning .
grasses, legumes, and other herbaceous plants germinate and flower following a fire and harbor insects and produce seeds beneficial to quail, turkeys, and songbirds. this lush growth provides cover for small mammals and young turkeys and quail (figure 3) .
fontaine jb, donato dc, robinson wd, lae be, kauffman jb (2009) bird communities following high - severity fire: response to single and repeat fires in a mixed - evergreen forest, oregon, usa. for ecol manag 257: 496–1504
academy® award winning actors nicolas cage (leaving las vegas) and tommy lee jones (the fugitive) pair up to deliver one of the most exciting, nonstop action - adventure hits since top gun! when an international enemy turns to high - tech weaponry, the u. s. army enlists the aid of the apaches america s elite airborne task force specially trained for aerial assault! cage and jones star as hot - shot fire birds hovering, ping and dodging death on dangerous secret missions inside hostile territory! audiences will be blown away by this explosive action epic, full of aerial gunfights and thrilling combat acrobatics !
it would be hard to reduce filmmaking to its basics more than
fire birds
does. it' s more video game than motion picture - - the first coin - operated movie. director david green and his writers, nick thiel and paul f. edwards, have created a story line that intrudes only slightly on the action sequences. whenever it' s not in the air, the movie is totally dead, but even then there are only so many ways to blow up a helicopter. plus the midair fights are shot so much like the ones in
top gun
that you feel as if you' ve already seen them .
in addition to the nose armament, preston' s cobra is also armed with eight bgm - 71 tow missiles mounted in groups of four on the outboard pylons. these missiles are not fired though, as preston has no chance to return fire during stoller' s ambush .
the challenge that preston and gower have set themselves is to distil the literary essences of the birds that are their subject. each chapter stands alone, drawing on the words of poets, novelists and naturalists and blended in the glass of preston’s gaze. quoting jonathan franzen, he writes: “they had short lives and long summers. we should all be so lucky as to leave behind such heirs. ”
frankly, i don' t really understand why people complain so much about this movie. top gun ripoff? maybe - so what? as something of a
military otaku
, i' ve seen both, and i' d say i know enough about the matters portrayed, as well. is it realistic? not really, but it does provide simple, enjoyable entertainment and great viewing experience for the aviation fan in you. the footage is indeed great. people keep bringing
top gun
up over and over. just as unrealistic, if not worse. i' d say, tg is far more far - fetched than fire birds. why does everyone hold tg in higher regard? it came first, but... that' s about it. i hear complaints about bad acting... i can' t really tell, as the polish edition has, just like everything else, that annoying lector instead of subtitles, efficiently making all the original dialogs inaudible. the dialogs, however, seemed quite okay in translation. honestly, i really like this movie. it' s been in my collection for a dozen years now, and i' ve gotten myself a dvd recently. what' s important to understand, is that it' s one of those movies that are not supposed to have a deep storyline. the plot is nice and simple, just enough to keep a story going and show off the apaches. i love top gun, for its beautiful f - 14 footage and a simple story that doesn' t get in the way of the viewing experience. and i don' t really mind the corny lines and obvious lack of any realism. it' s not a documentary, it' s an action movie, one of the few of its kind (aerial action movie ?) as for fire birds... i love fire birds for the same reasons - beautiful ah - 64 footage and a simple story that keeps the thing going and doesn' t get in the way of what i want to see there in the first place - the apaches in action. i don' t mind the corny lines nor flaws in realism. just like tg, it' s not supposed to be a documentary. it' s an action movie of the same, rare genre as top gun. i wish there was more of those ...
