Dregs are sediment sometimes found in a bottle, or glass, of wine. They’re made of yeast cells as well as leftover grape solids (stems, seeds, skin), tartrates (tartaric acid crystals), and any other solids leftover from the winemaking process.

DREGS. a small amount of residue. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid.

Sediment is a byproduct of winemaking that usually settles to the bottom of your glass, and it can form during the fermentation process or while a wine matures in a bottle. Sediment is completely natural and not harmful, with most of it made up of bits of seeds, grape skin, and crystal-like tartrates.

: the sediment of a liquor (such as wine) during fermentation and aging : dregs.

: a V-shaped cluster of stars in the head of the constellation Taurus held by the ancients to indicate rainy weather when they rise with the sun.

1 : any of various dark-colored web-footed waterbirds (family Phalacrocoracidae, especially genus Phalacrocorax) that have a long neck, hooked bill, and distensible throat pouch. 2 : a gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person.

A lapwing is a small dark green bird which has a white breast and feathers sticking up on its head.

A gnomon (/ˈnoʊmɒn, ˈnoʊmən/, from Greek γνώμων, gnōmōn, literally: “one that knows or examines”) is the part of a sundial that casts a shadow. The term is used for a variety of purposes in mathematics and other fields.

That verse, along with Leviticus 11:17 and Zephaniah 2:14, put the cormorant on the “unclean” list and predicts of the destruction of Nineveh, where only the animals and birds will inhabit the city. Again, God has created and provided for another interesting bird kind.

Popping up in mythical tales, cormorants are medium to large-sized black or predominantly dark seabirds. Cormorants dive into the water to catch fish, eels, and sea snakes. Many cultures consider cormorants a symbol of nobility and indulgence.

It’s A Duck… Cormorants are fish eating water birds with webbed feet and a straight bill. Their feet are set back on the body so they are awkward walkers on land,which is why so many people think they have a broken leg.

The Lapwing is only mentioned twice in scripture and both times in a list of “unclean” birds. They are on the List of Birds of Florida. They are found in Europe and Asia near wetlands, coastal pastures and short-grass meadows or fields. They are in the same Order as Gulls, Terns and Plovers.

They will do it in a heart beat. It is well known among breeders NOT to have adult Mergansers around ducklings of any kind. They will chase them down and swallow them whole, and usually the whole clutch!

During the breeding season, the Double-crested Cormorants eyes and mouth turn a bright blue-teal color. During the high of the breeding season, a cormorant’s teal-blue eyes, bright yellow throat pouch, and tufts of feathers just above the eyes (for which the bird is named) cause this bird to stand out among the rest.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits the killing or harming of double-crested cormorants without prior authorization by the FWS. Depredation permits are provided to individuals, private organizations, and other federal and state agencies on a case-by-case basis for the lethal control of problem birds.

That measure allowed state, tribal, and federal wildlife agencies to kill cormorants to protect wild fish populations and fish at government hatcheries, and to prevent nesting or roosting birds from degrading habitat.

Cormorants are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service retains oversight and control measures that are not extended to the general public (no hunting season). The cormorant has the ability to submerge its body into the water where all that is seen is its head.

No, eat them. “Double-crested cormorants are large, fish-eating birds that nest in colonies and roost together in large numbers,” said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an announcement of its latest environmental assessment of the birds in Ohio.

Gulls, crows and jays and grackles are probably significant predators of cormorant eggs and chicks. Coyotes, foxes and raccoons may also prey on cormorant chicks. Adult cormorants and chicks are susceptible to predation by bald eagles, and occasionally by great horned owls, caiman and brown pelicans.

Cormorants can be found either on the coast or at inland waters, where there are some large breeding colonies. Shags are birds of the coast. Occasionally, they turn up inland along rivers and lakes, but usually alone (cormorants are often seen in groups inland).

Cormorants are sleek, large to medium-sized, long-necked waterbirds. When in the water, cormorants sit rather low because their bones are quite dense, with few air spaces, and their feathers are not well-oiled and so get wet when immersed.

Cormorants: flight, gulp, sunning, swim. Coots: cover. Cowbirds: corral, herd.

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