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Sentence Examples He shot a quick glance to Jake, who had the eyes of a hawk sizing up a rabbit. In Scandinavia, hawk owls usually breed only during bursts in the population of voles and lemmings. It has also been called grasshopper hawk, killy hawk, house hawk, rusty-crowned falcon, and windhover. The second tale was also to do with predators, and the present obsession with preserving every hawk and buzzard on the wing. A woman in a white flowing robe walks through an Egyptian temple as a hawk swoops over her shoulder. There are still many native birds in the shrubland including bellbirds, kingfishers, silvereye and the hawk or kahu. But hawk owls, perhaps descended from bird hunters, are skilled aerial predators in their own right. The high casualty rate among smaller birds can be partly attributed to the depredations of their natural predators, the sparrow hawk and kestrel. However, the hawk is larger and stockier, with clean white underwings and distinctive dark wrists and belly. Look for the soaring rough-legged hawk and the hovering kestrel as each hunts for ground squirrels and other rodents. Adrian also says the hawk is trailing leather straps which tied it to a perch. Outpatients need to be watched like a hawk, because once you stop treatment, it can reoccur. Greenspan, an old-school anti-inflation hawk of the traditional economy, is among the first to realize the potential in the modern, high-productivity new economy. She was crouched, waiting, next to another Elf and a hawk lycanthrope as other Elves moved across bridges, in and out of trees, all hooded with their weapons concealed. I can't help muttering under my breath, though, willing the hawk on. When John F. Kennedy ran against Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960, he did so as a hawk. But if neocons are merely one kind of hawk, then what distinguishes them from all the rest? The release of white tailed eagle, Harris hawk and lanner falcon would be an offence under Section 14 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 unless licensed. Both the horse and the hawk are unruly, the latter swirling its head around instead of waiting in obedient stillness, and the dogs have curiously rounded leonine heads. Jacamars prefer to eat large, showy, flying insects such as blue morpho butterflies, hawk moths, and venomous insects such as wasps, ants, and sawflies. Show More Sentences But the hawk system, the official noted, is much more difficult to operate than the Russian Buk system. A veteran hawk, Prime Minister Abe wants to strengthen Japan, even review its pacifist constitution. The veteran 36-year-old striker was the star of the 2006 World Cup German team that Klinsmann coached, and is a total ball hawk. At the same time, maybe she should hawk it up a little, especially if Rand Paul is the nominee. The NSPG meeting defined the official line on the hawk deal, but it did not address the funding diversion. Nine vertebrate species, including the mountain plover, burrowing owl, golden eagle, and ferruginous hawk are said to depend on prairie dogs. The hawk rested on a crag of the gorge and conned the terrain with a fierce and frowning eye. The hawk boy's server is about the size and shape of a common garden hoe, but the handle is in the direction of the instrument. If you find one you like, plan to guard it like a hawk until the purchase is finalized. Another commonly seen symbol is the eagle, which is a symbol attributed to Saladin, and the hawk of the Qureish. Common birds include the owl, roadrunner, cactus wren, and various species of hawk. I wondered how some of that compassion for a hawk could be rechanneled to help human beings like those I had just seen dying in Darfur. War hawk Norman Podhoretz wants to strike Iran now to avert disaster later. This stance was, of course, hailed by the war hawk pundits as an example of Harper's leading role In confronting Russia. When police raided his home they found African hawk eagles, jackal buzzards, goshawks and American kestrels. Typical of the zoophilist who favors life's lower orders over humankind, Robinson Jeffers claimed he'd sooner kill a man than a hawk. That said, you have to give coulter props for knowing how to hawk a book. When crows, jays, or kingbirds spot a hawk, they often mob it because they don't want it around. Apprentices must be at least 14 years old and they can possess only one raptor, such as an American kestrel or a red-shouldered hawk. You can hear the squeaks of the red-shouldered hawk, the clicking of the hummingbird,'' said Langhans, director of volunteer services. Show More Sentences It sponsored the rehabilitation of a red-shouldered hawk named Ki at Eugene's Raptor Center. If you can find safeties that can ball hawk like Earl Thomas and Jairus Byrd. The only other contact with a sparrow hawk was when one slammed into my bird table. To give you a flavour, the tarantula hawk wasp paralyses a spider, lays eggs inside it and the larvae eat it alive. Since the beginning of June, the dead raptors include two great horned owls, a Coopers hawk, a red-tailed hawk and a red-shouldered hawk, Savaikie said. But those sightings are all numerically dwarfed by the enormous broad-winged hawk migration of nearly two million birds that usually occurs in our region this coming week. You see, we need someone to carry him and since you are a broad-winged hawk, we thought that Franky may be able to stay on your back without slipping off. Fly-fishing the West River by the West Hill Dam this spring, I noticed a broad-winged hawk carrying off a water snake that it caught sunning on a warm rock. She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. Rare and endangered species commonly found in the area include the peregrine falcon, red-headed woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, gray bat, barking tree frog, and jewel darter. A hawk by nature, Ellenborough strongly favoured presenting St Petersburg with an ultimatum warning that any further incursions into Persia would be regarded as a hostile act. And watching Brendan getting stung by a tarantula hawk wasp? One of the largest photographs is that of a tarantula hawk, yet its size left no room for the caption, which had to appear on the bottom of the preceding right hand page. In the last weeks he made more belligerent proposals for the war on