Sentences with phrase «by birds singing»

Being awakened by the birds singing.

As you gaze down the valley lined by majestic mountains, snow capped in winter, eagles can be seen soaring overhead and the tranquility is punctuated only by birds singing in the oak tree.

Not exact matches

Some good places to start: Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr., Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou — This book was my first introduction to Maya Angelou's work and it is stunning, devastating, and poetic.

The tiny bird, revived by the steaming hot dung, poked his head out and began singing merrily at the joy of being alive.

The one thing needful is to enjoy the visitor, whether the visitor be in the form of a friend, a stranger, a sunset, a tall tree or a bird singing by its nest.

This led him to the hypothesis that some singing by birds is also because of enjoyment.

But those grim reminders of the old Soviet Union were offset by the warm Siberian sunshine, the bird - cherry bushes in full bloom, the flowering garlic, and the cuckoos singing in the trees.

just by monitoring her food and exercise regime (why was I born to sing like a crow and not a bird?)

The dawn chorus is thought to be important for attracting and defending females, yet well - fed birds delayed their singing by an average of 20 minutes, often waiting until after sunrise.

Great tits living next to each other may sing their songs at significantly different rates, more or less frequently, as compared to non-neighboring birds, according to a study published February 18, 2015 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Lysanne Snijders from Wageningen University, Netherlands and colleagues.

According to the official Disney legend, the whole idea of Disneyland was born from medival technology: Walt saw a European mechanical singing bird and was entranced by the idea of three - dimensional animation.

«Their results support recent findings of a five to twelve day shift forward in the timing of peak singing by California birds in the nearby Sierra Nevada and coastal ranges in response to climate change.»

It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank coded with many species of plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the trees, with various insects flitting about and with worms crawling through the damp earth and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other and dependent upon each other in sole complex of manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.

Summary: In a finding with implications to human speech acquisition, University of Chicago researchers have shown how a bird's brain controls singing and demonstrated for the first time that structures higher up in the brain directly control the more abstract information, while the component bits are managed by lower brain centers.

We plan to observe the activity of neurons in the HVC and in auditory regions while juvenile birds are taught to sing by older adults, attempt the songs themselves and sleep.

For example, researchers investigating incidences of birds singing in the middle of the night believe that bird behavior is being adversely affected by artificial lighting from street lamps and city lights.

Flowers are blooming, birds are singing... oh and by the way, it's still cold in NYC!

Other books that fared well in the survey include Moby Dick by Herman Melville, On The Road by Jack Kerouac, and Maya Angelou's semi-autobiographical I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

The tree buds are bursting, the spring bulbs are flowering, the birds are singing and now it's your time too to be part of the renewal of life by meeting someone new and starting a new romance.

Director Will Gluck, who penned the screenplay along with Rob Lieber, quickly establishes the production's overtly slapstick tone right from the start, as a quartet of singing birds encircling the iconic Columbia Pictures «Torch Lady» end up as the dazed victims of a hit - and - run by an out - of - control Peter Rabbit (Corden).

Brave souls who, while being marched on by gun - wielding Capitol troopers, scatter at the revolutionary mockingjay bird call; the sombrely singing lines of men and women who burst dams in District Five.

Inspired by musician and eco-philosopher David Rothenberg's book of the same title, this documentary explores the intriguing, charming, complex and often conflicting theories on why birds sing like they do and why humans are so attracted to the sound.

24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017) Bezbog (Godless, Ralitza Petrova, 2016) Chemi bedinieri ojakhi (My Happy Family, Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross, 2016) Chun - mong (A Quiet Dream, Zhang Lu, 2016) Colo (Colo, Teresa Villaverde, 2017) Dao Khanong (By the Time it Gets Dark, Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016) Dangsinjasingwa dangsinui geot (Yourself and Yours, Hong Sang - soo, 2016) Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison, 2016) En attendant les hirondelles (Until the Birds Return, Karim Moussaoui, 2017) Frantz (François Ozon.

