Sentences with phrase «higher than the birds»

An earlier study by the same researchers found that Anna's hummingbirds (Calypte anna) accelerated more slowly and had other performance falloffs at altitudes higher than the birds» home range.

THINK of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that, regardless of the indignities of commercial air travel, you are flying, higher than a bird, an Icarus safe from the sun.

Not exact matches

Regarding the birds, the Audubon Society apparently recommends drawing cross-hatching on your windows with document highlighter that is largely invisible to you (and washable) but visible to birds, who see higher wavelengths of light better than we do.

Birds flying this course will usually average higher speeds than they would on the west course.

Preliminary indications are that this year's total income raised of more than $ 125,000 set a new Bird - a-thon high for this annual classic birding and fundraising event.

However, the heavy metal of which the highest concentration was found in the birds was lead: in 42.22 μg / dl (micrograms per decilitre) for wild populations, a figure significantly higher than the concentration of the metal in the individuals rescued.

«Maybe it's more energy efficient and easier to go lower than higher, so the non-dominant bird is forced to gain altitude.»

Although she acknowledges that the relationship between intelligence and neuron count has not yet been firmly established, Herculano - Houzel and her colleagues argue that avian brains with the same or greater forebrain neuron counts than primates with much larger brains can potentially provide the birds with much higher «cognitive power» per pound than mammals.

The researchers found that the body condition of alligators found near wading bird nesting colonies was higher than those in similar habitat without active colonies, independent of a range of environmental variables.

They also noted more spikes in high - frequency brain waves when the birds passed by familiar terrain than when they flew over a featureless stretch of water.

«One possible explanation,» he says, «is that the snowy owls had such an ample amount of food available that their reproduction success was higher than normal, causing an over-population of birds that were eventually forced south by competing individuals.»

The most striking differences were in the pitch of the introductory notes that preface the birds» songs, with Western Lowland thrushes producing higher, more variable introductory notes than their relatives elsewhere.

Around 75 per cent of tinamou eggs wind up as something's lunch, a rather high loss even for a tropical bird, which often lose more than half their offspring.

Adapting a high - speed camera array and real - time tracking software to perform in field conditions let the researchers analyze more than 200 wild birds swerving and pivoting naturally.

Within Passerea, the TENT strongly confirmed the monophyly of two large closely related clades that we refer to as core landbirds (Telluraves) and core waterbirds (Aequornithia)(8, 16, 17, 27, 36, 59); we use the term «core» instead of «higher» to prevent interpretation that these groups are more advanced or more recently evolved than other birds.

Using high - speed video and devices that monitor acceleration, they found that newly hatched birds could walk up slopes of 45 degrees in a large part by flapping their wings at a different angle than when flying.

«Streamlining in birds is determined more by plumage than the shape of the body — high performing fliers can have rounded, bulky bodies» he says, which wouldn't give elongated eggs the same advantage over other egg shapes.

At all sites, on average, urban birds sang and called at higher frequencies than their country cousins, with city hipster birds singing 195 hertz higher and calling 90 hertz higher.

The Sampled Red List Index for Plants indicates that 22 per cent of all wild plant species face extinction, comparable to the figure for mammals (21 per cent) and higher than that for birds (12 per cent).

But there turned out to be more to the cordon - bleu groove than some head bobbing — the high - speed cameras the researchers used revealed rapid foot stomping that seemed to follow the rhythmic patterns of the birds» singing.

In order to sustain a very high rate of metabolic combustion and heat production compared to humans, birds must eat up to 17x or more the quantity of energy than a human, relatively.

My parents took Sivko in when he was a baby cat because someone just left him there on the island, he belongs to an Egyptian breed called Mau and that is perhaps why he is so fond of catching birds (he can jump higher than normal cats).

Perhaps it is this part of why the high - pitched chittering the zombies exhibit when giving chase is less unnerving than comical, like Big Bird on acid, even with the snapping of those vicious looking teeth.

Plunging through her final year of high school, the self - named Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) seems mostly intent on defying expectations rather than pursuing a future career.

Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) reaches senior year in Catholic high school caring more about being the «Lady Bird» she now wants to be than pleasing any Prince Charming or her mother.

Foroughi devotes her debut feature to a high - school girl whose charismatic stubbornness has more dangerous, erratic edges than Lady Bird's.

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Both of these are a little odd, although one more so than the other — as you play the game and beat certain challenges (such as getting a B rank or higher on a Special difficulty track) you unlock «Keys» that let you pay a bird called Chuchu to poop out a gashapon ball containing three random user icons.

Lady Bird: Yes, it's a genuinely funny coming - of - age story, with Saoirse Ronan killing it as a precocious high - school senior convinced she's better than her home town of Sacramento.

In terms of specifics, the high school that Lady Bird attends is a Sacred Heart Catholic School, the era is the immediate years following 9/11, which makes the prospect of escaping to a college in New York more realistic than her grades deserve, and while she technically lives in California, as Gerwig said of her hometown at The New York Film Festival's press conference, «Sacramento is the Midwest of California».

«The mood is pushing Lady Bird higher than it normally would.»

I would rather read Raise High The Roofbeam, Carpenters for the hundredth time than just about anything — I'm that kind of bird.

(An eagle is able to soar higher than most birds because it uses its broad wings to ride and circle on thermals)

Your reptiles, birds, small mammals, or fish may be a bit more unique and unusual than your neighbors» cats and dogs, and we have an entire team dedicated to giving them the highest standard of exotic veterinary care!

You can also put one dish higher than the other, so your bird is forced to climb around the cage more.

This is, indeed, excellent for birds; published studies have shown that bird abundance, and better yet bird species diversity, are higher in habitat patches where coyotes are present, than in patches which lack coyotes and have more cats.

(Washington, D.C., January 29, 2013) A new peer - reviewed study published today and authored by scientists from two of the world's leading science and wildlife organizations — the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)-- has found that bird and mammal mortality caused by outdoor cats is much higher than has been widely reported, with annual bird mortality now estimated to be 1.3 to 4.0 billion and mammal mortality likely 6.3 to 22.3 billion individuals.

The CDC also indicated that during the summer 2012 ``... outbreak likely resulted from many factors, including higher - than - normal temperatures that influenced mosquito and bird abundance, the replication of the virus in its host mosquitoes, and interactions of birds and mosquitoes in hard - hit areas.»

Young birds that have been hand fed for a longer period than necessary seem to have a much higher incidence of fatty liver disease.

«However, high concentrations of zinc can cause illness and toxicity, and birds are far more sensitive to the toxic effects of zinc than are humans,» says Dr. Keller.

But some people seem to think that cats are more alive, or higher creatures, than birds.

Hold the item that you want the bird to «step up» on in front of the bird on the perch but at a higher level than the current perch, just below the bird's chest level.

Pelleted food is a healthier choice than a seed diet, but it is important to convert birds slowly by offering seeds at the cage bottom, and pellets mixed with a few seeds at a higher location.

Pet stores need to demonstrate to their customers that, in the long run, higher - quality wild bird food is more valuable than the less - expensive food offered at big - box stores.

It's about 1,200 feet higher than Machu Picchu and provides a nearly birds - eye view of the Machu Picchu ruins.

Because it is easier for birds to reach islands than it is for animals that can't fly, bird species diversity on islands is often relatively high.

Day walks around Sabie include the Forest Falls Nature Walk, which takes one to the Forest Falls (the only waterfall that is wider than it is high), the Loerie Trail, the Secretary Bird Walk, which finishes at Mac Mac Pools, and the Misty Mountain Trails.

The Ocean Experience Tour starts at an easy cruise pace around the coast then experience the high speed thrills as you fly quicker than the birds on this tour.

From its highest point, one can perceive the sounds of the rain forest: more than 300 species of birds, howler monkeys, ocelots, jaguars and toucans.

You float high above the Earth, using a bird's eye / God's eye / Satellite's eye view of the world, with infections and death being shown as nothing more than a growing tide of red dots.