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Sentence Examples The hen harrier is a bird of prey, belonging to the same family as hawks, vultures, and eagles. Birds common to the mountains include rosefinches, Guldenstadt's redstarts, Himalayan monals, raptors, and vultures. Images from night-vision video cameras identified bears, foxes, turkey vultures, wolves, bald eagles, and others at the plots. The developers are waiting like the ubiquitous turkey vultures to get approval for their plans to convert all our open space into housing. Bent like vultures, and with limbs akimbo, the dancers perform barefoot or in heavy shoes. When we had the opportunity to add five Cape griffon vultures to the pair we already had, we decided to try them in the large aviary. Huge, black vultures soar over canyon, desert and forest, circling nimbly on updrafts. I don't see any black vultures but I do see the better soaring turkey vultures and a number of hawks. In some vultures, the adults instead regurgitate food into the mouths of the chicks. The sky burial of the Tibetan dead is similar to the Parsi ritual where bodies are exposed to the elements to be eaten by vultures. Members of the Parsi group are struggling to modify their ancient practice of so-called sky burials, setting out human corpses for the vultures. Poisoning of vultures for muti, as traditional medicines are called, has been going on for many years, he said. Dozens of griffon vultures with wingspans of up to 2.80 metres were spotted in the south of the Netherlands on Monday. The white droppings of birds served as location pointers for eagles and vultures nesting in the craggy reaches. The bird life is exquisite, and we saw saddle-billed storks, black vultures, ground hornbills and a number of eagles, among others. Experts believe the extinct birds were meat-eaters because their beaks resemble those of predatory eagles and scavenging vultures. Other birds include a huge American bald eagle called Liberty, buzzards, Harris hawks, vultures, laughing kookaburras and a pelican. They are generally considered among the raptors, yet DNA studies show New World vultures to be ancestrally more closely related to storks. Black vultures choose less precarious rocky perches on which to nest but join the lammergeiers on the thermals in their quest for food. Some classic examples are Egyptian vultures, New Caledonian crows and bowerbirds. Show More Sentences Critics, especially the press, both local and foreign, have descended like veritable vultures. Scenes such as this where a group of vultures gather are becoming more rare in many places of Africa. But people complain that traders have become like vultures in exploiting the situation and doubling prices. It's at this point that real markets begin to form, nurtured by Cool Hunters and other for-hire trend spotters and culture vultures. Lieberman said they would have followed clues such as vultures circling in the distance. Farmers who traditionally leave dead animals to the vultures have to develop new practices. This is unusual, as vultures are highly efficient scavengers and are normally resistant to many diseases. People who consider the carrion-eating habits of vultures disgusting might want to stop reading right now. Now, if they're in an industry suffering from overcapacity and bloated asset prices, they should worry if vultures aren't in sight. It draws kestrels, gray herons, falcons, and, for your life-list, occasional rare purple herons, Egyptian vultures, and oystercatchers. Finally, the honey buzzards, young griffon vultures and hobbies mark the end of the spring or prenuptial migration, around the end of June. It is known to harass birds as large as Red-tailed Hawks or vultures, causing them to disgorge food. This is an economy in which it's easier to carve a new dishwasher out of rock than to pay for one with 18 vultures, three choughs and a quail. After my arrest the vultures who gathered, waiting for my carcass, weren't just after me. The Milwaukee County Zoo has captive cinereous vultures and is interested in their in situ conservation. Animal and human excrement are also significant parts of the diets of a few species, including Egyptian vultures and hooded vultures. The massive vultures also use their might to fend off hyenas and snap up the occasional live flamingo. He did not notice the eagles soaring over him, nor the vultures which looked down on him from his very own towers. Unlike birds of prey, the talons of Old World vultures are relatively weak and unsuitable as weapons of attack. There are herons, ducks, geese, ospreys, eagles, vultures, pelicans, gulls, plovers, avocets, storks, francolins, guinea fowls and many more. Show More Sentences We made our way through the vultures answering a bare minimum of questions and sped away from the hospital. Gulls, hawks and vultures soar, swallows and terns skim the surface of water. The regular flying demonstrations give visitors the opportunity to see some of the 75 eagles, falcons, hawks, vultures and owls at close range. Like vultures scavenging for the last morsel of meat from the carcass, they descended on anyone who looked like they might know something. That principle is also at work in the spread between the feathers on the wing tips of the best low-speed gliders, such as vultures and hawks. The vultures were all perched upon tree roots, all looking hungrily at the same place. Although bearded vultures were nearly eliminated from Europe and northern Africa, they continued to inhabit their range in Asia in good numbers. Some big companies have started acting like vultures by bidding for bankrupt rivals at auction, accelerating consolidation. Culture vultures are invited to work with local artists for a unique May celebration. Mexico is home to toucans, vultures, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, parrots, macaws, and quetzals. Bearded vultures are the only living birds known to access