Sentences with phrase «of old bird»

Recently, he studied DNA from the museum's collection of old bird bones, some more than 1,000 years old.

It seems the sort of behaviour that would set the species on the fast track to extinction — but in fact the tinamous are one of the oldest bird families.

Fossils of the oldest bird ever pushes back the evolutionary record for birds by nearly six million years.

During the examinations of older birds, ferrets, rabbits, rodents (guinea pigs, chinchillas, rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, degus), reptiles (lizards, turtles, tortoises, snakes), sugar gliders, hedgehogs, amphibians (frogs and toads), or other exotic pets, our veterinarians perform a complete physical examination and may recommend blood and stool tests, and occasionally x-rays.

Not exact matches

Founded in 2016, bike - sharing startup Spin is the oldest startup of the trio that includes Bird and LimeBike.

The store, located in an old tattoo parlor, has traces of 826NYC: They teach kids writing in the back, and the space doesn't spare on the whimsy, with an artificial bird sanctuary, and a «bird adoption agency» near the checkout counter.

Brad Felger, founder and CEO of Airstrike Bird Control, has had a self - described love for everything with feathers, scales or tails since he was 12 years old.

On a cloudy summer day, Iowa farmer Wendy Johnson lifts the corner of a mobile chicken tractor, a lightweight mesh - covered plastic frame that has corralled her month - old meat chickens for a few days, and frees several dozen birds to peck the surrounding area at will.

Any doubts of whether the 34 - year - old was ready to handle directing solo — a role that often comes much later in the film industry — have been silenced by early buzz around the film mixed with Lady Bird's current score of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

Millions upon millions of years old makes since when you have to explain how a fish, bird, dog, monkey, all other living species and humans are all so different now.

The absence in the Old World of humming birds is a further example of lack of evolutionary parallelism where it could well be expected.

Taking the first fledgling onto her wing, the mother bird began to carry him across, and while over the middle of the river she asked him the following question: «My dear son, when I am old and too feeble to fly far, will you carry me across?»

Other indications of evolution are too numerous to actually list in full, but a few might be the clear genetic distinction between Neanderthals and modern man; the overlapping features of hominid and pre-hominid fossil forms; the progressive order of the fossil record (that is, first fish, then amphibians, then reptiles, then mammals, then birds; contradicting the Genesis order and all flood models); the phylogenetic relationships between extant and extinct species (including distributions of parasitic genetic elements like Endogenous Retroviruses); the real time observations of speciation in the lab and in the wild; the real time observations of novel functionality in the lab and wild (both genetic, Lenski's E. coli, and organsimal, the Pod Mrcaru lizards); the observation of convergent evolution defeating arguments of common component creationism (new world v. old world vultures for instance); and... well... I guess you get the picture.

We get that having to pull down all of your contacts and media off the cloud, wipe your old phone remotely and re-download a half - dozen versions of Angry Birds is annoying, but risking your life to save an iPhone seems a little extreme...

As Matthew points out, in the vast majority of cases, the word «abomination» (typically the Hebrew, toevah, which is used in Leviticus 18 and 20) refers to what the Israelites associated with the idolatrous practices of the Gentiles, leading Old Testament scholar Phyllis Bird to conclude that «it is not an ethical term, but a term for boundary making,» with «a basic sense of taboo.»

Gus Triandos being about all the Birds had in those days by way of a power - hitter, we learned to savor strong pitching (taught by crafty old Harry «The Cat» Brecheen), and we reveled in brilliant defense.

The Rav of Northern White Russia declined, in his youth, to learn the language of birds, because the extraneous did not interest him; nevertheless when he grew old it was found he understood them anyway, having listened well, and as it is said, «prayed with the bench and the floor.»

Ye sea - monsters and all depths; Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word; Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars; Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying birds; Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; Both young men and virgins; Old men and children: Let them praise the name of Jehovah; For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens....

Eating Bird Food (as always) has a great write up and round up of several different salad recipes so this will never get old.

Organic birds have good old fashioned flavor, and I treat them as the celebration food roast chicken once was - perfect for a Sunday supper, plus a couple of bonus meals during the week.

The depravity of their cynicism astounds even a crusty old bird like me: If Golden Rice is a success and effectively reduces blindness, disease, and death caused by vitamin A deficiency in millions of rice consumers, it will pave the way for other GM food crops that may be healthier for people and good for the environment.

But those grim reminders of the old Soviet Union were offset by the warm Siberian sunshine, the bird - cherry bushes in full bloom, the flowering garlic, and the cuckoos singing in the trees.

Kolender brines the bird in hot sauce, dips it in buttermilk, dredges it in Old Bay — seasoned flour, fries it, then glazes it with lard and a final hit of cayenne and paprika.

Then again, pretty much everything I ate over several visits to State Bird Provisions — the nine - month - old restaurant that Brioza and his wife, pastry chef Nicole Krasinski, run in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco — had me clamoring for more.

An ardent tree climber, bike rider, feeder of birds and catfish (the water hazards at Eldorado swarm with them), she much prefers to sleep in an old T shirt than in a nightgown.

