All sounds of life die out upon the earth, the last notes of the sleepy birds have sunk away, the Angelus of the church hard by has rung the close of day. |
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We covered the blueberry bushes in nylon mesh to keep the birds from the fruit. |
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Many tubenosed birds breed in the southern hemisphere and migrate north in the southern winter. |
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These include many birds of prey such as vultures, eagles, and buzzards, but also storks. |
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Mediterranean and other seas present a major obstacle to soaring birds, which must cross at the narrowest points. |
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There they gorged on birds, fish, and vegetation and found a small freshwater spring. |
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Many of the smaller insectivorous birds including the warblers, hummingbirds and flycatchers migrate large distances, usually at night. |
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The birds are referred to as passage migrants in the regions where they occur for short durations between the origin and destination. |
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Land fauna consists predominantly of animals that have spread from North America or for a lot of birds and insects coming from Europe. |
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Long distance migrants are believed to disperse as young birds and form attachments to potential breeding sites and to favourite wintering sites. |
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Poland is the most important breeding ground for a variety of European migratory birds. |
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The birds navigate through an innate biological sense resulting from evolution. |
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The English North Sea coast is an important area of bird life and is a habitat for many shore and wading birds. |
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Certain areas, because of their location, have become famous as watchpoints for such birds. |
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There are also populations of various moorland birds such as curlew, snipe and golden plover. |
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Migration in birds is highly labile and is believed to have developed independently in many avian lineages. |
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Some viruses that are maintained in birds without lethal effects, such as the West Nile Virus may however be spread by migrating birds. |
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Some predators take advantage of the concentration of birds during migration. |
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Then, why not pray to the trees, for cryin' out loud, and next, the dumb birds? |
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In 1616 and 1620 acts were passed banning the hunting of certain birds and young tortoises. |
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Migrating birds are very common and Gibraltar is home to the only Barbary partridges found on the European continent. |
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However, the increasing knowledge about the early evolutionary history of modern birds suggests that the assumption of Paton et al. |
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Shorebirds is a blanket term used to refer to multiple species of birds that live in wet, coastal environments. |
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Typical woodcarvings include sharks, fish, whales, dolphins, turtles, vases, birds, walking sticks, book boxes, and models of the Bounty. |
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The Baldpate and White-winged Dove are two of the four game birds that can be hunted during the 2015 bird-shooting season. |
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There are also many birds and marine species endemic to the colder regions. |
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In general, seabirds live longer, breed later and have fewer young than other birds do, but they invest a great deal of time in their young. |
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Most species nest in colonies, which can vary in size from a few dozen birds to millions. |
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Loons and grebes, which nest on lakes but winter at sea, are usually categorized as water birds, not seabirds. |
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With the exception of the cormorants and some terns, and in common with most other birds, all seabirds have waterproof plumage. |
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However, compared to land birds, they have far more feathers protecting their bodies. |
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The plumage of most seabirds is less colourful than that of land birds, restricted in the main to variations of black, white or grey. |
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Seabirds' life histories are dramatically different from those of land birds. |
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Care of young is protracted, extending for as long as six months, among the longest for birds. |
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Colonies also attract the attention of predators, principally other birds, and many species attend their colonies nocturnally to avoid predation. |
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To protect resident and migratory birds, BirdLife Cyprus and the RSPB survey areas of illegal trapping. |
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It is estimated that over 2 million birds were killed in 2015 including over 800,000 on British Territories. |
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In these cases it is thought that these terrestrial or freshwater birds evolved from marine ancestors. |
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Not birds, you lamebrain, dey stole mongeese. Little animals from over in India, day kill da snakes, da cobras dere. |
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No species of plants, birds, amphibians, reptiles, molluscs, crustaceans, or mammals are endemic on Diego Garcia or in the surrounding waters. |
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These are tightly packed, and the birds tend to take off and dive together. |
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Killer whales hunt varied prey including fish, cephalopods, mammals, sea birds and sea turtles. |
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A captive killer whale at MarineLand discovered it could regurgitate fish onto the surface, attracting sea gulls, and then eat the birds. |
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Although no birds are endemic, internationally important seabird colonies exist. |