bone marrow, which they do by dashing bones onto rocks from great heights. Winged creatures borne of nightmares circled above them like vultures, snapping their beak-like mouths. And yet another is a mountain refuge for vultures, tigers, and wild water buffalo. We come across vultures, at least a dozen of them, feeding on the remains of a young wild camel. One of four species of vulture found in Europe, bearded vultures earned their name from a small tuft of dark feathers below their beaks. After their release, the vultures are monitored by biologists and a network of observers across the Alps. Eagles, vultures, penguins, ravens, crows, doves, and ostriches are just a few of the birds that do double time as species and symbols. There is also plenty of birdlife up here, and there are frequent sightings of griffon vultures. Around this time in every midterm election cycle, the vultures of political prognostication begin hovering over incumbents in trouble. Though these behaviors might distress people, they serve turkey vultures well. Show More Sentences These forests are home to rare animals like the black stork, vultures and the Spanish Imperial eagle who depend on the rich diversity of these cork oak forests. On this 13-day tour you'll see imperial eagles, Egyptian vultures and Dalmatian pelicans, plus frescoed monasteries, Roman ruins and the monuments of the Thracian horsemen. Tens of thousands of hawks, kites, falcons, eagles, osprey, vultures, and harriers appear in the skies over the Golden Gate from August through December. Hawks, harriers, falcons, eagles, and vultures are diurnal migrants. But the North's culture vultures can leave the opera glasses at home. The other memory is of a small group of turkey vultures that, every morning, sunned their wings in a dead oak tree next to our house in Oakland where I grew up. Lead from shotgun pellets and other ammunition is poisoning many of the vultures as they scavenge abandoned carcasses and gut piles, a new study confirms. Heading south on Highway 45 just outside of Huntsville, the Death Capitol of Texas, one might see vultures circling the dark piney woods that surround the little town. For the next many weeks, the Gulf Coast sky will be a constantly changing tableau of hawks and doves, vultures and vireos, flycatchers and hummingbird, warblers and waterfowl. They had their hoods drawn in the manner of their kind, and like vultures over a battlefield or perhaps like wraiths over a grave, they hovered over him to see if he was hurt. Carrion is laid out to attract the feathered carnivores, and regular diners include whitenecked ravens, lanner falcons, jackal buzzards, black eagles and cape vultures. The last time the vultures were out in force, in the early 1990s, their big targets were busted real estate assets and ill-fated leveraged buyouts. Hers is a dark response to his beautifully written coming out that invokes vultures in imagining the world he is entering. Meat was abundant, for those who could catch it or wrest it from the competition, i.e. leopards and lions, not to mention hyenas, jackals, and vultures. The hot spot is home to important populations of numerous large birds and mammals, including vultures, tigers, elephants, rhinos, and wild water buffalo. The site, which is run by volunteers and houses more than 60 birds including owls, eagles and vultures, is a popular destination for families and school groups. Red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures circled above us in a blue sky. As soon as they learned of his arrest, the media vultures started circling. The inventory concludes with a list of animals and half-human creatures, noting tigresses, vultures, and giraffes together with mythical unicorns, pans, and centaurs. There must be some old, ailing, senile politician, vaudeville comedian or sports-man around whose death-bed you could perch like a flock of vultures. Show More Sentences I asked, watching buzzards, white-backed vultures, and tawny eagles corkscrew skyward on thermals. In the Lochinvar, regarded as Zambia's prime birds sanctuary, there is the crested cranes, saddle-bill storks, egrets, wood ibis, vultures and the rare shoebill stork. Unlike turkey vultures, which eat carcasses and rarely attack livestock, black vultures will go after piglets, sheep and cows as well as dead animals. The plumage of zone-tailed hawks looks similar to turkey vultures. Rich explained the low relative abundances of vultures and other raptorial groups as consistent with the pattern of relatively low representation in modern avifaunas. Apart from vultures, most birds don't seem to be adversely affected by the wind farms that make use of the region's most plentiful natural resource. They resented the invasion of their town and spoke contemptuously of the culture vultures who winged in from London, jumping the taxi queues and packing out restaurants. Certain large-bodied flying birds, such as bustards, pelicans, and vultures, pneumatize virtually the entire skeleton, out to the tips of the wings. Scientists believe other soarers including different eagle species, vultures and kites are likely to employ the same technique. Most also eat carrion, at least occasionally, and vultures and condors eat carrion as their main food source. In 1996, a drowned carcass held sarcophagid and calliphorid flies after being picked open by a pair of Coragyps atratus vultures. These include many birds of prey such as vultures, eagles, and buzzards, but also storks. By sealing the eyes of vultures and placing food nearby, he concluded that they found food by sight, and not by smell. Predators of nests and young common ostriches include jackals, various birds of prey, warthogs, mongoose and Egyptian vultures. He said the most notable species are Egyptian vultures, larks, falcons, wheatears, owls and partridges. Entertainment will include Chris O'Donnell with his hawks, vultures and eagles and the Kangeroo Gymnastics