Not exact matches
Go apple picking Jump in a pile of leaves Make some autumn art Collect colourful fall leaves Collect seeds
from plants in the garden Plant bulbs for next spring Make a
bird feeder Make leaf prints Make pumpkin playdough Create an Autumn poem Go looking for spider webs Make a nature table with your Autumn finds Bake an apple pie Carve your own pumpkin Make Autumn sun catchers Go on a
bat watch at dusk Make toffee apples Set up a scavenger hunt Collect sycamore seeds Grab an umbrella
and go singing in the rain Throw a Halloween party Make an autumn wreath for your door Make a bug hotel Listen to the sound of leaves crunching under your feet Collect conkers Collect pinecones Collect twigs Make hot chocolate Draw or paint some autumn still life Attend harvest festival Make apple crisps / chips Remember what you're thankful for Take pictures of all the different colours you can find in a woodland Make leaf rubbings Go stargazing Have an autumn picnic Look for a full moon Go trick or treating Try apple bobbing Make apple sauce Fly a kite Make a windsock Dry orange slices Roast pumpkin seeds Make Halloween biscuits Make a rain catcher Build an indoor fort Collect acorns Donate old woollens
and coats to a charity Help clear leaves
from the lawn
While his current projects involve everything
from oysters
and horseshoe crabs to
bats and butterflies, he has studied primarily
bird ecology for the last 20 years, working on research projects in Kenya, Florida, Texas, California, Arizona, Mexico,
and the Pacific Northwest.
The studies examine everything
from viable ports to turbine manufacturing
and wind - farm construction
and staging to the need for cables, pipelines
and other infrastructure, as well as the impact on
birds,
bats and fish.
Birds are further removed
from us than
bats,
and although we can not know exactly what it is like to be one, we have learned enough about their senses to get a fair idea.
And in fact, birds and bats, whose ability to fly helps them escape from predators, do have particularly long liv
And in fact,
birds and bats, whose ability to fly helps them escape from predators, do have particularly long liv
and bats, whose ability to fly helps them escape
from predators, do have particularly long lives.
Aerial robots have previously taken inspiration
from insects
and birds, but
bats are a tougher challenge for roboticists because of their complicated skeletons
and irregular flight patterns.
Using X-ray crystallography, performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, Cusack
and colleagues were able to determine the atomic structure of the whole polymerase
from two strains of influenza: influenza B, one of the strains that cause seasonal flu in humans, but which evolves slowly
and therefore isn't considered a pandemic threat;
and the strain of influenza A — the fast - evolving strain that affects humans,
birds and other animals
and can cause pandemics — that infects
bats.
Creatures that drank
from the lake, including
bats and birds that grabbed a sip as they swooped across its surface, could have succumbed to the substances dissolved in the lake, those scientists suggest.
THE dragons in the Harry Potter movies fly using wings made
from modified forelimbs, just as
birds and bats do.
They also recovered DNA
from three types of ground - dwelling
birds and one species of
bat - there are only a few previous
and somewhat anecdotal reports of those animals being targeted by Haemadipsa leeches.
It then spread
from birds to
bats and on to other mammals.
Lutz
and her colleagues took blood samples
from hundreds of East African
birds,
bats,
and other small mammals
and screened the blood for the parasites.
Extensive testing of malarial DNA found in
birds,
bats and other small mammals
from five East African countries revealed that malaria has its roots in
bird hosts.
These «mist nets» are remarkably effective at immobilizing
bats — so effective that many companies require a permit for purchase to prevent villagers
from decimating
bat and bird populations.
«On the largest turbines, researchers continue to use an undersized 75 - meter search radius, even though the much larger turbines are known to catapult
birds and bats much further
from turbine towers.
Bats, as well as
birds, bees
and other animals, spread pollen
from flower to flower each time they slurp up nectar.
While there he meets town sheriff Bobby LaGrange (Bruce Dern) who also sells
bat houses («very different
from bird houses,» LaGrange intones),
and is also an aspiring horror novelist.
The fungus grows best in moist
and humid conditions
and in soil containing decomposing nitrogen - rich matter
from bird, chicken or
bat excrement.
A pair of six foot long monitor lizards clamber over giant granite boulders beside the beach, forked tongues flashing; Hornbills, reminiscent of pre-historic
birds from a school textbook, squawk loudly
and sweep through heavily scented frangipani trees; fruit
bats dangle like strange fruit over the tropical gardens
and macaque monkeys chatter as they scramble through the trees tops.
A variety of activities can be enjoyed at the ranch,
from fishing in the nearby lake, paddleboating,
and clay target shooting to
bird and bat watching, jeep tours of the area to view the countryside
and wildlife.
Located 250 kilometers
from Manila, the Hundred Islands National Park, declared in 1940 by Pres. Manuel Quezon, is a sprinkling of 123 islets in a beautiful tropical sea with white sand beaches, caves,
and habitat to various species of
birds and fruit
bats.