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Some species, such as California and South American sea lions, may forage with cetaceans and sea birds. |
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South Walney, in particular, is home to a wide number of birds, many of which use the island as a stop whilst migrating. |
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By surviving the rigors of a life on the wing, birds earn another chance to pass on their genes. |
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The first birds also appeared during the Jurassic, having evolved from a branch of theropod dinosaurs. |
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In comparison to birds and mammals, most other branches of life remained relatively unchanged during this period. |
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During this time, new groups of mammals and birds, as well as flowering plants, appeared. |
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The Hesperornithiformes were flightless, marine diving birds that swam like grebes. |
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Mammals and birds which survived the extinction fed on insects, larvae, worms and snails, which in turn fed on dead plant and animal matter. |
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Lundy has attracted many vagrant birds, in particular species from North America. |
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Further, the chickens are free-roaming, which means that it is necessary for the farmers to closely watch what the birds ingest. |
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The hundreds of lagoons and coastal lakes that dot the island are home for many species of wading birds, such as the greater flamingo. |
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We investigated the presence of CNM in ornithophagous ticks from migrating birds. |
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The friar birds drove their beaks into the sweet white flesh of Bacchus Marsh apples. |
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Chicken and other kosher birds are considered the same as meat under the laws of kashrut, but the prohibition is Rabbinic, not Biblical. |
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Other birds that have adapted to oceans as their living space are penguins, seagulls and pelicans. |
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The presence of the buoys may affect fish, marine mammals, and birds as potential minor collision risk and roosting sites. |
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He is also an avid photographer and falconer. Don't get him started talking about his birds because he won't stop for a while. |
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They are often of vital importance to migratory birds, as well as certain species of crabs, mollusks and fish. |
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The quantity and variety of birds that can be seen at these times is often spectacular. |
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I'm in serious need of some ugandan activities. Any of you birds out there at a loose end and want to get the dirty water off your chest? |
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It has been estimated that about two million birds a year use the Wash for feeding and roosting during their annual migrations. |
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Sebecosuchians, terror birds, and carnivorous metatheres, like the borhyaenids remained the dominant predators. |
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In his poetry he was particularly inspired by birds, the weather and the seasons. |
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However, their initial growth rate is much lower than in mammals, birds and dinosaurs. |
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By dusk this murmurating cloud can number thousands or even millions of birds. |
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Fish eyes are similar to those of terrestrial vertebrates like birds and mammals, but have a more spherical lens. |
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The birds are busy establishing territories and building nests. |
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Visitors can fish for estuarine species such as flounder for free but are advised not to disturb birds during the breeding season. |
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The sexes are identical in appearance, but young birds are readily distinguishable from adults. |
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A pair of birds settle on the bough above them, murmuring together, ready to roost. |
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In excess of 170,000 birds inhabit Fowlsheugh at the peak breeding season between April and late July. |
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During breeding season the bluffs are dense in birds arriving, departing and feeding in the waters below. |
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The birds nest in large colonies Recently, they have started nesting on rooftops and buildings. |
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The loon, the size of a large duck or small goose, resembles these birds in shape when swimming. |
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According to Pliny the Elder, the realism of his paintings was such that birds tried to eat the painted grapes. |
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Since the nest is very close to the water, rising water may induce the birds to slowly move the nest upwards, over a meter. |
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Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. |
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Most gull species are migratory, with birds moving to warmer habitats during the winter, but the extent to which they migrate varies by species. |
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They predominantly feature heads of men and women, as well as some studies of flowers and birds. |
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More than 363 species of birds were recorded in Kuwait, 18 species of which breed in the country. |
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They are slender, lightly built birds with long, forked tails, narrow wings, long bills, and relatively short legs. |
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The terns are birds of open habitats that typically breed in noisy colonies and lay their eggs on bare ground with little or no nest material. |
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The Charadriiformes order of birds contains 18 coastal seabird and wader families. |
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Kuwait is situated at the crossroads of several major bird migration routes and between 2 and 3 million birds pass each year. |