Comedy teams. For the past six years, black vultures Barry and Vanessa have been close friends, if not lovebirds, at the Kirkleatham Owl Centre. Pick up a guide book or hire a local guide and keep your eyes peeled for black vultures, ospreys, falcons, hoopoe and the Balearic warbler. It breeds black vultures, griffon vultures, condors, and preserves endangered species. A throng of black vultures altered the otherwise peaceful landscape surrounding New Pass. Show More Sentences African crowned cranes, coral bills, black vultures and other bird species soar over the audience as they ascend toward the horizon. The Parsi community in Mumbai has traditionally exposed their dead to vultures in the Towers of Silence. Bodies are taken to Towers of Silence and left for the vultures to get to work. Since Old World vultures hunt by sight, not smell, vision is essential to detect possible food sources. The studies of vultures and accipiters quantified only healed fractures in the long bones and pectoral girdle, respectively. Ten Griffon vultures arrived from Crete in November as part of the project. After the woman died and was eaten by vultures, the Times reported that a local campaign against Griffon vultures is gaining steam. Perhaps this behavior is true for griffon vultures, although it has not been documented. A short but surprising chapter explores daily torpidity among hummingbirds, swifts, poorwills, chickadees, and vultures. Turkey vultures belong to the falconiform cathartidae group and widely inhabit North and South America, from southern Canada through to the Falkland Islands. On the neighbouring island of Cres there is an eco-centre at Beli where heroic efforts are being made to breed and protect rare white-headed griffon vultures. It plans to prepare a feasibility plan in cooperation with local stakeholders for re-stocking griffon vultures in both areas and to implement the plan. Both winning PTT projects this year are studying Old World vultures, as they are facing a crisis with most of their populations experiencing alarming declines. There have been no comprehensive studies published on other cathartid vultures for additional comparisons of differences in molt in the Cathartidae. These included brown bears, wildcats, lynx, wolves, badgers and otters as well as Golden and white-tailed eagles, black vultures and six varieties of woodpecker. Across the Greek border, there is a reserve at Dadya, and on occasion vultures, including the Eurasian black vulture, will fly from one site to another, eat and then return. An area of great biodiversity, it is essential territory for steppe eagles and lammergeier vultures, as well as many other rare and threatened birds, mammals, and plants. Overhead, hardy lammergeier vultures circle the fractured mountain peaks, where fault lines resemble the wrinkly, saggy skin on an old man's stumpy neck. A German Zoo has sent three griffon vultures to Bulgaria, in a push to reintroduce the birds to reintroduce them into one of their natural habitats. Some vultures have lappets of bare flesh on the sides of the head. Show More Sentences I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about. Examples from Classical Literature Fisher listed the innervation of the muscles of vultures, but did not include the lumbosacral plexus. Ronda, too, has its Tajo, but we do not recollect seeing any vultures breeding actually beneath the town. Death reached up into the sky, plucking with taloned fingers for the black vultures racing with the wind. They often fired their pompom at a range of about 5000 yards at the vultures feeding on the dead horses under Devon Post. The ruins of the Danite village were found, also human bones, picked clean by wolves and vultures. In some such way as vultures concentrate upon carrion, so news of the cashew sweets had passed through the jungle. The vultures of India and semitropical countries are of immense value as scavengers. And then the winged vultures under Goering's command came howling down out of the sky. There were fleet after fleet of Goering's vultures with orders to shoot down the British troops like cattle. It is my belief that vultures and other raptorial birds do not recognise in the screams of their victims the wails of pain. Solemn, almost motionless, squatted on their hunkers, they looked like two great vultures watching an animal die. The Achaeans shall give him all due funeral rites, while dogs and vultures shall work their will upon yourself. Where the carcass is the vultures are on deck, or words similar. But the retreat had been hurried and the vultures and the good Samaritans would have to look to the dead. Other residents include hawks, vultures, a caracara, a talking raven, a kookaburra, mongooses and meerkats. But still, the grumblers are a-grumbling, and the vultures beginning to think about stretching their wings for a good old-fashioned circle. The cage that attracted me most was that of pondicherry vultures. These culture vultures started moving about with a chip on their shoulders, treating Tagore's labour of love as their personal fief. But how does impregnation take place in vultures if only females exist? I went to see them when the vultures and the jackals had done their work. Show More Sentences I grew afraid, for now I knew that this was a place of dead men, a place where spirits perch like vultures in a tree, as they sweep round and round the world. The two then rushed at one another with loud cries like eagle-beaked crook-taloned vultures that scream and tear at one another in some high mountain fastness. Somewhat as two vultures may swoop upon a dying lamb, Fettes and Macfarlane were to be let loose upon a grave in that green and quiet resting-place. They were both so much moved that they cried aloud like eagles or vultures with crooked talons that have been robbed of their half fledged young by peasants. Find more words! 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