piñon (pinus spp .) and juniper (juniperus spp .) removal is a common management approach to restore sagebrush (artemisia spp .) vegetation in areas experiencing woodland expansion. because many management treatments are conducted to benefit sagebrush - obligate birds, we surveyed bird communities to assess treatment effectiveness in establishing sagebrush bird communities at study sites in utah, nevada, idaho, and oregon. our analyses included data from 1 or 2 yr prior to prescribed fire or mechanical treatment and 3 to 5 yr posttreatment. we used detrended correspondence analysis to 1) identify primary patterns of bird communities surveyed from 2006 to 2011 at point transects, 2) estimate ecological scale of change needed to achieve treatment objectives from the relative dissimilarity of survey points to the ordination region delineating sagebrush bird communities, and 3) measure changes in pre - and posttreatment bird communities. birds associated with sagebrush, woodlands, and ecotones were detected on our surveys; increased dissimilarity of survey points to the sagebrush bird community was characterized by a gradient of increased juniper and decreased sagebrush cover. prescribed fires burned between 30% and 97% of our bird survey points. however, from 6% to 24% cover of piñon - juniper still remained posttreatment on the four treatment plots. we measured only slight changes in bird communities, which responded primarily to current vegetation rather than relative amount of change from pretreatment vegetation structure. bird communities at survey points located at greater ecological scales from the sagebrush bird community changed least and will require more significant impact to achieve changes. sagebrush bird communities were established at only two survey points, which were adjacent to a larger sagebrush landscape and following almost complete juniper removal by mechanical treatment. our results indicate that management treatments that leave residual woodland cover and are not adjacent to extensive sagebrush stands are unlikely to establish sagebrush birds .
the intense fires that burn pocosins often consume the organic soil to varying depths, resulting in a variety of micro - habitats following the fire. this habitat diversity yields protective shrub cover important to black bears, while maintaining some open areas for other wildlife species. caution should be used when burning pocosin vegetation because it can be the most explosive of all southern fuels. always consult a professional before burning these areas .
burning of pine stands generally is not begun until the dominant trees are 15 to 20 feet tall. however, longleaf pine stands can be burned anytime after establishment except when the young trees (saplings) are between approximately one to six feet tall, when they are most vulnerable to fire (figure 9 and figure 10). beneficial wildlife plants like partridge pea, beggarlice, and warm season native grasses cannot grow unless sufficient sunlight reaches the forest floor. therefore, prescribed burning provides the greatest benefit to wildlife when conducted in open stands of timber or grasslands. conducting a prescribed burn after a thinning operation (see thinning pine stands, woodland owner note - 13) increases the chance that the fire will stimulate ground cover development. burning in a forest crowded with overstory and midstory trees generally does not improve wildlife habitat because sunlight is not allowed to reach the forest floor where beneficial plants grow (figure 11) .
stumps and dead wood —dead wood on the ground, also known as coarse woody debris, as well as rooted and partially - rooted stumps, provide an important source of food and shelter for mice, shrews, lizards, small snakes, salamanders, and many invertebrates. small - diameter woody debris often is consumed during a prescribed fire, but the stumps and large fallen logs, which are most important as wildlife habitat, generally remain intact following a burn .
a favourite aunt introduces preston to the poetry of swallows through the words of kathleen jamie. ted hughes’s black crow spars with max porter’s “thing with feathers”. the choice of birds is both eclectic and personal. will fiennes’s near mythical snow goose is included, despite preston never having seen one in the wild. raymond carver, flannery o’connor and dh lawrence all strive, with varying degrees of success, to describe the cry of the peacock. ja baker is credited as “one of the guiding lights” of the book, although it is robert macfarlane ’s name that appears more than any other, possibly at the expense of a richer diversity of contemporary voices (including those macfarlane has encouraged) .
in north carolina, you must first obtain a burn permit from the north carolina forest service (ncfs). then notify the ncfs, the local fire department, and neighbors to let them know that you will conduct a prescribed burn on your property. before burning, you must create firebreaks around the proposed burn area. firebreaks can be created by pulling a plow, disk, or rake behind a tractor or atv. firebreaks for small areas can be raked by hand or cleared of debris with leaf blowers. roads and streams also can serve as firebreaks .
there is also something of bruce chatwin’s songlines about preston’s writing – the second part of chatwin’s book being more common - place book than travelogue – since as kingfishers catch fire has been sifted from notebooks kept over many, many years in which preston has collected the words of dozens of writers. each chapter is arranged around a bird, each bird illustrated by gower in a mixture of gouache and watercolour that brings to mind both william morris and eric ravilious in the confluence of an almost arts and crafts awareness of design with the chalky pastel palette of the south downs .
as the opening track to the band' s new album, magic fire, produced by the enormously talented larry campbell ,
shining in the distance
packs a punch that' ll keep you listening. bandmates charles muench (banjo, bass and vocals) and oliver craven (fiddle, guitar, mandolin and vocals) add their warm harmonies and technically pristine playing to de vitry' s powerful songwriting. with the recent addition of shane leonard on drums, this is a band that seems poised to take off in a new — and very exciting — musical direction .
