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Old German Owl pigeon

Old German Owl pigeon is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Old German Owl pigeon rather than just read about it. In short: The Old German Owl (Columba livia domestica) is an elegant and distinctive breed of fancy pigeon, and the originator of the short faced German Shield Owls. It was the first breed in Germany to be called Mövchen or "little gull" due to its resemblance to the European Herring Gull in color and patterns.

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Reference excerpt

The Old German Owl (Columba livia domestica) is an elegant and distinctive breed of fancy pigeon, and the originator of the short faced German Shield Owls. It was the first breed in Germany to be called Mövchen or "little gull" due to its resemblance to the European Herring Gull in color and patterns. The breed was again formally recognized in Germany in 1956, but the first official standard was not adopted in Europe until 1960. The standard was adopted by the National Pigeon Association of America in 1999.

Gallery

Standard Origin: General characteristics: Element characteristics: Head: Nearly round, broad, with a well arched forehead and a small full shell crest, closing with rosettes. Eyes: Large, bright and lively bull eyes. Cere is light and delicate. Beak: Medium length, broad, light flesh color. The wattle is small and undeveloped. Neck: Short, stocky, held up, slanting slightly backwards and upright. The throat has a slight dewlap and a well-developed frill. Breast: Broad, well rounded and held forward prominently. Back: Broad in the shoulders, becoming narrower toward the tail, and sloping downward. Wings: Lying close to the body, covering the back, and resting on the tail. Tail: Held tightly together, short. Legs: Short, shanks are scarcely visible. The feet and toes are never feathered. Feathers: Well developed, lying tightly against the body. Current available colors and patterns: Blue, ash red, recessive red, brown, spread, checks, and bars in black, red, brown and white and dilutes of these base colors.. Self white and red. Colors and markings: All colors are to be as smooth, clear, and saturated as possible. The body color is pure white. The shield marked variety ideally has 10 white flight feathers with colored thumb feathers. The tail marked variety is pure white except for the colored tail feathers which include a wedge-shaped portion of the back and body under the tail. Undesirable elements: Long body or long feathers; narrow, flat, long or angular head; skimpy, crooked, or too low set crest; missing rosettes; heavy, smudged, uneven bars or checks, long thin beak, coarse or dark eye ceres, missing frill, narrow breast, drooping wings, too upright a station, poor (unsaturated) color, noticeably colored thighs, colored feathers on the head or body, if shield marked, white feathers in shield, uneven, unsymmetrical, incomplete shields, white thumb feathers, if tail marked, white or faulty tail feathers, white plumage under tail area. Order of rating: Overall impression, body form, head and beak, crest, neck and frill, color and markings.

See also List of pigeon breeds Pigeon keeping

External links

Old German Owl Club website BirdClubsUSA.com Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Faircount Pigeon Club Altdeutsche Mövchen Deutschen Rassetauben-Standard The Pigeon Cote

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Old German Owl pigeon

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Old German Owl pigeon claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Old German Owl pigeon before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Old German Owl pigeon ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Old German Owl pigeon

In research: Old German Owl pigeon appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Old German Owl pigeon in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Old German Owl pigeon is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Pigeon breed stubs, Pigeon breeds originating in Germany, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Old German Owl pigeon outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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