Sentences with phrase «large flock»

Stepping into the stream — or surfing the stream, as I called it — is indeed about the only way to handle the flow from a large flock -LRB-?)

This was the first time I had seen such a large flock of yellow - headed blackbirds.

He's in New York for the World Science Festival, along with a large flock of Nobel laureates and other luminaries.

I first saw.a large flock of these splendid birds in 1988, and have heard that they frequently stop at this point when in transit.

At first light they can be seen soaring high above the island as one large flock.

Every year around Mid-January through to March, a large flock of Scarlet Macaws (sometimes numbering 200 pairs) fly out of the Chiquibul Forest Reserve in the Cayo District and gather near the village to feed on the sweet, ripe fruits of the «annato» and «pole wood» trees.

It takes serious problem - solving skills for one dog to command a large flock of farm animals, so these breeds have proven mental abilities.

Fancy is also the only OES in North America to hold a RLF (Ranch Large Flock 1) title, and is owned and handled by Jill Parsons

In ranching areas, such as in Montana, groups of large flock guarding dogs are used to protect sheep and cattle.

Acoustic indication such as whistles are used to command herding dogs mainly because these can be heard over a distance that's generally involved when gathering a large flock of sheep in a vast grazing land.

Then, in 2008, a large flock of migratory ducks landed and died in a settling pond for Syncrude's oil sands waste product — setting in motion, though it was hard to predict at the time, industry - activist tensions that would put northern Alberta's pay dirt at the forefront of a blistering debate.

In fact, when someone crumbles that last empty pack of their favorite brand and vows to never buy another, he might not realize that he is less like the heroic individual grasping his own bootstraps and more like a single bird whose sudden left turn is just one speck in the larger flock.

Every year around the 26th of August, they would assemble in large flocks and then migrate south.

Start with a flock of three or four hens at the most, as a small flock will be a little less work, require less feed and less clean up than a larger flock.

Overall, they conclude, the evidence from both narrative accounts and museum records suggests that American Flamingos once occurred naturally in large flocks in Florida and probably even nested there before being eliminated by hunting around 1900.

For example large flocks of around 10,000 birds tend to have softer outlines: one part may change direction, but the rest of the flock does not, leading to a wobbling appearance.

Inspired to study the starlings flying around their city, Andrea Cavagna of the Sapienza University in Rome and colleagues had previously shown that in large flocks, changes in distance between members propagate rather like sound waves.

Another strategic effort is the U.S. Air Force's Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard prevention program, or BASH, which collects data to help map routes that prevent planes from sharing airspace with large flocks of birds.

The larger the flock, the faster the speed.

They form large flocks in the winter, when they're searching for food, and then each pair chooses a single set breeding site where they will be located throughout the spring as they build a nest and raise their chicks.

This also means that the large flocks observed in the 1800's were not an uncharacteristic short - lived phenomenon, but a long - term force of nature.

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).

that extra large flocked stick wreath above the fireplace mantel is my absolute favorite.

Reality is there are large flocks (No: wrong collective noun.

They're often found in large flocks that can reach over 100 birds, though mating pairs will fly off to find a tree cavity to nest in come breeding season.

The Border collie puppy is endowed with the intelligence, protectiveness and zest of the large flocking dogs but they also possess the desire to please of the more passive variety.

Birds are very social and generally live in large flocks in the wild.

Their original purpose was to herd large flocks of sheep, not by the traditional method of nipping and barking; but instead kept order through their swift, stealthy movements and strong demeanor.

The Border Collie was developed in the border lands of England and Scotland as a livestock herding dog and was most commonly used to herd large flocks of sheep and herds of cattle.

Sheep farms went west with the rest of the population, and the dogs made it possible for shepherds to control large flocks on a journey from New Mexico to the California gold fields to feed settlers and travelers.

Birds are very social and live in large flocks in the wild.

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.

In the early fall large flocks can be seen in Monterey Bay.

You can expect to see large flocks of macaws in flight or feeding on almond trees by the shoreline.

Here you view sea lion colonies, Inca terns, Humboldt penguins, and large flocks of gannets, pelicans and other birds which live off the rich marine resources of the Humboldt current.

In her video project called Naples, large flocks of birds rhythmically move across the screen, Ants focuses on movements of a single insect.

That dynamic of fluidity and chaos gives rise to really interesting, organic shapes in large flocks.

The much greater danger is the wholesale spread of the virus between large flocks of birds, especially birds that come into frequent contact with humans — and that is taking place in more countries now than ever before.

I did feel disappointed since I had hoped to see some large flocks of birds.

Thought the Everglades supported large flocks but either I was wrong, they are gone, or they are in other places.

It also provides a feeding and resting area for large flocks of waterfowl and osprey during migration.

Not exact matches

Some of the world's largest corporations are flocking to coworking spaces in search of talent, potential acquisitions and flexible office setups.

China is the world's largest sheep meat producer with a flock estimated at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation.

And as young professionals began flocking to the thriving metro, Cornett says large companies have kept their headquarters in Oklahoma, instead of moving to Dallas or Houston.

More than 35,000 oncologists, researchers, life science executives, and other stakeholders flocked to the world's largest cancer conference between June 3 and 7 to discuss the most exciting new advances in the field.

This new breed of borrower flocked to online startups such as Pawntique, Pawngo, Borro and Pawn Confidential that provide large loans — some up to $ 1 million — in exchange for items such as jewelry and art.

The larger stake, now 27.8 million shares, shows the billionaire's confidence in the newspaper's future — at least from a financial perspective — even as readers and marketers have flocked to the Internet where content is largely free and ad rates are cheaper.

But bond investors have continued to flock to the debt of the United States, which as the world's largest economy has retained the perception of a financial safe haven.

NYSE grew rapidly, and soon it had to relocate and open new buildings to accommodate the large number of traders who began to flock to the trade center.

As the second largest city in the southeast, it's no wonder booming business professionals and creatives alike are flocking to this melting pot of a city.