We have many majestic and imposing birds in Marin — maybe the next generation will see even larger wings soaring overhead. Jack Gedney’s On the Wing runs every other Monday.

When a bird isn’t flying, it folds its wings neatly and tucks them against its body, out of the way. What’s more, when the wings are closed, the feathers that are most important for flight are ...

In 1857 French paleontologist Édouard Lartet described a very large wing bone of one of these birds, which he believed might have belonged to an ancient albatross. He dubbed it Pelagornis ...

Large birds, such as storks, ... When we think of birds gliding majestically through the sky without beating their wings, we imagine large species like storks or hawks searching silently for prey.