Sentences with phrase «as hummingbirds»

I may forego them next year at home, but keep them at the homestead as the hummingbirds love the fuchsia that I plant in them.

Or be mesmerised as hummingbirds flit by the balcony of your jungle retreat.

A lot of terrestrial wild life such as hummingbirds, pigeons, herons and iguanas either nest, rest or feed in mangroves over water to be safe from predators.

Certain features such as hummingbirds scattered around and animated backgrounds help add some life to the game world but it's mostly barren outside of these small touches.

«We think of them as the hummingbirds of the marine mammal world.»

At 12 cm, Eocypselus rowei, discovered in Wyoming by commercial fossil hunters, is built on the same small scale as hummingbirds (upper right) and swifts (lower right), its modern - day cousins.

Bats seem to be adapted for slow speed and high maneuverability in the same way as hummingbirds, Hedenström says, whereas most flying birds are optimized for high speed.

Pauw suspects that other birds, such as hummingbirds and honeyeaters, may also pollinate by tongue; like sunbirds, their tongues are adapted to drinking nectar.

Other species such as hummingbirds and bees employ different rapid means of morphing their tongues for improved nectar feeding.

Above, small pockets of air swirl in tornado - like vortices as a hummingbird turns to its right.

It's about as frantic and as unpredictable as a hummingbird on blow, but David O. Russell's crack at existentialism does prove to be a clever and entertaining philosophical piece at times.

Personally, I feel as free as a hummingbird fluttering over a flower.

The original Galaxy S is powered by the ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz CPU (called as the Hummingbird).

Samsung Galaxy Tab is powered by the ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz CPU (called as the Hummingbird).

As the hummingbird Can fly backwards Also forwards — How else could it keep going?

Or, as Hummingbird partner Robert Campbell notes, «The Hummingbird truly is a thing of beauty, meaning you will never want to take your eyes off it.»

Before this investment round, Kraken had raised $ 6.5 million from backers such as Hummingbird Ventures, Blockchain Capital and Digital Currency Group.

Thanks to Google updates such as Hummingbird — where a whole sentence or context meaning query is taken into account — the search engine giant has a more topic - matching approach with their algorithm.

Not exact matches

As Danny Sullivan, founding editor of Search Engine Land, explains in layman's terms, «Hummingbird is the overall search algorithm, just like a car has an overall engine in it.

As Google celebrates its 15th birthday, the company has announced a major change to its search algorithm called Hummingbird.

As if there's not enough food during the Thanksgiving holiday, I'm gonna add this super decadent Pumpkin Hummingbird Cake with Maple Buttercream to the menu.

And, as far as sweet little birds, when I lived in AZ, the migrating hummingbirds would tap at my kitchen window when the feeder was empty.

Sit out on their deck, watching a hummingbird buzz as the giant ball of hot plasma makes its way toward the horizon.

Sundance does as much business as it can with our local distributor, Hummingbird Wholesale.

Many people recommend creating a hummingbird tattoo on the shoulder as it would look much like the bird is perching on you.

Dress your baby in one of our base layer baby bodysuits like this long sleeved bodysuit with dragonfly applique or a short sleeved body with hummingbird and machine appliquéd by hand so that each item is as individual as your baby.

A battleship may not be as maneuverable as a kayak, but in a study of 25 species, larger hummingbirds outdid smaller...

The threatened species include at least 9 % of bees and butterflies and about 16 % of vertebrate pollinators such as bats and hummingbirds.

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.

We now have a basic understanding of the climate and the vegetation structure and know about the role of bats and hummingbirds as pollinators.

Male Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna), which look as if they're wearing bright - pink scarves, swoop at speeds over 20 meters per second, emitting a shriek like a startled rodent.

When his team plucked the hummingbirds» thin, outermost tail feathers, the boisterous animals became as silent as stealth bombers.

TRACK THAT FLIGHT The deft turns of hummingbirds in flight, as shown in a competitive encounter (first clip), make great material for studying agility.

Cactus flowers provide nectar to hummingbirds and bats, as well as bees, moths and other insects, which, in turn, pollinate the plants.

A battleship may not be as maneuverable as a kayak, but in a study of 25 species, larger hummingbirds outdid smaller species at revving or braking while turning.

The ancestors of all modern birds, from the hummingbird to the majestic bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, seen here as a young adult), lived on a supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere about 95 million years ago, a new study suggests.

The paper,» «Hummingbird» floral traits interact synergistically to discourage visitation by bumble bee foragers,» demonstrates that traits of so - called «hummingbird flowers» work together to confuse bees and cost them precious time as they move from flowerHummingbird» floral traits interact synergistically to discourage visitation by bumble bee foragers,» demonstrates that traits of so - called «hummingbird flowers» work together to confuse bees and cost them precious time as they move from flowerhummingbird flowers» work together to confuse bees and cost them precious time as they move from flower to flower.

More than 94 percent of flowering tropical plants and 75 percent of the world's leading food crops require pollination by animals such as bees, bats and hummingbirds.

«What's very surprising is that unlike mammals such as humans, who can't rely on fructose to power much of their exercise metabolism, hummingbirds use it very well.

The hummingbird hovers and rotates as handily as a helicopter; the swift glides and loops all day without landing.

«Using hummingbirds as an example, we have demonstrated a distinct pattern for ecological specialization across a large geographical space.

Hummingbirds can weigh as little as 2 grams and have extremely diverse bills, adapted to fit their nectar plants.

Hummingbirds and their nectar plants have long served as model system for examining ecological and evolutionary processes because of their strong mutual dependencies.

«With this study, we demonstrate that environmental factors such as the climate not only associate with species ranges, but also with local specializations, such as those between hummingbirds and nectar plants.

The Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula), White - bellied Mountain - gem (Lampornis hemileucus) and Fiery - throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis) are all examples of species that were classified as smaller - ranged in the study.

ON ITS OWN The Inaguan lyretail, a kind of bee hummingbird demoted to subspecies decades ago, might be reinstated as a species in its own right.

Duke University scientists report in PLoS ONE this week that they attempted to pinpoint regions of the brain responsible for vocal skills by studying three types of birds (parrots, hummingbirds and songbirds) capable of picking up new songs and utterances as well as birds (zebra finches and ringed turtle doves) that lack the ability.

In 2008, the feathers caught the interest of Christopher J. Clark of the University of California, Riverside, who has analyzed how male hummingbirds make their tails whine and whir as they flirtatiously dive - bomb females.

That's about the same size as modern - day hummingbirds and sunbirds, but the ancient bird isn't related to them or to any of today's hundreds of species of birds that get their nutrition from flowers.

They involved charismatic groups of birds such as parrots, hummingbirds, manakins.