Sentences with phrase «of birds of prey»

As a result, at least a dozen species of birds of prey now make their homes in urban areas.

A popular and effective remedy is to apply stickers showing the silhouettes of birds of prey to windows.

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory >> GGRO studies the seasonal movements of birds of prey in the Marin Headlands.

Second, the possibility of replicating the eyesight of birds of prey in humans can prompt discussions on DNA, protein synthesis, advanced genetic engineering techniques, such as the CRISPR / Cas9 genetic engineering tool, and transgenetics.

The study suggests that this form of mimicry may be widespread among many cuckoo species, and that they may be mimicking a variety of different types of birds of prey.

GGRO volunteers have worked for more than three decades to track the populations of these birds of prey during fall migration.

Research >> GGRO's research programs are long - term volunteer studies in the Marin Headlands of seasonal movements of birds of prey.

The State of New South Wales in in the talons of a bird of prey call Judiciary Mafia.

Templeton had been working with a flock of the pint - size songbirds on another project when he realized they responded differently to each species of bird of prey tethered in their enclosure.

For me, it all started with a love of birds of prey: as a schoolboy in rural Wales I kept and bred common kestrels in my garden.

John Stolarski mentions using stickers in the shape of birds of prey to dissuade pigeons from crashing into clear windows...

Because this approach exploits the birds» instinctive fear of birds of prey, habituation is not an issue.

Since then, she has treated two thousand injured birds of prey and lectures extensively about the ecology of birds of prey, traveling with specially trained eagles, hawks, owls and falcons.

Striking opening moments devoted to illustrations of birds of prey and young guys disguising themselves to look older further suggest something unusual is in the works.

The film in the works sounds like a combination of Birds of Prey, about a team of female superheroes, and Gotham City Sirens, about a team of female super villains.

Batgirl, who begins in the comics as Commissioner Gordon's fiery daughter and ends her career as the head of the Birds of Prey, is a rare superhero role with an opportunity for growth, and Jena Malone has the chops to change with her.

In front view, the left and right lamps evoke the hooded eyes of a bird of prey.

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

At the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (a Parks Conservancy program in cooperation with the National Park Service), about 300 volunteers focus their passion for birds by documenting the passage of birds of prey over Hawk Hill.

Stand on Hawk Hill during the southward migration's peak — from September 10 to October 10 — and you can expect to see from dozens to hundreds of birds of prey in an hour.

I am just in time for a tour of the birds of prey, leopards and tigers.

But, instead of spotting the occasional raptor, what if you could see all sorts of birds of prey?

Each fall, thousands of birds of prey migrate through the Marin Headlands - and Hawk Hill is the best vantage point to observe and count them!

The park is rich in impalas, topis, giraffes, elephants, rhino, zebras, buffalos, warthogs, elands, lions, leopards, cheetahs, crocodiles and a bonanza of birds of prey.

She selected a Shang Dynasty bronze vessel (ju) to go with a tempera on rice paper painting of a bird of prey, Disintegrated and Reanimated (1947).

In this eye - catching coloured pencils class, follow along with tutor Jonathan Newey as he paints a stunning portrait of a bird of prey.

Artist Fiona Banner's installation in Tate Britain is intended to convey the intensity of a bird of prey trapped.

Birds instinctively react to the presence of birds of prey, making it less attractive for them to come to that area.»

So small passerines» rapid vision is an evolutionary adaptation just as impressive as the sharp eyesight of birds of prey.

His name comes from a buzzard, another type of bird of prey.

In autumn, hawks moving south are funneled over Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands, where the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory conducts long - term citizen science projects in an effort to monitor the populations of birds of prey.

From now through November, 19 species of birds of prey will be making their annual appearance over the Marin Headlands.

Comparison of human vision with that of birds of prey can also be used to emphasize differences in the sensory systems of different animals.