There is a lot of repetition e.g. the villagers say the same thing every time they come on): Village Leader — 16 Emilio — 7 (including singing his song accompanied by the class) Mother — 7 (mainly singing her song accompanied by the class) Narrator 1 - 2 Narrator 2 — 2 Narrator 3 — 2 Narrator 4 — 2 Villagers (1 - 4)- 3 Rabbits (1 - 4)-- 2 Hens (1 - 4)-- 2 Sheep (1 - 4)-- 2 Ibis birds (1 - 7)- 1

Many books taught in Facing History and Ourselves classrooms have been challenged at one time, including The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Maus II by Art Spiegelman, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (register on our website to receive updates on our new guide to the classic novel slated to come out later this fall).

What a difference a night (full of lots of stiff drinks, one suspects) makes: The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and new draft language on the use of VAM, apparently brokered during the wee morning hours, has been signed off by panelists — including the unions.

Clyde eats by tearing birds apart, but he loves beer, sings hymns, and watches children's TV.

Soon it is joined by another bird, who sings its own song.

In that moment Ged understood the singing of the bird, and the language of the water falling in the basin of the fountain, and the shape of the clouds, and the beginning and end of the wind that stirred the leaves; it seemed to him that he himself was a word spoken by the sunlight.

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I recently saw a very funny British commercial for Freeview, a free television service, featuring a cat and a bird singing «You're All I Need to Get By.»

Besides the exciting performances by the Pets Idol finalists, family - oriented activities such as children's colouring and drawing contest, dog demos and bird singing competitions kept the crowd entertained.

The next time you see a pretty bird or hear one sing, it could be a bird saved by someone like Annette.

A butcher - bird sang and was answered by another behind the camp.

For a quiet holiday, simply stretch out by the pool and listen to the birds sing from the treetops; for an active one, make the 2 - minute walk into the beach town of Tamarindo for shops, restaurants and a famous surf break.

Other wildlife included seals, sea lions, dolphin, porpoise, bald eagle and various other bird life, even throughout the night we were woken by the sound of singing Humpback whales passing close by.

Take your meals, coffee, or wine on the lanai, or just sit and enjoy reading a book with nature's calming soundtrack provided by the singing of the exotic birds flying through the lush, tropical foliage of the meticulously manicured Kihei Akahi gardens.

Take your meals, coffee, or wine on the lanai at Kihei Akahi D - 211, or just sit and enjoy reading a book with nature's calming soundtrack provided by the singing of the exotic birds flying through the lush, tropical foliage of the meticulously manicured Kihei Akahi gardens.

Or maybe just sit by our full - sized pool and relax to the sounds of birds singing in our olive trees.

You will be able to breath fresh air as this hotel is surrounded by deep green jungle and while practicing you will have natural track such as the sounds of geckos and singing birds coming from the jungle and that will make you feel inner bliss.

The hustle and bustle of Sydney cbd fades away after entering the hotel door and guests may be greeted by the singing of Australian native birds such as Sydney Honeyeaters or Rainbow Lorikeets, feeding among the flowers and fruits of the hotels leafy garden.

The villa's secluded location in a gated community means you'll hear the birds singing as you start your day with a coffee on the patio sitting area or a yoga session on the pavilion surrounded by a tranquil water feature.

Ancient Grove is like a tropical oasis surrounded by trees, ponds and singing birds.

Villa Belladonna serves a delicious breakfast (optional) on the patio surrounded by flowers, plants and singing birds, or on the balcony with stunning views of mountains, city and ocean.

«Is the ringtone version of a birdcall, sung by a mother bird, learned by her baby bird, natural?

In a playful avian fest Jacopo de» Barbari's 16th century portrayal of a sparrowhawk is joined by Roni Horn's pair of stuffed owls, while high above Dean has filmed a bird singing its heart out on a telegraph wire, looking as if it could have escaped from Gwen John's painted cage below.

Stop by, say hello; 1st white farmhouse, red front door, red geraniums, red truck, big butterfly garden, 2 white dogs, hundreds of singing, nesting birds and 1 pet cow, who all love people.

«It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.»

Typically, he was on the road by 4 am, enjoying the quiet of the early morning, the birds starting to sing and the beautiful sunrises.