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Hazards to aircraft include debris, nesting birds, and reduced friction levels due to environmental conditions such as ice, snow, or rain. |
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Eggs are still illegally harvested in southern Europe, and adults of wintering birds are taken as food in West Africa and South America. |
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White was the preferred colour, and sometimes wings or entire birds were used. |
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Even children can handtame wild birds, if they follow Al Martin's simple directions. |
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Fishermen looked for feeding tern flocks, since the birds could lead them to fish shoals. |
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Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity. |
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Due to the risk of collision between birds and aircraft, large airports undertake population control programs where they frighten or shoot birds. |
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A large number of these birds feed on butterflies, like the Bicyclus anynana. |
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It was only in the late 19th century that the call for bird protection began leading to the rising popularity of observations on living birds. |
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A significant population of other wild animals, reptiles and birds can be found in the national parks and game reserves in the country. |
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Common birds include the owl, roadrunner, cactus wren, and various species of hawk. |
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The rising popularity of the car increased the mobility of birdwatchers and this made new locations accessible to those interested in birds. |
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Impacts include disturbance to birds, the environment, local cultures and the economy. |
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The hatchling alligator had just broken out of its shell but was already trying to follow its mother, who hunted hatchling birds. |
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On these occasions, large numbers of birds travel north or south to wintering or nesting locations. |
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Early mornings are typically better as the birds are more active and vocal making them easier to spot. |
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Seawatching is a type of birdwatching where observers based at a coastal watch point, such as a headland, watch birds flying over the sea. |
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In Britain, suitable wind conditions may lead to drift migration, and an influx of birds from the east. |
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These birdwatchers may also count all birds in a given area, as in the Christmas Bird Count or follow carefully designed study protocols. |
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Due to their accessibility and ubiquity, birds are a useful tool for environmental education and awareness on environmental issues. |
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Sound information can assist in the locating, watching, identification and sexing of birds. |
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Several websites allow users to submit lists of birds seen, while others collate and produce seasonal statistics, distribution maps. |
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As the numbers of birdwatchers increases, there is growing concern about the impact of birdwatching on the birds and their habitat. |
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This is a subtropical forest with native bamboos and a rich diversity of birds including toucans and hummingbirds. |
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They hold at least eleven morphological traits in common, which are not found in other birds. |
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Toco toucan, a Brazilian symbol, a country with one of the largest variety of birds in the world. |
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However, the behaviour also takes place in warm water and is also observed in birds that do not typically stand in water. |
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Before breeding, flamingo colonies split into breeding groups of about 15 to 50 birds. |
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Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. |
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They are gregarious birds, travelling in flocks, hunting cooperatively and breeding colonially. |
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The birds have been persecuted because of their perceived competition with commercial and recreational fishing. |
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In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions. |
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The diet of pelicans usually consists of fish, but occasionally amphibians, turtles, crustaceans, insects, birds and mammals are also eaten. |
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The most common breeding birds are the willow warbler, common chaffinch, and redwing. |
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Pets appear often on children's memorials and in literature, including birds, dogs, cats, goats, sheep, rabbits and geese. |
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Healthy pelicans can usually cope with their lice, but sick birds may carry hundreds of individuals, which hastens their demise. |
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Many rare mammals, birds, and fish have been sighted or caught in and around Caithness waters. |
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They are protected from nesting birds, rutting mammals, and wayward buckshot. |
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Fish, birds, insects, reptiles, mammals, and human beings are all animals. |
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Insects drift along with the prevailing wind, while birds are able to fly more independently of it. |
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Insects are swept along by the prevailing winds, while birds follow their own course. |
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The second phase of the project was refused planning consent in 2014 due to concerns on the impact to sea birds. |
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The tropical climate also encourages a myriad of large and brightly colored species, insects, amphibians, birds, fish, and reptiles. |
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German artisans created intricate carved designs on their chests and other furniture, with painted scenes of flowers and birds. |