terrorism, which generated a barrage of charges that Kerry is a war hawk worse than Bush. For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front. Thanks, but we'll pass on the greenery that's eaten by the black-tailed jackrabbit, who, in turn, serves as a main course for the red-tailed hawk. Examples from Classical Literature Neither the hawk nor the marten were present, and the chickaree was puzzled because he could see nothing else. Like a bird that flees from a hawk, he has fallen into the hand of the fowler. They doubtless received their name from the number of hawks which were seen there, aor signifying hawk in Portuguese. With the Red-shoulder it is often called 'chicken hawk,' but does not deserve the name. All I got to eat in the whole month was a small goat and a chicken hawk, and those I had to swallow wool, feathers and all. And for all his garrulity, I know, Peter was really watching us with the eye of a hawk. It was a signal meant for Denton, the third baseman, who was watching him like a hawk. The name of chicken hawk is often applied to it, though it does not deserve the name, its diet being of a more humble kind. A small Falcon, similar to the sharp-shinned hawk, but a much darker and stouter built bird. And they cut him open and found under his heart a feather of the chicken hawk. The hawk terrified out of its wits, flew off with a birr, leaving Poll to proceed homewards at pleasure. The sparrow might as well dodge its own shadow as to dodge the sharp-shinned hawk. A small Falcon, about 11 inches long, often confused with the sharp-shinned hawk, but much darker and a more stoutly built bird. I have seen jays tease the sharp-shinned hawk in this way, and escape his retaliating blows by darting into a cedar-tree. The sharp-shinned hawk rarely attacks full-grown poultry, but preys heavily on young chickens and song birds. Evidently the swifts mistook the buzzard's shadow for that of the sharp-shinned hawk. What journal do the persimmon and the buckeye keep, and the sharp-shinned hawk? Cooper's hawk having a rounded tail with whitish tip, and the sharp-shinned hawk a square tail. These included the peregrine falcon, sharp-shinned hawk, and Cooper's hawk. The blinkered black pony came up like a hawk, with two of his own side behind him, and Benami's eye glittered as he raced. Show More Sentences Of course for all the early out-door lessons the hawk will be secured by a creance. About this time the hawk and the blue jay came to see what had made all the noise. A remarkable family is that of the hawk moths, which much resemble in shape and action humming birds. One day I scared a hawk off the ground, and we took the sage hen he had caught and was eating, and made some soup of it. As far back as we can see, Hathor is a cow, and Horus a hawk, and Anubis a jackal. For verily I saw the owner of the dovecot from which the hawk has stolen the two doves. A blackish patch on the sides of the throat, similar to that of the duck hawk. As the Peregrine of falconry we know of the duck hawk as a fearless, dashing hunter of greater power of wing and talon. After 10 minutes of this behavior, a red-tailed hawk screamed as it flew overhead. I think if the hawk had come then, FIDO would have been more than a match for him. The short-eared owl and especially the pigeon hawk consistently preyed on longspurs. To her, who took no sides, there was every bit as much to be said for the hawk as for the chaffinch. So I reeled in my line, laid the rod down in the boat and gave my entire attention to watching the operations of the fish hawk. We watched them, in concealment of course, and we saw a fish hawk capture his dinner. Surely enough, the sudden discordant sound startled the fish hawk, and it immediately let its prize go. And then the fish hawk dropped the ball, and Jimmie caught it, but it was too late to put Buddy out. I guess he thinks the fish hawk will catch up the ball once more and help him to make a home run. The children recognized the fish hawk they had seen the first day they went to the sea-shore. Later, when he had grown more formidable, he wanted to eat the hawk. He was lying under a wall with his gun, watching for a chicken hawk. Show More Sentences Or a chicken hawk will settle in our icebox and we'll starve to death. That shot of yours, whether by instinct or intention, of the hawk and the pigeon was peculiarly apposite. The hawk is costive, and opens her beak often, as if gasping for more air. The nesting habits and the eggs are precisely like those of the duck hawk. Guest appearances include a tawny eagle, a lanners falcon and a harris hawk. The hawk fell heavily under a big stone, severely wounded in its right wing. There's nae hawk flees sae high but he will fa' to some lure. Sometimes the eagle gets the fish hawk to do the work for him. The Osprey, or fish hawk, feeds on fish and nothing but fish. In fledging arrows Ishi used eagle, buzzard, hawk or flicker feathers. That unleashed hawk which was the flying column failed to clutch its prey. Above him, falling upon him like a bolt from the blue, was a winged hawk unthinkably vaster than the one he had encountered. The horse is adorned with a very large beaded martingale that is trimmed with small hawk bells in a bead net design. A goshawk is a goose hawk, so called from its preying on poultry. Till he gets here, grody, I want you to watch Nemo like a hawk. I know a hawk from a handsaw if I was born and bred in the backwoods. The sharp-shinned hawk is brave and full of dash and spirit. It was the same when he challenged the hawk down out of the sky. Then if they do not sell I will hawk them from door to door. A hawk, driving down out of the blue, had barely missed him. Show More Sentences I felt like a wren that escapes from the hawk when the rogue laid me down. Fox and woodchuck, hawk and snipe and bittern, when nearly seen, have no more root in the deep world than man, and are just such superficial tenants of the globe. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of hawk? Words that rhyme with hawk What is the past tense of hawk? What is the plural of hawk? What is the adverb for hawk? What is the adjective for hawk? What is the noun for hawk? Translations for hawk Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Hawick haw-haw hawfinch hawed Hawe hawala Hawk hawkbill hawkbit Hawke hawked hawker 4-letter Words Starting With h ha haw