Sentences with phrase «as older birds»

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As Matthew points out, in the vast majority of cases, the word «abomination» (typically the Hebrew, toevah, which is used in Leviticus 18 and 20) refers to what the Israelites associated with the idolatrous practices of the Gentiles, leading Old Testament scholar Phyllis Bird to conclude that «it is not an ethical term, but a term for boundary making,» with «a basic sense of taboo.»

The Rav of Northern White Russia declined, in his youth, to learn the language of birds, because the extraneous did not interest him; nevertheless when he grew old it was found he understood them anyway, having listened well, and as it is said, «prayed with the bench and the floor.»

Eating Bird Food (as always) has a great write up and round up of several different salad recipes so this will never get old.

Organic birds have good old fashioned flavor, and I treat them as the celebration food roast chicken once was - perfect for a Sunday supper, plus a couple of bonus meals during the week.

Birds arrive on the farm as day old poults direct from the hatchery.

Man's pride in his carriage, which is almost as old as the wheel itself, has a pronounced manifestation in the golf cart — and particularly at Thunderbird, where there are 165 privately owned carts housed in the Thunder - bird Buggy Stable, a wood and cinder - block shack out behind the clubhouse kitchen.

If your older child is a budding scientist, you might choose classification as a theme: birds, reptiles, and mammals.

Your once fearless five - year - old suddenly refuses to leave your side at the park saying, «I'm afraid the birds will eat me,» while eyeing the tiny swallows hopping on the ground as if they're evil geniuses plotting his demise.

«As a charming old bird!»

During a tour covering part of the more - than -450-acre center, Thompson showed visitors an old barn that served as a hatchery for game birds such as pheasant and grouse.

He adds that other recent finds suggest that water birds such as penguins did the same thing: Earlier this year, researchers reported finding a 61 - million - year - old fossil of a 1.5 - meter - tall penguin in what is today New Zealand.

Living at the same time as the dinosaurs, Hesperornithiform bird fossils have been found in North America, Europe and Asia in rocks 65 - 95 million years old.

Researchers bought the specimen from a dealer and are determining whether the bird is 160 million years old, as claimed — or if it is actually 35 million years younger.

In birds, variation in life - span extends from parrots such as the Sulphur - crested cockatoo that can become more than 100 years old, to the small Allen's hummingbird with a maximum life - span of only 4 years, a 25 fold difference.

Even with their tiny bird brains, rooks comprehend basic principles of physics at the same level as a 6 - month - old baby — and beyond that of chimpanzees — a new study reports.

«As long as the older trees are not so stressed that they do not produce many viable seeds, [and] the dispersal mechanism — for example, wind, birds, mammals — is present, and the habitat where the seed lands has the appropriate soil, nutrients and temperature,» says biologist Terry Root of Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, «then the trees will be able to shift.&raquAs long as the older trees are not so stressed that they do not produce many viable seeds, [and] the dispersal mechanism — for example, wind, birds, mammals — is present, and the habitat where the seed lands has the appropriate soil, nutrients and temperature,» says biologist Terry Root of Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, «then the trees will be able to shift.&raquas the older trees are not so stressed that they do not produce many viable seeds, [and] the dispersal mechanism — for example, wind, birds, mammals — is present, and the habitat where the seed lands has the appropriate soil, nutrients and temperature,» says biologist Terry Root of Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, «then the trees will be able to shift.»

Large flying insects that lived before birds evolved, such as the 300 - million - year old Stephanotypus schneideri (main image), were typically much larger than those that evolved afterward, including the 12

Hamlyn describes its Young Ornithological Guides as a totally new concept in bird books aimed at 8 to 14 - year - olds.

But when researchers injected Anas platyrhynchos ducklings at 4, 9, or 14 weeks old with red blood cells from sheep to simulate a parasitic infection, the birds — as adults — explored new items in their environment and approached small orange toys, a color they typically avoid because they seem to associate it with toxic food.

If beak shape changes, he reasoned, it might mean that the bird can't sing the same old song — just as a flute and a tuba sound different.

The team could make predictions as far in advance as 17 to 20 weeks old — just after the birds are transported to the laying farm, though it got more difficult the further ahead they tried to look.

For a century and a half, the 150 - million - year - old feathered creature called Archaeopteryx has reigned as the earliest known bird and as a symbol of the link between ancient dinosaurs and living fowl.

Contrary to the prevailing belief that young albatrosses remain at sea until they're ready to breed, VanderWerf and Young found that 2 % of birds first returned to the colony as one - year - olds, 7 % as two - year - olds, and 17 % as three - year - olds.

Yet researchers have long debated whether these first birds, such as 140 - million - year - old Archaeopteryx, were capable of the kind of vigorous wing flapping necessary for sustained flight, or whether they merely glided or parachuted between treetops and the ground.

Denizens of bottomlands and old forests from the Carolinas to east Texas, the birds dwindled in number as their habitat was logged from the late 1800s through the 1930s.

If, as the old proverb goes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, it's because most of today's birds can swiftly fly away before you can catch them.