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Tens of millions of birds make use of the North Sea for breeding, feeding, or migratory stopovers every year. |
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The feathers are waterproof, which allows the birds to spend long periods in water. |
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The rear toe is strong and faces inwards allowing the birds to firmly grip onto vertical cliff faces. |
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The islands are famous among birdwatchers for their ability to attract rare birds from all corners of the globe. |
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Scientists are debating the possible derivation of birds from dinosaurs. |
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Because of its position, Scilly is the first landing for many migrant birds, including extreme rarities from North America and Siberia. |
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Scilly is situated far into the Atlantic Ocean, so many American vagrant birds will make first European landfall in the archipelago. |
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Some birds of this age will occupy empty nests that they will aggressively defend if they have sat on them for two or three days. |
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London's wetland areas support nationally important populations of many water birds. |
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This is a frequent cause of death for chicks of birds that are breeding for the first time. |
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If the young birds leave the nest in bad weather they can be mortally wounded as they can be blown against the rocks. |
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The young birds are attacked by adults if they enter the breeding ground, so they stay at sea learning to fish and fly. |
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The oil spill is responsible for the killing of thousands of birds. |
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The young birds migrate southwards for great distances and have even been recorded as far south as Ecuador. |
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Other birds follow Africa's Atlantic coastline to arrive in the Gulf of Guinea. |
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Beach hogwort and beach primrose probably also contribute to the diet of these birds. |
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Golden eagles are sometimes considered the most superlative fliers among eagles and perhaps among all raptorial birds. |
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Since birds were grouped largely on superficial characteristics at that time, many species were grouped by Linnaeus in the Falco genus. |
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An attempted capture of a great blue heron by a golden eagle resulted in the death of both birds from wounds sustained in the ensuing fight. |
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This period also brought about the firearm and industrialized poisons, which made it easy for humans to kill the evasive and powerful birds. |
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Prey species of secondary importance include small birds, fish, and shrews and, more rarely, amphibians, lizards, and insects. |
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The Cenozoic world has seen great diversification of bony fishes, frogs, birds and mammals. |
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For instance, descendants of the first reptiles include modern reptiles, as well as mammals and birds. |
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Outcrossing as a way of avoiding inbreeding depression, has been especially well studied in birds. |
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Dense and young forests are avoided as there is neither cover nor food, and flight of these large birds is greatly impaired. |
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Near the entrance is a candyman who makes butterflies, birds and fish from melted sugar. |
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In Moldavia, the wildcat's winter diet consists primarily of rodents, while birds, fish, and crayfish are eaten in summer. |
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Wildcats on the Black Sea coast are thought to feed on small birds, shrews, and hares. |
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A Swedish study shows that out of 600 stomach contents of red squirrels examined, only 4 contained remnants of birds or eggs. |
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The chickenry next door, which looked suspiciously small to house a thousand birds, was also a complete wreck. |
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They have small rounded, highly sensitive ears and sharp teeth adapted for eating small mammals, birds, insects, frogs, and carrion. |
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The diet of the pine marten includes small mammals, carrion, birds, insects, and fruits. |
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Some previously extinct birds, such as the golden eagle, been reintroduced in about the year 2000 after decades of extirpation. |
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They are mostly resident, only the northernmost birds such as the eastern Scandinavian and Siberian population migrating south in winter. |
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The Iberian Peninsula in an important stopover on the East Atlantic flyway for birds migrating from northern Europe to Africa. |
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These facts are based on close observation of the birds in the wild. |
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A mitochondrial DNA study on museum specimens suggested that Cape Verde birds did not form a monophyletic lineage among or next to red kites. |
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The Cape Verde population became effectively extinct since 2000, all surviving birds being hybrids with black kites. |
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It feeds on a wide variety of carrion including sheep carcasses and dead game birds. |
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Near Rio Frio we shot several handsome birds, and saw a cayjotte, or wild dog, which in size nearly approached the wolf. |
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Illegal poison baits set for foxes or crows are indiscriminate and kill protected birds and other animals. |
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Northern birds move south in winter, mostly staying in the west of the breeding range, but also to eastern Turkey, northern Tunisia and Algeria. |
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In 1989, six Swedish birds were released at a site in north Scotland and four Swedish and a Welsh bird in Buckinghamshire. |
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Altogether, 93 birds of Swedish and Spanish origin were released at each of the sites. |