memoir, or rather memory, gilds the narrative. the most moving chapter describes preston’s father, bedbound with lymphoma, as he watches a family of collared doves on the rooftop opposite his window. he is woken by a fledgling dove on the windowsill inside the bedroom and tries to rescue the bird. describing himself in the third person, preston’s father writes: “placid and accepting, she allows his right hand to embrace her body… while he emanates all he can in telepathic sedation. it, or something like it, must be working, for her wings remain static and spread, her breast neither heaving nor fluttering … how warm to the touch. he wants to stretch the moment to eternity. ” this, perhaps, is the essence of the book, this longing for communion, for connection with things other than ourselves. no single image is as potent as that of the trapped, pensive, passive dove being liberated by one who remains in the room. preston allows the folklore associated with both the dove (a blessing) and a bird entering a house (a presage of death) to speak for itself. the reader is invited to work out if there is a subtext, and to interpret it how they may. consequently, as kingfishers catch fire is both a joyful and a wondrous book, one that successfully captures the otherness of birds, while celebrating our yearning to transcend our lot, our yearning to touch the unknowable.
fire birds ( originally titled wings of the apache and released internationally under that name ) is a 1990 action-thriller film directed by david green and produced by william badalato , keith barish and arnold kopelson . the storyline was conceived by retired lt. colonels step tyner and john k. swensson and retired marine capt. dale dye and developed into a screenplay written by paul f. edwards , nick thiel and uncredited david taylor . the film stars nicolas cage , tommy lee jones and sean young . cage is cast as a helicopter pilot attempting to help dismantle a drug cartel in south america . jones plays his pilot instructor and senior ranked military officer during his flight training , while young portrays his love interest . production of the film was a co-production between the walt disney studios and nova international films . it was commercially released under disney 's touchstone pictures label . the movie featured elaborate aerial stunt sequences , involving combat helicopters . fire birds premiered in theaters nationwide in the united states on may 25 , 1990 grossing a modest $ 14,760,451 in domestic ticket receipts . the film was met with negative critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas ; generally due to its melancholy dialogue and striking plot similarities to the more popular 1986 action film top gun , starring tom cruise and kelly mcgillis . 
fire birds (originally titled wings of the apache and released internationally under that name) is a 1990 action-thriller film directed by david green and produced by william badalato, keith barish and arnold kopelson. the storyline was conceived by retired lt. colonels step tyner and john k. swensson and retired marine capt. dale dye and developed into a screenplay written by paul f. edwards, nick thiel and uncredited david taylor. the film stars nicolas cage, tommy lee jones and sean young. cage is cast as a helicopter pilot attempting to help dismantle a drug cartel in south america. jones plays his pilot instructor and senior ranked military officer during his flight training, while young portrays his love interest. production of the film was a co-production between the walt disney studios and nova international films. it was commercially released under disney's touchstone pictures label. the movie featured elaborate aerial stunt sequences, involving combat helicopters. fire birds premiered in theaters nationwide in the united states on may 25, 1990 grossing a modest $ 14,760,451 in domestic ticket receipts. the film was met with negative critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas; generally due to its melancholy dialogue and striking plot similarities to the more popular 1986 action film top gun, starring tom cruise and kelly mcgillis.
fire birds (originally titled wings of the apache and released internationally under that name) is a 1990 action-thriller film directed by david green and produced by william badalato, keith barish and arnold kopelson. the storyline was conceived by retired lt. colonels step tyner and john k. swensson and retired marine capt. dale dye and developed into a screenplay written by paul f. edwards, nick thiel and uncredited david taylor. the film stars nicolas cage, tommy lee jones and sean young. cage is cast as a helicopter pilot attempting to help dismantle a drug cartel in south america. jones plays his pilot instructor and senior ranked military officer during his flight training, while young portrays his love interest. production of the film was a co-production between the walt disney studios and nova international films. it was commercially released under disney's touchstone pictures label. the movie featured elaborate aerial stunt sequences, involving combat helicopters. fire birds premiered in theaters nationwide in the united states on may 25, 1990 grossing a modest $ 14,760,451 in domestic ticket receipts. the film was met with negative critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas; generally due to its melancholy dialogue and striking plot similarities to the more popular 1986 action film top gun, starring tom cruise and kelly mcgillis.