Although they had found some excellent specimens of the earliest birds, such as Germany's famed 150 - million - year - old Archaeopteryx, as well as stunning later fossils from northeastern China, a 20 - million - year gap remained between Archaeopteryx and other fossils, most of which were opposite birds, Chiappe says.

For long - lived species such as humans, chimpanzees, whales and some birds, longer survival is associated with higher reproductive rates and a loss in fertility only at an extremely old age.

When the birds were 23 days old, the age at which song learning is known to begin, the researchers injected the gene - silencing RNA strands into seven male zebra finches» brains, using 10 finches as controls.

Jerolmack kills time with old - time «fliers» in New York as they wait for their birds to come home.

Forty years ago, shooting and poisoning birds of prey was widespread, and the killing invariably blamed on old - time gamekeepers, men born and bred to view birds of prey as the enemy.

For instance, sea birds known as Leach's storm petrel actually experience telomere growth as they grow older — an unexplained anomaly in the animal kingdom [source: Yeoman].

His research on the ecology of the bird suggests that its old niche as a forest pigeon remains wide open, and the eastern forest it occupied has regrown to most of what it was before severe deforestation helped drive the bird extinct in the 19th century.

Since his discovery of nanobes in Italian hot spring deposits, Folk says he has found nanobes in such things as bird bath scum, decayed leaves in streams, brownish water from old flower bouquets, air filters, tap and well water, hair, feces, blood, gallstones, chicken egg shells, clam shells, and teeth.

For our studies of 675A, we therefore added two additional treatment groups (Groups 4A and 4B, S2 Table) by randomly allocating 20 (n = 20) additional MtAb - neg 1 - d - old chicks to two additional isolators, with ten birds in one isolator being vaccinated as above (A isolator), and the ten in the other isolator not being vaccinated (B isolator).

We stared at Larry Bird as we chowed down and watched good old American football on TV.

Made these for a six - year - old's birthday party, but I decorated them as Angry Bird Pops Thanks so much for sharing!

If you're an older black or biracial single who's looking for someone who is also black or biracial as well as in the same age range, BlackPeopleMeet kills those two birds with one stone.

Lady Bird is the name Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) gives herself, as the seventeen - year - old tries to break away from her family and find her own identity.

The 23 - year - old Ronan delivers a committed and convincing performance as the 17 - year - old Lady Bird; she knows that her mom has a big heart, despite the unpleasantry.

The Birds (1963) My favorite horror film ever, so realistic that I never slept a wink the night I saw it as an 18 - year - old.

By now, the golden chicken is a tough old bird, and the jokes about blow jobs and sagging tits are as tired as the old tart herself.

Happily, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage also stands as a superb murder mystery thriller that will excite new and old fans alike, even if you already know who the killer turns out to be.

We discover the complexities of Havana's life as she receives massages from self - help guru and bona fide Bengal Dr. Stafford Weiss (John Cusack), himself in a troubled marriage to the neurotic Cristina (Olivia Williams), who acts as manager to the obnoxious Benjie (Evan Bird), their 13 year - old son who's the star of a profitable franchise and already familiar with what the inside of expensive rehab facilities look like.

Making her solo directorial debut (she shares a credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Gerwig sets Lady Bird in her hometown of Sacramento, and in 2002, when she was around the same age as her protagonist / proxy, 17 - year - old Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan).

If Lady Bird is, as Gerwig asserts, a «love letter to Sacramento,» then this montage of everyday, easy - to - take - for - granted sights is the big S.W.A.K. on the envelope, an unmistakable declaration of affection; the static shots throughout the movie of old neon signs from Gunther's, the Tower Theatre and Club Raven could be considered the missive's heart - shaped punctuation marks; and the purposeful use of light, about which Gerwig was particularly exacting (she dutifully studied the Sacramento landscapes of renowned contemporary painters Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud to make sure the color and intensity were just right), is suitably analogous to the fine mist of perfume that will linger after the pages have been folded away.

Twenty - year - old Kathryn Newton, who played Reese Witherspoon's similarly rebellious daughter in HBO mega-hit Big Little Lies and who is slated to star as youngest sister Amy in BBC One and Masterpiece's forthcoming Little Women adaptation, was elated when she snagged a small role as a lovable high - school nerd in Lady Bird.

They're less keen, but are a uniquely unpleasant trio themselves: quack to the stars Dr Stafford Weiss (a nicely nasty John Cusack, clearly enjoying his new villainous groove), pushy parent Christina (Olivia Williams - brilliantly brittle, as ever) and, the object of Christina's ruthless deal - making, 13 - year - old teen idol Benjie (Evan Bird), the spoilt star of a horrible film franchise called «Bad Babysitter».

You have to wonder how much of that enjoyment stemmed from director Brad Bird as Hunt's latest adventure, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, directed by Christopher McQuarrie (who worked with Cruise in Jack Reacher) does little more than create some amazing set pieces for the 53 - year - old actor to leap, swim, and jump off of.

The film follows Ronan as 17 - year - old Christine McPherson, who'd rather you call her Lady Bird: when asked if it's her given name, she clarifies: «It's given to me, by me.»