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In the second stage of reintroduction in 1995 and 1996, further birds were brought from Germany to populate areas of Dumfries and Galloway. |
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Fishes are more numerous of increasing than beasts or birds, as appears by their numerous spawn. |
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Between 1989 and 1993, 90 birds were released in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and by 2002, 139 pairs were breeding there. |
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Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores. |
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They coppice waterside trees and shrubs so that they regrow as dense shrubs which provide cover for birds and other animals. |
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On one hand, the region, due to its long coastline, has a rich oceanic fauna, and some birds cannot be seen in other French regions. |
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Most of these birds breed on isolated islands and rocks and thus are hard to observe. |
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Second, in both feeder and nonfeeder territories subordinate birds were less likely to be present than dominants. |
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The birds sung less inspiritingly than usual amid the boughs, which remained as motionless as death. |
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The Greenfield Valley is well known for the abundance of birds and butterflies and many enthusiasts visit to see the array of species. |
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There are a brace of birds and hare, that I cribbed this morning out of a basket of game. |
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This shearwater is mainly silent at sea, even when birds are gathered off the breeding colonies. |
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Tripods, keister and loud talk don't make a pitchman any more than do fine feathers make fine birds. |
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Large birds are declining in number, except for those kept for game such as pheasant, partridge, and red grouse. |
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Puffinosis is a viral disease of in which young birds get blisters on their feet, conjunctivitis and problems with movement. |
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In those days, flour sacks was kinda purty. They might come printed up with flowers on em, or birds. |
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Various species of birds feed off the river or nest on it, some being found both at sea and inland. |
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The young birds were also eaten in Ireland, Scotland and the Scottish islands. |
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Kittiwakes are coastal breeding birds ranging in the North Pacific, North Atlantic, and Arctic oceans. |
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Phalacrocoracidae is a family of some 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags. |
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North American birds migrate offshore and south, ranging from the Labrador Sea south to the Grand Banks of Newfoundland to New England. |
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Eurasian birds also winter at sea, with some moving south as far as the western Mediterranean. |
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Nest site determination is very important for these birds to ensure protection of young from predators. |
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The female is similar but duller, and younger birds often lack the breast crescent. |
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When not breeding, several birds may also be loosely associated in good feeding areas, such as a fruiting tree, often with other thrushes. |
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Bird of prey or predatory bird, also known as raptors, refers to several species of birds that hunt and feed on rodents and other small animals. |
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These birds are characterized by keen vision that allows them to detect their prey during flight, as well as powerful talons and beaks. |
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Other water birds to be found on the Thames include the great crested grebe, coot, moorhen, heron and kingfisher. |
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Most birds of prey also have strong curved talons for catching or killing prey. |
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Many types of British birds also live alongside the river, although they are not specific to the river habitat. |
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Thus Veillot's families were similar to the Linnaean genera, with the difference that shrikes were no longer included amongst the birds of prey. |
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The diurnal birds of prey are formally classified into five families of two orders. |
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This result seems to be one of the oldest dates published so far in the case of birds of prey. |
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Distribution and biogeographic history highly determine the origin of migration in birds of prey. |
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They are swift fliers and skilled hunters who specialize in preying on small birds in the size range of sparrows to quail. |
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The moorland habitat is also home to hundreds of species of birds and insects. |
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One contained some brightly-coloured tropical birds, one a python and the other a large and very lively crocodile. |
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The humming birds, which swarmed round the flowering cytisus and the beautiful water-fall, once more delighted the eye and the ear. |
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Some more birds were scared off by the dicey smell. The man was dying gradually. |
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In general however, carnivorous birds avoid merlins due to their aggressiveness and agility. |
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One merlin can dominate an entire flock of frightened birds, directing its fate as a whole. |
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Eurasian birds move to southern Europe and southern temperate Asia, In the mildest regions, such as France, Great Britain. |
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However, birds are hunted with some regularity as well, especially by males. |
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Its usual source of food is fish, and further downriver, eels, but it may sample frogs and birds. |
