Sentences with phrase «in small flocks»

Lilac - crowned Amazons live in small flocks in the wild, and in captivity, it is up to you and your family to become that flock.

They travel in small flocks and build «Quaker Condominiums» in some of the oddest of places such as the tops of power line poles.

The idea is that Passenger Pigeons evolved to live in huge flocks and became dependent on their large flocks, meaning they could not produce enough offspring to survive unless there were billions of them, either for social reasons (they would not breed in small flocks), for predator reasons (they could not satiate predators without huge flocks), or for resource reasons (they could not find adequate food sources in small populations).

Not exact matches

Small businesses flocked to social media in 2009, with their adoption of the technology doubling from 12 percent to 24 percent, says a new University of Maryland / Network Solutions study.

Canada's Cannabis Boom is creating a $ 30 Billion Investment Opportunity for investors and this small company could explode upwards in the next few weeks as investors start to flock to the space.

Finding a new flock of doubters is always possible, but the flock will necessarily be smaller — such is the distribution curve in human populations.

But recall The birds it housed, the birds it sensed whizzing past» deror, The swallows and swifts, the small gleaming knives in flight, And selah, the quail in their vast flocks, carpeting the acacias In October like feathery jackets, and anafas, the patient heron, And hasidah the stork and larus the gull and nesher the eagle, And certainly yonah, the dovin flight, And selah, the quail in their vast flocks, carpeting the acacias In October like feathery jackets, and anafas, the patient heron, And hasidah the stork and larus the gull and nesher the eagle, And certainly yonah, the dovin their vast flocks, carpeting the acacias In October like feathery jackets, and anafas, the patient heron, And hasidah the stork and larus the gull and nesher the eagle, And certainly yonah, the dovIn October like feathery jackets, and anafas, the patient heron, And hasidah the stork and larus the gull and nesher the eagle, And certainly yonah, the dove.

It's scary... and you know what's even more scary, is the fact that most 5 - point Calvinist pastors keep these disturbing ideas to themselves, and they are leading both small and exceedingly large churches in the direction of Calvinist thinking without the flock even knowing.

Everywhere they will be a little flock, because mankind grows quicker than Christendom and because men will not be Christians by custom and tradition, through institutions and history, or because of the homogeneity of a social milieu and public opinion, but — leaving out of account the sacred flame of parental example and the intimate sphere of home, family and small groups — they will be Christians only because of their own act of faith attained in a difficult struggle and perpetually achieved anew.

Such are hired servants and not willfull servants, such won't watch over a small flock of believers because they want fixed income that suits thier lifestyle, the office of pastor and teacher are not salaried positions but are a service to God as a noble task to feed and watch over souls willingly and lovingly, top dollar should not play a roll in ones willingness to equip and lead whom you love.

We have been learning a lot, trying to grow as much food in a small space as we can, and still have room to give the chicken flock spots to «pasture,» leaving a little space in the yard for two beehives, two dogs and two kids with lots of playmates!

How flocks of small, cheap satellites, hatched in Silicon Valley, will constantly monitor a changing Earth.

Throughout southeast Asia, the widespread practice of rural families raising small flocks of chickens in their backyards brings wild birds into close contact with domestic poultry, which are in close contact with humans.

In my attempt to keep things more simple, I kept the big tree in it's box and opted for this small white flocked Christmas tree that my daughter decked out with a flock of cardinalIn my attempt to keep things more simple, I kept the big tree in it's box and opted for this small white flocked Christmas tree that my daughter decked out with a flock of cardinalin it's box and opted for this small white flocked Christmas tree that my daughter decked out with a flock of cardinals.

The film gives us a good look at that fateful Flight 1549: Sully and first officer Jeff Skiles (an even more fully mustachioed Aaron Eckhart) making small talk in the cockpit, the plane's engines being struck by a flock of birds, passengers being told to brace for impact by visibly shaken flight attendants.

Teachers at Pearl - Cohn work together in small groups called flocks, an approach devised by a group of teachers as a way to ensure that academic expectations and standards of behavior were applied consistently across the school.

During the last decade, thousands of visitors have flocked to Finland — now a leader in education rankings — to uncover this small Nordic country's secret to its education success.

Hundreds of our communities across the «Black Belt» of the South still have never addressed the type of segregation that occurs when white families flock to private schools in majority - black small towns and rural communities.

Whether it's couriers, tradesmen, small businesses or weekend warriors, Australians are flocking to commercial vans in large numbers because of the security, economy, safety, performance, refinement and car - like accommodation the latest models deliver.

This is one of the hottest segments in the industry, with buyers flocking from smaller sedans for that extra ride height and cargo capacity.

Dr. Teter lives in Schuylkill County with her husband and daughter.She also has a small flock of chickens.In her free time, she enjoys knitting, reading, making wine, and spending time outdoors.

For example, angel hair is usually considered to be of low toxicity, it can irritate eyes, skin, and the gastrointestinal tract; the content of Christmas tree preservatives varies and often effects depend upon the amount ingested; styrofoam, small parts from Christmas tree ornaments and toys, as well as tinsel, can cause mechanical obstructions in the gastrointestinal tract; snow flock can cause problems if sprayed into the mouth and inhaled; and chocolate, of any type, should never be given to a pet.

