Sentences with phrase «of geese flying»

They also determined whether a group's movement exhibited collective behavior — think schools of fish, flocks of geese flying in formation, even herds of wildebeests, all of whom sense cues from their individual members to help guide their collective movement.

Not exact matches

So I stood at the edge of the little lake and watched the geese fly in, the clouds resting like a gauze scarf on the mountains rising darkly in the deep light.

As I write this, a flock of geese is returning north in a flying chevron.

But Sully Sullenberger's «Miracle on the Hudson,» when the pilot landed the plane on the Hudson River after flying into a flock of geese, does seem like a miracle.

Researchers unravel some long - standing mysteries of bar - headed geese, the world's highest - flying birds

The animals expend more energy per minute of flight than any other bird, surpassing even the previous champion, the bar - headed goose, famed for flying over the Himalayas.

As an example, geese eat a quantity of carbohydrate laden foods in the late summer and early fall which causes deposition of fat including a large deposition of liver fat and glycogen, however, when they begin their migration this carb rich diet pretty much ceases as they spend most of their day flying in migration.

But you can get a lot of wear out of a cute summer dress even after the geese fly south.

A few sequences of distinction: the climax with severe knee injury and flying crane kick never fails to raise goose bumps; the scene where Daniel - san discovers that his days of sanding decks and painting houses for Miyagi have taught him the fundamentals of karate; and a drunken anniversary where Daniel discovers that Miyagi's wife and child died in childbirth while both were interred in a relocation camp.

Fly Away Home Helping a gaggle of geese also assists a grieving girl (Anna Paquin) to build a relationship with her estranged father (Jeff Daniels).

Occasionally, it cuts to the author character responsible for writing this wretched thing («And up there, the wild geese of autumn are now flying south,» «So what did you see in the cabin of the lost salt field?»

We find Caleb (Domhnall, Gleeson), a relatively low - ranking programmer at Bluebook, the world's biggest internet search engine, as he wins an in - company competition for the prize of a lifetime, the opportunity to fly to the remote Alaskan estate of founder Nathan (Oscar Isaac) and spend a week with the reclusive genius (who wrote the code behind his golden goose when he was only 13).

In Fly Away Home, Anna Paquin leads a flock of orphaned geese south for the winter in an ultralight plane.

It contains references to - seasonal changes in weather - animals such as hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, leather jackets, dragon flies - trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore - fruits - apples, blackberries Other Autumn Resources Set of 40 Autumn Days Posters This resource contains colourful 40 «Autumn Days» posters with stunning images.

Images include: - weather - animals, hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, dragon - flies, deer - trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore - fruits - apples, blackberries For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales?

Images include: - weather - animals, hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, dragon - flies, deer - trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore - fruits - apples, blackberries Other Autumn Resources Autumn Days Lesson / Assembly Presentation This is a fully editable and highly colourful 40 - slide PowerPoint on the theme of Autumn Days containing images of Autumn flora, fauna, weather and landscapes.

Images include: - weather - animals, hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, dragon - flies, deer - trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore - fruits - apples, blackberries Other Autumn Days Resources Autumn Days Lesson / Assembly Presentation - 40 Slides This is a fully editable and highly colourful 40 - slide PowerPoint on the theme of Autumn Days containing images of Autumn flora, fauna, weather and landscapes.

It contains references to - seasonal changes in weather - animals such as hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, geese, wasps, crane flies, leather jackets, dragon flies - trees and leaves, horse chestnut and conkers, sycamore - fruits - apples, blackberries For more inspiring educational resources visit Inspire and Educate Thinking of publishing your own resources or already an author and want to improve your resources and sales?

While imprisoned and fearing for his life, Townsend «conjured up the vision of a formation of honking Canada geese flying over a small island of loblolly pines and wild asparagus» to calm himself.

For instance, due to the flying and swimming activities of ducks and geese, their muscles receive more oxygen via red blood cells than do the land fowls.

The acquisitions include: Benny Andrews (1930 2006), Mississippi River Bank (Trail of Tears Series), 2005; McArthur Binion (b. 1946), DNA: Black Painting: IV, 2015; Jeffrey Gibson (b. 1972), Sharecropper, 2015; Titus Kaphar (b. 1976), Darker Than Cotton, 2018; Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) Condition Report, 2000; Deborah Luster (b. 1951), six gelatin silver prints from the series One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana, 1999 2001; Toyin Ojih Odutola (b. 1985), The Engagement, 2015; Noah Saterstrom (b. 1974), Road to Shubuta, 2016; and Hank Willis Thomas (b. 1976), Flying Geese, 2012.

HANK WILLIS THOMAS, «Flying Geese,» 2012 (mounted digital c - prints and stained African mahogany, Edition 3 of 3).

She cradles an egg; geese fly out from beneath her pallium; her golden hair is a field of wheat.

Shown here, Flying Geese points to the visual legacy of African American migration and movement as well as the early 20th c. African American leaders who promoted civil rights and upward mobility.

Plakidas explores the bi-polarities of the profane and the sacred; of the circus tent and the church, with self portraits and a number of additional props such as a circus wagon and flying geese, The artists writes: «The devotional object becomes the exhibitionist subject and the site of worship becomes the enclosed space of a child's fantasy».

Whether it be converting the moon into a theme park or training a flock of geese to fly there, it was one of our highlights at the beginning of the year.

A cluster of stars A swarm of flies A congestion of traffic A gathering of tribes A congress of senators A gaggle of geese A pod of whales A flock of sheep.

But most of us are puzzled that so few «environmentalists» and FWS «caretakers» express concern about the countless bald and golden eagles, hawks, falcons, vultures, ducks, geese, bats and other rare, threatened, endangered and common flying creatures imperiled by turbine blades.

If we spend too much time trying to find explanations for what might be 4 or 5 cycles of what might be a periodic climate forcing in the time over which we have data (CET), which we know is a measure of one state variable (temperature) at one location (Central England) of a complicated non linear climate system, we risk spending our time chasing hares hidden in the weeds instead of shooting the geese flying overhead.

In fact, researchers estimate that the aerodynamic efficiency of the V formation allows the geese to fly 70 percent further as a group than any individual goose trying to go it alone.

Last night, while we were sitting on one of the docks, 2 Canada Geese flew directly over our heads (I thought they were going to hit me in the head) and landed on the water.

Great tutorial, and I appreciate the chart for the different sizes of flying geese.

I'm kind of new to quilting and I've never seen or heard of this way to do flying geese!