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Some otters are expert at opening shellfish, and others will feed on available small mammals or birds. |
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River otters eat a variety of fish and shellfish, as well as small land mammals and birds. |
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The European polecat feeds on small rodents, birds, amphibians and reptiles. |
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In Central Europe, the diet in winter months is dominated by birds including quail, grey partridges, grouse, chickens, pigeons and passerines. |
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When it is about twelve days old, this cavity is quite filled up, and then the back assumes the shape of nestling birds in general. |
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In the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, salmon are keystone species, supporting wildlife such as birds, bears and otters. |
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Llantrisant is typical of most locations in the south Wales region, being home to typical upland habitat birds and mammals of the British Isles. |
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Many of the seeds remain on the surface where they is vulnerable to being eaten by birds or carried away on the wind. |
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Two other birds took up residence at our swimming pool, which I had painted an eggplant colour, giving the water an oceany hue. |
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With the exception of birds, for almost all of the animal species studied, males have higher mortality than females. |
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Many sea birds have special glands at the base of the bill through which excess salt is excreted. |
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As one of the more exotic exports, hunting birds were sometimes provided from Norway to the European aristocracy, from the 10th century. |
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The federal government has added five new birds to the endangered species list. |
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Should the hippo die out, so too will these groups of birds, leading to further destruction as other species dependent on the birds are affected. |
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Many birds sighted in Pakistan are migratory, coming from Europe, Central Asia, and India. |
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The mudflats are important feeding areas for a variety of wading birds and wildfowl. |
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Strangford Lough is an important winter migration destination for many wading and sea birds. |
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Flowers, birds, animals, instruments, symmetric mandala drawings, objects, idols are all part of symbolic iconography in Hinduism. |
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The Ravenmaster lets the birds out of their cages and prepares breakfast for them at dawn each day. |
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Bacon, or bacon fat, is often used for barding roast fowl and game birds, especially those that have little fat themselves. |
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During the day, they remain buried in the sand to escape predatory birds and fish, with only their antennae protruding. |
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It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds. |
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Chameleons generally eat insects, but larger species, such as the common chameleon, may also take other lizards and young birds. |
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The scenes of the birds attacking included hundreds of shots mixing live and animated sequences. |
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Nesting birds pluck some of their own feathers to line the nest, but feather plucking in pet birds is entirely different. |
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Migrating birds navigate using celestial cues from the sun and stars, the earth's magnetic field, and probably also mental maps. |
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Supporters continued to feed the birds but in 2003 the mayor, Ken Livingstone, enacted bylaws to ban feeding them in the square. |
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Unexpectedly, however, parasite levels in birds treated with antipigeon hyperimmune plasma were higher than either of the other two groups. |
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For instance, seabirds are a diverse group of birds that have adapted to a life mainly on the oceans. |
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Migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south, undertaken by many species of birds. |
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Also, the longer days of the northern summer provide extended time for breeding birds to feed their young. |
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As the days shorten in autumn, the birds return to warmer regions where the available food supply varies little with the season. |
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The design was a surprise, given Revie's superstition about the symbolism of birds. |
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Sea birds swooped and dived over the surf and called mewingly to one another. |
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The migrating birds bypass the latitudes where other populations may be sedentary, where suitable wintering habitats may already be occupied. |
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Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes. |
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In winter Lyme Bay hosts large numbers of wintering sea birds whilst the sea bed was habitat for endangered species such as the pink sea fan and sunset cup coral. |
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For more than a century anseriform birds were considered to have been closely related to, and to have originated from, the game fowl of the order Galliformes. |
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Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer. |
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Or behear ye the sheep, to the husbanding rams how they bleat to the shade! Or behear ye the birds, at the Goddess' command how they sing unafraid! |
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A pilot captive-breeding program at the David Fleay Wildlife Park on the Gold Coast has successfully bred Eastern Bristlebirds, with 13 birds raised over four years. |
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In some species of birds, both the mother and father brood the eggs. |