Greg Bird hasn't had much time to play this year while dealing with injuries, and now the 24 - year - old first baseman will miss the rest of 2017 recovering from ankle surgery.

The world record belongs to one Jack Cockayne of Sheffield, England, who flew three old birds 19 hours and 35 minutes.

Battle of the «old birds» in badminton where Wong Choong Hann takes on Taufik Hidayat in the Taiwan Open 2009 men singles semi finals badminton tournament.

There are two dragons in white on the torso of the shirt - one the dragon king to symbolise the greatness, glory and power of the club, the other a bird dragon to represent the resilience, determination and ability of this centuries - old club on its path to victory.

It's fantastic to equal anyone's top record and [former Liverpool FC manager] Bob Paisley was one of the great old wise birds of the game.

So, yes to a certain extent I feel like I missed out on some things with my oldest child during those first few months breastfeeding and he played a lot of angry birds.

I was under the impression that, once babies were old enough to swallow thicker textures, even in the stone age mothers fed them «baby food» by pre-chewing their own food and putting it into the baby's mouth, kind of like birds do.

* In Chapel Hill, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on the University of North Carolina campus, at 100 Old Mason Farm Rd., is hosting Valentine's is for the Birds Family Workshop from 10 - 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Having babies and toddlers with early bedtimes means you can take advantage of early - bird dinner specials, and when they're a bit older, lazy brunches out are big hits.

Unlike the old «birds and bees» talk with your child, which was considered a one - time discussion, sex education should be tailored to their age and should consist of many discussions, not just one.

Go apple picking Jump in a pile of leaves Make some autumn art Collect colourful fall leaves Collect seeds from plants in the garden Plant bulbs for next spring Make a bird feeder Make leaf prints Make pumpkin playdough Create an Autumn poem Go looking for spider webs Make a nature table with your Autumn finds Bake an apple pie Carve your own pumpkin Make Autumn sun catchers Go on a bat watch at dusk Make toffee apples Set up a scavenger hunt Collect sycamore seeds Grab an umbrella and go singing in the rain Throw a Halloween party Make an autumn wreath for your door Make a bug hotel Listen to the sound of leaves crunching under your feet Collect conkers Collect pinecones Collect twigs Make hot chocolate Draw or paint some autumn still life Attend harvest festival Make apple crisps / chips Remember what you're thankful for Take pictures of all the different colours you can find in a woodland Make leaf rubbings Go stargazing Have an autumn picnic Look for a full moon Go trick or treating Try apple bobbing Make apple sauce Fly a kite Make a windsock Dry orange slices Roast pumpkin seeds Make Halloween biscuits Make a rain catcher Build an indoor fort Collect acorns Donate old woollens and coats to a charity Help clear leaves from the lawn

Mozell's photo was chosen from a selection of 10 winners by photographers competing in «18 and Older» and «Under 18» age levels and across five subject categories: People in Nature, Birds, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, and Landscapes.

Currently at 2 years old we do bath, cup of milk while we snuggle for 15 minutes of their favorite show, brush teeth, read a story, select current favorite stuffed animal to take to bed (right now Sydney loves Big Bird and Kasey wants Abby Cadabby), say good night to the cat and the clock and then they go down pretty well (around 8:30 pm).

Kill two birds with one stone and go shower with older baby, sit down and have a snack or meal just the two of you, or take a quick nap snuggling on your first born.

So celebrate when your infant gurgles with glee over a game of peekaboo, your 1 - year - old titters madly when you sing «Mary Had a Little Lamb» in a Tweety Bird voice, your preschooler giggles wildly when you hold a shoe to your ear and say, «Hello?»

There, of course, is my sweet little 22 - month - old T - Bird to deal with.

The wise old bird was at it again on Sunday morning, offering one of the most lucid defences of Britain remaining in the European Union.

For young people like Michael Guidice, a 33 - year - old owner of a downtown dog - walking business who had to give up his birds, it represented the ossified political system used to ignoring those not part of the machine.

During a tour covering part of the more - than -450-acre center, Thompson showed visitors an old barn that served as a hatchery for game birds such as pheasant and grouse.

The 62 - million - year - old mousebird suggests that, after the great dino die - off, birds rebounded and diversified rapidly, setting the stage for today's dizzying variety of feathery forms.

Archaeopteryx remains the oldest known bird fossil, not only documenting the evolutionary transition from reptiles to birds, but also confirming that modern birds are the direct descendants of carnivorous dinosaurs.

He adds that other recent finds suggest that water birds such as penguins did the same thing: Earlier this year, researchers reported finding a 61 - million - year - old fossil of a 1.5 - meter - tall penguin in what is today New Zealand.

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Archaeopteryx, at 150 million years old still the oldest known bird, had an imposing set of teeth.

When she was 5, her older brother gave her a copy of Oliver Butterworth's The Enormous Egg, a fantasy that plays off the then - controversial notion of a close kinship between dinosaurs and birds.