Sentences with phrase «numbers of birds who»

«The Port Authority's claim that feeding these cats is attracting large numbers of birds who, in turn, could bring down a jet is beyond absurd,» according to Bryan Kortis, Executive Director of Neighborhood Cats, a leading cat advocacy group.

Not exact matches

Shelton was the kind of manager who could recite the details involved in every step of production, from the density of breeding cages to the number of birds processed per man - hour.

«We were staggered by the number of birds moving through this trade,» says Martin Gilbert, a veterinarian at the Wildlife Conservation Society who recently co-authored a study in Biological Conservation on merit releases.

A large number of chemicals that dissolve relatively easily in water do not break down as readily in air, building up «specifically in nonaquatic food webs: mammals, birds, human beings,» explains Frank Gobas, an environmental toxicologist at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, who led the research.

A Tulane University researcher who studies bird migration has found that a decline in the number of wood thrushes is probably due to deforestation in Central America, not to the loss and degrading of forest in the United States where the songbird breeds.

Christian, who led the study as part of his research degree (MRes) in Vertebrate Palaeontology, adds: «Our results indicate that the number, and the relative thickness, of layers around the circumference of the rachis and along the feather's length are not fixed, and may vary either in order to cope with the stresses of flight particular to the bird or to the lineage that the individual belongs to.»

«Although birds in this study were shown to compensate by switching to other seed types, the findings suggest that the capacity of grazed lands to support similar numbers of birds as ungrazed lands may be compromised,» according to the Vermont Center for Ecostudies» Rosalind Renfrew, an expert on grassland bird conservation who was not involved in the study.

As an added incentive, turn the experience into a competitive game, seeing who can identify each bird the fastest or who can identify the greatest number of feathered friends.

In 2017, the HFPA had a chance to nominate a number of great directors, including Bigelow (Detroit), Dee Rees (Mudbound), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) and, arguably the biggest snub of all, Greta Gerwig, who saw her Lady Bird screenplay and film get nominated... but not her work directing it.

Bird Watch The number of people feeding wild birds actually outnumbers those who own pets, according to many surveys.

What species of birds to offer depends on a number of factors, such as location, availability and the type of customers who come into the store.

And allowing pampered cats to hurt and kill even a small number of chipmunks, baby squirrels, baby rabbits, birds, or any individuals who don \» t have the luxury of warm secure homes with an abundant food source provided to them is simply unfair.

The number of orphan birds brought to the center rises from spring to midsummer, often by well - meaning people who believe the bird is injured or abandoned.

They've been criticized by bird groups, who fear that working with cat activists will only accelerate the spread of TNR and increase the number of outdoor cats.

The... hypothesis that large numbers of birds are dying in the wild of cat - inflicted injuries and infections is simply not supported by evidence, - whereas roadkilled birds and the remains of birds who collide with windows, transmission towers, and power lines, as well as those who succumb to pesticides, have all been collected and studied by researchers in bucketloads.»

By now — just about 72 hours after the story broke — it's probably more difficult to find people who haven't heard about the Smithsonian study claiming «that free - ranging domestic cats kill 1.4 — 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 — 20.7 billion mammals annually» [1] than it is to find people who've heard the news somewhere — the New York Times, the BBC, NPR's All Things Considered, or any number of other media outlets.

The Clark hypothesis that large numbers of birds are dying in the wild of cat - inflicted injuries and infections is simply not supported by evidence, - whereas roadkilled birds and the remains of birds who collide with windows, transmission towers, and power lines, as well as those who succumb to pesticides, have all been collected and studied by researchers in bucketloads.»

He's a well - known pet expert who appears regularly on Martha Stewart's syndicated TV show, he's authored a number of books on bird and pet care, and he owns his own pet store.

While traditional sporting breeds such as retrievers and spaniels shaped public perception of a «gun dog», there have always been a number of fanciers who continued to use Airedales as bird dogs.

The small white birds are part of an intense monitoring program with a tremendous number of volunteers who watch the colonies throughout the six - month nesting season.

Our Resort has been planted with over 3000 Australian Native trees and shrubs to attract a wide variety of birds and native flora (native orchids) We have a large number of kangaroos who graze on our golf course along side visiting emus.

Those who have fears of heights should also check those fears at the door as well because having passed this game onto numerous players, a number of them who had a fear of heights all came away feeling about as free as the bird they were cast as.

(4)-- The Spanish Ornithological Society (SEO / Birdlife) wrote (translation): we were able to verify the occulting of bird carcasses by wind farm employees, who perhaps thought that their jobs depended upon the number of birds being killed in their wind farms, and that behaviour reduces the mortality rate shown in monitoring studies.

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