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Still fluffy with down, she often attacks the other birds, cacking and flashing her wings, or threatens me as I watch through the tiny peephole of the near box. |
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This kind of husk also protects the nut from birds, for titmice have been observed to pass over filberts, and attack cobs and common nuts growing in the same orchard. |
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Reptiles are an important food source for a wide range of animals, including birds and small native marsupials such as the yellow-footed antechinus and the fat-tailed dunnart. |
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The fossil record is also poor for moa and the aepyornid elephant birds, in that both are mainly known from remains that date from historical times. |
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Furthermore, the birds orientate themselves carefully with regard to the sun and gently flap their feathersome wings to increase convective cooling. |
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Early in the morning, before the first forelight of dawn had started the birds to prophetic chirpings, the recluse heard light movements in the outer room. |
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She had a bottle of, well, bird spit each day. It was the stuff birds gob up as glue when they're making a nest, apparently, and it was supposed to be good for the skin. |
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The crows and the birds would have a drink, too, and do a bit of goona. |
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The estuaries of the Irish Sea are of international importance for birds. |
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The peak time of year for this is generally in October when it is not unusual for several of the rarest birds in Europe to share this archipelago. |
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This project has been pronounced as one of the best places to view birds by Bill Oddie, the celebrity bird watcher and former host of the BBC's Spring Watch Programme. |
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Some birds are lost. They are shot, taken by hawks, blown down in storms or trapped by other pigeon keepers. Regardless, the real homer man doesn't want them back. |
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Aristotle distinguished about 500 species of birds, mammals and fishes. |
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A 1908 Act illegalised the teagle, a particularly nasty snare of baited hooks joined by strings which was put out to attract birds during hard weather. |
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The rear of the shrine, not intended to be seen, is decorated with crosses while the handle is decorated with, among other work, Celtic designs of birds. |
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Madness! The animals roared in fright, lost in the jungular darkness. The birds squawked desperately, their nests high up in the inaccessible shrubs. |
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The piping-crows, the laughing-jackasses, the odd leatherheads, and the coach-wheel birds, all gave us their old music, and brought back pleasant memories of travel. |
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This can kill sea birds, mammals, shellfish and other organisms it coats. |
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A boat trip to St. Joe! I and the Missus and the two love birds. And I'd see to it that the chaperons kept their distance and let Nature take its course. |
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The seed drill sows the seeds at equal distances and proper depth, ensuring that the seeds get covered with soil and are saved from being eaten by birds. |
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Hens were kept for both their meat and eggs, and the bones of game birds such as the black grouse, golden plover, wild ducks, and geese have also been found. |
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They ate cattle, sheep, pigs and deer as well as shellfish and birds. |
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In February 2001, the sale of bird seed in the square was stopped and other measures were introduced to discourage the pigeons including the use of birds of prey. |
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In September 2007 Westminster City Council passed further bylaws banning feeding birds on the pedestrianised North Terrace and other pavements in the area. |
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Other national symbols, such as national birds, trees, flowers, etc. |
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Lough Neagh attracts bird watchers from many nations due to the number and variety of birds which winter and summer in the boglands and shores around the lough. |
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Cyprus is an important migration flyway for birds between Africa and Europe and millions of birds are killed yearly as they migrate over the island. |
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Their spread posed a threat to the eggs of ground nesting wading birds. |
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However, traditions exist about the kashrut status of a few birds. |
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For example, people are forbidden from consuming the blood of birds and mammals because, according to the Torah, this is where animal souls are contained. |
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Pliny the Elder's famous story of birds pecking at grapes painted by Zeuxis in the 5th century BC may well be a legend, but indicates the aspiration of Greek painting. |
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The temple paintings and carvings used birds, elephants, wild animals, flowers and trees, and the Traditional 18 Dances display the dancing of birds and animals. |
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Early in 1953 Dr. D. L. Serventy sent us twelve mutton birds from the Bass Strait Islands for another investigation. One of these birds died shortly after reaching Adelaide. |
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Airport crews often need to discourage birds from taking up residence. |
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As one ascends into the Hudsonian zone, birds become scarcer. |
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There are, for example, over 978 species of birds in the isthmus area. |
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Art Nouveau is characterized done by soft, curved shapes and lines, and usually features natural designs such as flowers, birds and other animals. |
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According to the ornithologist Bryan Nelson northern gannets can recognize the call of their breeding partner, chicks and birds in neighbouring nests. |
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