Sentences with phrase «older birds»

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

She was a tough old bird, and I say that only with respect!

This is why they are often hailed as wonderful choices for both very young as well as older bird owners who want a bird that is easy to care for.

Not knowing how old your bird is, my guess is simply based on your description.

Just as older people need specialized medical care, so do older birds and exotic pets.

«These patterns disappear in older birds.

Stewing hens, old birds with tough but flavorful meat, sometimes labelled as soup fowl, are ideal for broth - making.

Since many people prefer to purchase newly hatched birds, hatcheries sometimes offer older birds for discounted prices.

So said a wise old bird named P'ang in eighth century China.

The owners» collection of old bird cages are displayed on the wall of the former fruit store.

Despite expending more energy for their body size when flying than any other animal, living in cold, harsh Arctic environments, diving over 100 meters in depth, and having to search for unpredictable food, even old birds return year after year to rear their chicks with no discernible change in their performance,» said lead author Dr. Kyle Elliott.

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.

An international team of Spanish paleontologists and NHM's Director of the Dinosaur Institute, Dr. Luis M. Chiappe, studied the exceptionally preserved wing of a 125 - million - year - old bird from central Spain.

And if you happen to be near the Shanghai Museum of Natural History this summer, you can see the 99 - million year old bird in the flesh, so to speak... and travel back in time, if only for a moment.

A politician, he is engaged in a heated gubernatorial race with the feisty Governor Tracy (Christine Ebersole), a tough old bird who doesn't hesitate to play hardball with opponents.

This is surrounded by a beautiful dry forest with very old birds, big families of howler monkeys, white nose Coatis, iguanas and other.

«Keratin and melanosomes preserved in 130 - million - year - old bird fossil.»

chicken parts (1 large older bird or 2 cut - up broilers), plus extra necks and backs, if available

«Every time I walked from my car to the barn that ornery old bird would come for me,» he says.

The racing season for old birds runs from April through July, and the season for young birds lasts from August through October.

A charming, but still wily, old bird at that.

«As a charming old bird!»

«Tiny ancient fossil from Spain shows birds flew over the heads of dinosaurs: Exceptional 125 - million - year - old bird discovered.»

Scientists used computed tomography (CT) to scan two 55 - million - year - old bird skulls.

Archaeopteryx lost its place among the birds in 2011 — the discovery of an even older bird helps to restore the famous fossil to its perch

No more Tetleys for this posh old bird dahhrrlinggggg

I get so bored with the same old bird and Hubs insists on turkey (yawn lol).

Eddie realizes that his dad is a pretty clever old bird, and learns that parent may not be able to do everything well, but you should appreciate them for what they can do.

LANGUAGE 1 - 1 scatological term, name - calling (idiot, savages, old crow, silly old bat, old man, crazy, angry, stupid, half - wits, goons, primitive, stupid old bird, «The Brutes,» knuckle grazers, cheat, disgrace).

Vanessa Redgrave is heart - stoppingly wonderful as Marion, an optimistic old bird who is happiest warbling her wrinkly lungs out in a kooky old folks» choir, led by a chirpy Gemma Arterton, much to the annoyance of Marion's grumpy husband, Arthur (Terence Stamp, pictured left with Arterton), who worries about the toll it's taking on her ailing health.

Wallace is a resourceful old bird; always coming up with wacky inventions and ideas.

A Birder's Guide to Everything (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, drug use and partial nudity) Ornithological comedy about a 15 year - old bird watcher (Kodi Smit - McPhee) who embarks on an expedition with a couple of friends in search of the supposedly - extinct Labrador Duck.

Two kids (one of them a nigh - unrecognizable Spencer Breslin — I thought Meat Loaf was in the picture for more than half of it) seem all right until they start trying to break into a survivalist enclave; and an eccentric old bird (Betty Buckley) marooned in her backwoods booby hatch is the sort of character Bette Davis would have played for a paycheck once upon a time.

Called Tuca And Bertie, the series centers on two 30 - year - old bird women...

Young birds are eyasses, older birds passagers, adult - trapped birds haggards.

«You mean that sanctimonious old bird was on the take when those bids went out?»

It was hard for me to pick a favorite character - brazen rough - around - the - edges Nean, shy timid Janey, or the swanky old bird, Aunt Midge - they all made for a fun quick read and definitely a few laughs along the way!

The novel opens with a vignette describing the mysterious death of vultures — and how «not many noticed the passing of the friendly old birds» (page 5).

As older birds die, we do not know if new birds will occupy nest sites within the wind farm.»

Over the course of a truly terrible year, I endured several devastating losses — my husband Jim, my son Allen, my aunt Helen, my 21 - year - old cat Sundance, my 16 - year - old dog Bonnie and my 16 - year - old bird Ochi all died that year.

This century - old bird census takes place in the latter half of December across the United States, including each of the Hawaiian Islands.

Admittedly, pardoning these blemishes would be easier if Choplifter HD launched at an economical price, but as a $ 15 downloadable title, players might expect a bit more refinement from the return of this beloved old bird.

The game's intro makes a huge deal out of the great training your characters received over the past few years, but in the US version of the game even a single, plain old bird can easily crush you the minute you set foot outside of the castle.

No one knows how much of the bird's social behavior is instinctive from birth, for example, and how much they must learn from older birds within an established flock.

However, Clarke is a shrewd enough old bird to see off the obvious sources of attack within his own support base.

The beauty of real estate, even those crazy old birds who yell at me telling me they will never sell, is that eventually, ALL real estate changes hands.

My New Old Bird Cage