Sentences with phrase «few small birds»

That there is magic in a quiet marsh and a few small birds.

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Cut to: a small chicken farm, a few dead birds lay on the ground.

Returning to school, which was admirable for birding, being small and in the country, with nothing but fields, woods, and streams for miles around, I began to learn the small land birds of eastern Pennsylvania and in a few years knew them fairly completely without any assistance from others except the Reed's guide.

«A mixture of sliced cucumbers, shallots, or onions, cut very small, a little lime juice, and Madeira wine, with a few pods of bird pepper well mashed, and mixed with the liquor, is reckoned an unfailing stimulant to the appetite in the West Indies, and is called man - dram,» wrote William Rhind in A History of the Vegetable Kingdom (London: Blackie & Son, 1868).

They helped their children notice birds, insects, plants and other wonders of the natural world when they were small, and then continued this focus even when the children decided, for a few years, to go to the local primary school.

But the London researchers have shown a few small changes in the shape of a surface protein were all it took to enable the bird version of Spanish flu to bind onto human cells.

Many bird species have already been getting smaller over the past few decades.

Fewer than 100 of these birds, which are confined to one small island in Cape Verde, remain in the wild.

Any given small building kills only a few birds each year versus the 24 expected to die annually at a single skyscraper.

The fossil bird's stomach contents also contained a few bits of small insects.

«We show that there are always the same few common species in small, isolated secondary forest fragments, so each time you go to another piece of forest, you will encounter the same common birds, a phenomenon called biotic homogenisation.

The smallest bird in the grouse family, the white - tailed ptarmigan is also one of the few animals that lives on alpine mountaintops throughout its entire life.

I own a small survival based 2 bedroom nice house on 6 acres next to 90,000 acres of wilderness complete with Deer, Bear, bobcat, Lynx, a few Wolves and many small game critters and birds...

Lady Bird frets over the made - up nature of her small, conciliatory roles; we see a theater teacher heartbreakingly lose himself in his own acting during an exercise; Lucas Hedges, playing one of Lady Bird's love interests, belts out a few bars of «Giants in the Sky» from Into the Woods in a moment of pure, cringey delight.

Normally you'll be able to register up to two pets per household, including cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils and small birds such as budgies, but in the first few months this may be limited to one pet.

Keeping a bird in a cage that's too small can lead to undesirable behaviors such as screaming, biting, psychological disorders, and feather plucking, to name a few.

We host Adoption events for dogs, cats, birds and small animals on a regular basis and offer free classes on pet health, essential oils, and training just to name a few.

Additionally, with fewer feral cats around, wildlife such as small birds and rodents will have their lives spared.

As we enter the back area where a few ferrets reside — an iguana, some rabbits, an assortment of birds and other small creatures her movements reflect the value of the human - animal bond.

Cats, in their natural habitat, consume a natural raw diet including rodents, small reptiles, and birds, which have high protein value, moderate fat content, and few carbohydrates.

Also, in general, the smaller the bird, the higher the risk with even a few bites of high fat or high salt foods, so to be safe, simply avoid these foods in birds» diets.

But for a small bird, a few chips or pretzels can contain potentially toxic amounts of salt that can upset his electrolyte balance, leading to excessive thirst, dehydration, kidney dysfunction and even death.

Unique to Isla Seymour Norte, cliffs located only a few feet from the shoreline are a big attractant for the islands large populations of birds, as is its small forest of palo santo trees.

«Bird Cage» is the fashion zone of the complex; located in the central part of the shopping mall and decorated in an ultra-modern Sino - Portuguese style, it hosts about 20 large shops such as Supersports, Uni-Qlo and smaller boutiques gathering all the most famous international brands such as Adidas, Camel, Esprit, Geox, Playboy, Rip Curl, Jim Thompson, and X-Act, just to name a few.

Walk down a few hundred feet through a well - kept wooden walkaway to where the cave opens to a small courtyard with tall trees that rise into the jungle and with a variety of birds, singing and making different sounds.

Measuring up at nearly 5 feet tall, and native to the East African White Nile marshes, the shoebill has a wingspan of as much as 10 feet — and a reputation for violent nocturnal feedings of fish, turtles, baby birds, and small crocodiles; however, with as few as 5,000 left in the world, the IUCN Red List deemed it Vulnerable.

Once abundant birds and small mammals are few.