Sentences with phrase «carried by birds»

Platforms carried by birds also appear above the train sometimes.

West Nile virus (WNV) is carried by birds and transmitted by mosquitos.

The mechanisms for this are not yet clear; it may be that the bacteria spread via the atmosphere or are carried by birds and people.

Not exact matches

«A real bird's eye video,» said Lukas Karasek, the Slovakian whose GoPro camera was briefly carried off by this ambitious avian.

Research carried out by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Centre in Colombia and Mexico showed over 90 percent fewer bird species in sun - grown coffee plantations as opposed to shade - grown coffeBird Centre in Colombia and Mexico showed over 90 percent fewer bird species in sun - grown coffee plantations as opposed to shade - grown coffebird species in sun - grown coffee plantations as opposed to shade - grown coffee59.

The Massachusetts Important Bird Area Program (IBA) is carried out cooperatively by staff from Mass Audubon, a volunteer Technical Committee and various partner organizations.

HOW SWEET Long before humans inhabited Polynesia, sweet potatoes may have been carried across the ocean from South America to the South Pacific islands by wind, water or maybe even birds.

Officials worried that the highly pathogenic virus would be re-introduced into poultry farms by migratory aquatic birds carrying the virus.

Multiple eyewitness accounts describe Australian birds of prey deliberately setting wildfires by carrying burning sticks, in order to flush out prey

The import of other artifacts is less obvious: a stuffed porcupine that sits on Freud's desk, beside a solitary pair of round - framed glasses; a wooden Egyptian funerary boat, mounted fore and aft by bird heads and carrying a small wrapped mummy attended by three seated women; a row of stone knives laid upon a table; and a bearded goat head made of clay.

It is also possible that the fungus was brought to the island in crustaceans or the Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus), carried in by migratory birds or humans.

H5N1 flu, first identified as a threat to humans in Hong Kong in 1997, spreads from Asia around the world, apparently carried by wild birds.

But just how the birds manage to change that ratio remains a mystery: Sex in birds is determined by which chromosome the egg carries, and each egg starts out with a 50 - 50 chance of being male or female.

Birds, although they often have relatively large brains, are commonly thought to carry out tasks by rote.

Researchers suspected that oil might deprive birds of oxygen by affecting hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood.

Bird conservationists pointed to the virus's apparent failure to turn up in India as an indication that it is not carried long distances by migratory birds.

Scientists also know that hardships suffered by birds in one season can be carried over into the next.

Indeed, a key study of the beaks of these birds, which Charles Darwin so famously described in The Voyage of the Beagle, was carried out in 1938 by careful examination of the New York bird collection.

Instead, the hardy little bird became a pest by eating crops, displacing some native birds, and harassing others, carrying 29 diseases that affect humans and domestic animals.

They watched birds from the beginning of the nest - building process, and discovered that the parakeets carry sticks to the nest site by landing on the lines, and then walking to the spot where the line meets the pole, instead of flying there directly.

Research into the incubation behaviour of birds suggests the type of parental care carried out by their long extinct ancestors.

Their findings reveal that H5N8 was most likely carried by long - distance flights of infected migrating wild birds from Asia to Europe and North America via their breeding grounds in the Arctic.

This lightweight cotton fabric features a fun conversational print on a white background — gramophones, grand pianos, discs, baths and cars carried by colorful tropical birds.

There's nothing revelatory in the enraged critique within Maps to the Stars, although it is carried somewhat further than its limitations by some really wicked humor and a few of the performances (Almost every member of the cast is playing some variation of an irreparable person, but Moore, Wasikowska, and Bird are the most convincing of the bunch).

Post-script: There are some fun things to keep your eyes open for in the film's appealing Thanksgiving Day Parade scene, including blink and miss appearances by Sammy Davis Jr., Ricky Schroeder, and some E.T. balloons in addition to a float carrying Big Bird and giant parade balloons of Kermit the Frog and Woody Woodpecker.

As the Oscar race slowly begins to take shape, there's much talk of prime contenders building a topical «narrative» to fuel their campaigns: Three Billboards is being pitched as a spiky response to the culture of toxic masculinity exemplified by Harvey Weinstein; on a related note, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig carry heightened hopes for another female best director winner; Get Out continues to mark the temperature of America's rampant racial tensions; Call Me By Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ Moonlighby Harvey Weinstein; on a related note, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig carry heightened hopes for another female best director winner; Get Out continues to mark the temperature of America's rampant racial tensions; Call Me By Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ MoonlighBy Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ Moonlight.

Pet owners should always opt for direct flights when traveling with a bird, especially if it has to go into cargo and can not be carried on by the owner.

Dogs pick up Taenia, Echinococcus and Mesocestoides tapeworms by eating raw or undercooked flesh of a bird, reptile, sheep, cow, goat, deer, elk, horse, pig, rabbit, rat or other intermediate host that is carrying some form of the parasite.

Outdoor cats are exposed to much more: mosquitoes, fleas, cars, wild animals, internal / external parasites, coyotes, foxes, birds of prey, and other diseases carried by stray cats and dogs.

EEE, WEE, SLEV, and VEE are viruses carried by wild birds and transmitted by mosquitoes to horses and humans.

Outdoor cats are subjected to not only more dangers such as other predators, cars etc, but also disease carried by insects, mice, birds etc they may ingest, that an indoor cat is not subjected to.

Seeds and spores carried by the wind and birds has fertilised the island and enabled the growth of plant life.

Seeds and spores carried by the wind and birds has fertilised the island and enabled the growth of plant life and exotic blooms.

All guided trips are led by highly qualified neo-tropical Bird tour leaders who carry the essential equipment, including «scopes, sound library etc..

We carry on to Curio Bay in the Catlins, an unspoiled scenic region of coast, rivers and podocarp forest — once an area inhabited by the giant Moa (largest bird in the world — now extinct).

With scarlett macaws and pelicans passing by, humming - birds and morpho butterflies feeding on the abundance of hibiscus flowers and the scent of butterfly lillies and plumeria trees carried past by a gentle breeze, you'll feel truely emerged in a tropical environment; an environment we care for.

And yes I know I say in the episode that this would be up two days ago, but I was carried off by birds for a minute so you can't blame me.»

As we descended below the surface, an 8 - Ball our only physical memento, we realised that the cinemas we had visited during the day might no longer exist, that our submarine had not descended but that the water level had risen, flooding the island and its cinemas so that celluloid and other projection paraphernalia is carried around the streets by the flow, wrapping itself entangled on lamp posts, car wheels, blocking drains and choking birds and small children.

The formal elegance and merciless eye of the found birds series carry over into love in the ruins; sex over 50, Silas's solo show at Studio 10 in Bushwick, as well as the concurrent exhibition in the same building, To Selves, at Momenta Art, which features self - portraits by Silas and Joy Episalla.

And if bird carcases are being carried off by scavengers, American reports that wind turbines only kill 400,000 to 500,000 birds a year are meaningless.

Once in the water supply, in theory, a future pathogen could spread outside the local area, carried by people or by migrating birds or animals.

As temperatures warm, the high mountain forests in Hawai`i that are home to birds like the «I «iwi are likely to experience an influx of introduced pests, especially by disease - carrying mosquitoes.

So when the waves hit in the middle of the night, the birds sleeping on the ground were rolled up with the wave and any debris being carried by the water.

The American Bird Conservancy notes, «Thousands of miles of fishing lines, carrying hundreds of millions of hooks, are set by longliners throughout the world's oceans each year.

I love the «Shine your light» with the birds and the «Keep Calm and Carry On» (words to live by!)..