Creatures When dropping Toki in a nest,
birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking out of the nest Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at begi
birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking out of the nest
Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at begi
Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures
from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera
birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at begi
birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them
and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs
and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs
and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs
and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined
and fast to access menu system Ability to set language
from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades
and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle
and stomp Areas
and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them
from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved
bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at beginning
In these collages, printed images of serpents, insects,
bats,
and birds, together with portraits of Edelson
and people
from her artistic milieu, are severed
from their original contexts, multiplied,
and recombined into intoxicating spirals that here ebbed
and flowed rhythmically around the perimeter of the room.
«Macaques
and gibbons are known to disappear completely
from forests which have been converted to rubber,
and our review shows that numbers of
bird,
bat and beetle species can decline by up to 75 percent.»
the rapid complication of ensuring a stable power supply, a large
and for some, no longer affordable increases in energy costs, the creation of severe biological consequences with the wholesale destruction of
bats in particular plus severe
bird kills which are all still mostly hidden by the wind industry if personal anecdotal information
from within the wind industry is correct.
(It appears supporting industrial - scale wind turbines that kill
birds and bats did not deter the Ontario Liberal government
from appointing Ms. Saxe as commissioner of the environment.)
Wind turbine installations butcher millions of
birds and bats annually, but are exempt
from Endangered Species Act fines
and penalties.
A recent National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC) review of peer - reviewed research found evidence of
bird and bat deaths
from collisions with wind turbines
and due to changes in air pressure caused by the spinning turbines, as well as
from habitat disruption.
That problem — * exasperated sigh * — is this: if the RSPB is really concerned about the potential disturbance to wildlife of a few noisy lorries
and drill rigs (which, let's not forget, are only up for a short period, after which they are replaced by a silent extraction device called a Christmas tree), how come it's so cheerfully complacent about the epic numbers of rare
birds and protected
bats which are sliced
and diced (or, in the case of
bats, barotraumatised — i.e. made to implode) by the industrial wind turbines which the RSPB not only champions but
from which it benefits financially.
I believe there is a simple solution to
bird and bat fatalities also, by mounting cheap passive ultrasonic «whistles» on turbine blades, to create a sound warning shield, keeping flying wildlife away
from any spinning turbines.
Wind turbine companies, officers
and employees, however, are immune
from prosecution, fines or imprisonment, regardless of how many rare, threatened, endangered or migratory
birds and bats they kill.
They promote spending $ 22 billion just in federal money during FY - 2014 on climate change studies; costly solar projects of every description; wind turbines that blight scenic vistas
and slaughter millions of
birds and bats annually, while wind energy developers are exempted
from endangered species
and other environmental laws that apply to all other industries;
and ethanol programs that require millions of acres of farmland
and vast quantities of water, fertilizer, pesticides
and fossil fuel energy to produce a gasoline additive that reduces mileage, harms engines, drives up food prices...
and increases CO2 emissions.
Farmers growing crops
from apples to zucchini have long relied on wild pollinators — including various bee species,
birds and bats — to fertilize plants
and increase yields.
Post-operation, the numbers of
bat deaths
and bird kills far exceed what was expected
from the wind turbines, noise complaints are being made more frequently as a result of more powerful turbines,
and wind power companies have abused their approvals by removing trees
from protected woodlands, for example, or placing turbines on sites not consistent with the approvals.
Providence, R.I. — September 18, 2017 — Deepwater Wind is partnering with researchers
from the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, the University of Rhode Island (URI)
and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst to assist in their studies of
bird and bat activity off the Atlantic Coast.
In stark
and indefensible contrast, enormous offshore wind turbines continue to get a free pass
from bird,
bat, whale
and other species protection laws.
**** The wind industry
and its parasites have —
from the outset — pitched these things as a «planet saving, clean, green
and environmentally friendly technology»; which doesn't quite gel with the wholesale slaughter of
birds and bats.
Propaganda sites dismiss the downsides with «careful siting» lies
and implausible schemes to discourage
birds &
bats from entering their expanding gauntlets.
Wind
and solar companies have been exempted
from endangered species laws, to protect them against legal actions for destroying wildlife habitats,
birds and bats.
Urgency
from the scientific community, however, has caused growth in the wind industry despite its link to
bird and bat fatalities.
The V2 turbines are made
from steel
and aircraft - grade aluminum, are said to be quiet (less than 5 decibels over ambient noise levels), vibration - free, safe for
birds and bats,
and need no grid power to start spinning.
In addition, since it has a stationary exterior cowling, a protective mesh can be installed around the intakes to prevent
birds,
bats or debris
from coming in contact with the turbine,
and lightning rods can be installed on top to avoid storm damage.
Yesterday Aardvark blogged about the desecration of the D Day beaches by
bird choppers
and finished the post with, «Now if the area around the Normandy beaches were home to a threatened species of aquatic fruit
bat then every NGO
from Greenpeace to the WWF would be up in arms.»