Sentences with phrase «large bird of prey»

It's a word for an nest of a large bird of prey, usually an eagle.

It isn't large birds of prey that the chickadees fear most, though.

Investigating preferred habitats, discussing pros and cons of the reintroduction of the White - tailed Eagle The White - tailed Eagle, often referred to as Sea Eagle, is the largest bird of prey in the UK with a wingspan of 2.5 metres.

It's not only parasites that threaten outdoor cats, it's a long list of additional predators including coyotes, fox, wolves, larger birds of prey, stray dogs and even other cats — who may share infectious disease like feline leukemia or the feline immunodeficiency virus.

The outdoor dangers range from diseases and injuries from battles with other cats (who can also be the source of those diseases), to predators such as owls and other large birds of prey, to roaming dogs, or their wilder counterparts such as foxes, and of course, the very real danger posed by cars.

Their small size makes them susceptible to being attacked by hawks and other large birds of prey.

Just before Alice Springs we spot five large birds of prey in a tree on the side of the road.

The opening is large enough for you and your family to come and go, but prevents larger birds of prey from snatching you in your sleep.

Not exact matches

A beautiful bird of prey, these large hawk - eagles dine on snakes and small mammals.

For example, the removal of a large predator could allow a medium - sized predator to increase in numbers and eat its smaller mammal and bird prey into extinction.

To feed such a colony, says entomologist Janusz Wojtusiak of the Zoological Museum in Kraków, Poland, the ants, each about three - tenths of an inch long, prey on relatively large insects as well as on birds, lizards, frogs, snakes, and even bats.

Within Neoaves, they proposed several large new clades, including a waterbird clade containing taxa such as penguins, pelicans, and loons, as well as a landbird clade containing woodpeckers, birds of prey, parrots, and songbirds.

The DNA sequences of insects and seeds — and for large predatory birds, prey such as small mammals or lizards — reveal the food that attracts the birds to the airport in the first place.

The birds of prey typically hunt other birds or small mammals but they occasionally opt for larger prey, such as coyotes.

Birds of prey, for example, have larger proportions of claw beta - keratins than the average for the entire group of bBirds of prey, for example, have larger proportions of claw beta - keratins than the average for the entire group of birdsbirds.

It is the largest centre for birds of prey and owls in the whole of Ireland and a really unique day out.

IL - 2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around the large - scale aerial combat and ground military operations of World War II.

An «eyrie» is a large nest of a bird of prey, usually an eagle, built way up high.

New York City is her home, and she thinks there must be birds of prey living in Washington Square Park; she can see large, wheeling wings from the window where she sits and writes.

They prey on certain species — in the case of rats, small or fledgling birds and bird eggs — while being prey to larger predators themselves.

There have been cases where they have been attacked by large birds -LRB-(eagles and falcons)-RRB-, and other dogs might think of them as «prey».

«The distinction between compensatory and additive mortality does, however, become increasingly redundant as the number of birds killed in a given area increases: where large numbers of prey are killed, predators would probably be killing a combination of individuals with poor and good long - term survival chances.

In the zoo and aquarium community, she has trained a wide variety of species, including beluga whales, Pacific white - sided dolphins, Alaskan sea otters, harbor seals, river otters, penguins, primates, large cats, reticulated giraffes, birds of prey, horses, parrots, macaws, tree kangaroos, red pandas, and dogs.

During her time in the zoo community, Laura worked with a wide variety of terrestrial animals, including primates, large cats, birds of prey, horses, parrots, tree kangaroos, giraffes, red pandas, and dogs.

Morro Bay Estuary, one of the largest unspoiled coastal marshes in the state, is a major stopping point in bird migration and attracts over 200 species of native and migrating birds — waterfowl, shorebirds, birds of prey, and warblers.

Motmot - pajaro bobo: Handsome bird of forest understory, most characteristic «racquet tripped» tails, sits patiently while scanning for large insect prey or small vertebrates.

These in turn are the prey of larger fish, crabs, birds, etc. that live in the mangrove swamps.