The initial work has also been done for a weaver who runs a small flock of colored sheep, a farmer storing feed grain in his barn, a flock - owner in wolf territory, a recreational musher, a rabbit hunter, and a pet owner with an interest in any of the characteristics of the herding, guarding, terrier, working, or hound dogs; what remains is to find just the right breed to match the lifestyle and personality of the owner.

A whistle split the air as the sheep ran wide; the dog slowed and moved slightly to the side of the small flock to get them back in line to pass through the gates and up the grade to the starting post.

If you are a sheep rancher in a remote region of Montana, or only have a small flock of sheep in a hobby farm in Wisconsin or Minnesota, these classes may not be available.

After the French Revolution, which resulted in the country's land being divided into smaller sectors, it was important that the flocks be kept close to home, and the briard turned its talents to herding rather than guarding sheep.

Patricia has three dogs, one confident cat and a very spoiled flock of sheep on a small farm in Southwestern Wisconsin.

Charlottetown, PEI - The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association's (CVMA) annual Convention takes place in Charlottetown, and offers veterinary professionals from across Canada continuing education sessions that focus on companion animal, ruminant, equine, practice management, bovine, animal welfare, and small flock poultry and more delivered by over 40 highly - rated speakers from Canada, the United States and overseas.

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association's (CVMA) annual Convention takes place in Charlottetown, and offers veterinary professionals from across Canada continuing education sessions that focus on companion animal, ruminant, equine, practice management, bovine, animal welfare, and small flock poultry and more delivered by over 40 highly - rated speakers from Canada, the United States and overseas.

I work with a private cat / small dog rescuer (imagine that, a murderer breeder working with rescue @@) who people are flocking to in LIEU of going to a shelter here in NYC.

Even as a puppy, a potential herding dog can be placed in a yard or pen with a small flock of geese to see if he's interested in gathering them together.

Eager surfers flock to the south side for its powerful right - handers, while novices enrol in one - on - one or small group lessons with Let's Go Surfing.

The unmistakable Scarlet Macaw flocks in the small Maya Village of Red Bank may be substituted or added, December to March only, for Waders.

In the Australian city of Adelaide, large flocks of these small parrots have damaged street lights, stripped vegetation from trees and peppered homes with droppings.

Beginners flock here in summer when the waves are relatively small.

Jersey is a small island off the coast of France, in Mont St. Michel Bay and is the largest of the Channel Islands and strangely enough seems only the radar of the British who flock there for vacations.

Known as An t - Òban in Gaellic, which translates as «the little bay», Oban has a small population, with approximately 8,500 permanent residents, but is a busy port, particularly during the summer when visitors flock to the area.

The village lies on the western shores of Lake Maraetai and becomes a hive of activity in summer when watersports enthusiasts, mountain bikers and hikers flock to the small town.

Anytime a new TES or Fallout game comes out, as is the case in a couple days, modders flock to the game's Creation Kit and over the following years will release thousands of mods, both big and small.

I relished in the joy of the small disruption in the visual field — a sudden wind that caused the water to peak — a flock of birds flying over the horizon.

It includes prints, collages, cut - outs, reliefs, small models of walls, hedges and other garden fragments and gloriously unnatural, life - size sculptures of trees and shrubs, cast in latex and foliated in flock.

In the meantime, I hear a small flock of robins were sighted near Wave Hill House this past Monday, so I am looking forward eagerly to our next regular Sunday morning birding, on March 8.

In Sheeploop (2000), a small flock of sheep, grazing in a field that overlooks the sea, wander into a static frame and, circling back, out of iIn Sheeploop (2000), a small flock of sheep, grazing in a field that overlooks the sea, wander into a static frame and, circling back, out of iin a field that overlooks the sea, wander into a static frame and, circling back, out of it.

Formerly unheard of in North America north of Florida and south Texas, the species is now a regular in small - to - medium flocks on fall migration north all the way to New England and the eastern Great Lakes.

Americans in cities from New York to Los Angeles, have flocked to the idea of small - scale beekeeping as a way to help save our bees and — like the Obamas — to pollinate their crops and generate some free local honey in the process!»

Following news last weekend that a small village in Switzerland announced a ban on tourist photography because their village was «too pretty for Instagram,» tourists have begun to flock in by the hundreds, and the ban has been lifted.

While thousands of golf enthusiasts flock every year to the sport's Scottish spiritual home, St. Andrews, tort litigators are more interested in a small town about 150 kilometres west of there that a retired British Columbia judge has dubbed the «birthplace of the modern law of negligence.»

Ever since Google released its first Nexus 7 tablet in 2012, users have been flocking to small tablets in droves.

Since the moratorium on withdrawals at leading Chinese bitcoin exchanges in February of this year, smaller volume traders have been flocking to OTC trading platforms like Bitkan.

One - fifth of surveyed REALTORS ® practicing in commercial real estate closed a sale with an international client in 2016, and as foreign investors flock to smaller - sized commercial properties in secondary and tertiary markets, many REALTORS ® are confident that increased sales and leasing activity will occur in 2017.