"To catch the birds" means to successfully achieve or obtain something desired or sought after. It can refer to achieving goals, opportunities, or fulfilling aspirations.
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Previously, such a violation could potentially draw criminal charges and discourage private investment in wind farms known for
catching birds in their rotors.
For example, the monkeys in his study were nearly fooled, and many feral cats succeed in
catching birds with their so - called «chatter» technique.
The main diet for wild ferrets is probably rodents, although no doubt they'd be happy to
catch a bird now and then.
Many cats have a prey of choice, some prefer to
catch birds while others would rather chase mice or bugs.
This one combines kitty's love for climbing, being above his master, and a good scratch while he's lying down or trying to
catch his bird toy.
I could imagine you are right with your explanation why Sivko is so fond
of catching birds including his jumping skills and why he even caught a seagull.
Over 200 Testimonials & Pictures of satisfied customers explaining how they prevented their cat
from catching birds with the CatBib.
I should feel sorry for the average domestic cat that had to live solely
on catching birds.»
For many cats, the bib effectively throws off their balance,
so catching birds and lizards becomes much more challenging, even impossible.
It puts to mind what Reed Hastings said, that to be an entrepreneur «you have to feel like you can jump out of an airplane because you're confident that you'll
catch a bird flying by.»
I've been traveling a lot lately, and every time I fly back into Chattanooga after a few days away, I have the same reaction
upon catching a bird's - eye view of the mountains I call home.
The U.S. National Science Foundation — funded effort will tap extensive museum collections as much as possible, instead of
freshly caught bird samples, and will sequence about 5000 short pieces of the DNA, focusing on regions that are very highly conserved among all birds.
In the first season, the
researchers caught the birds and took blood samples to detect whether the blue tits suffered from parasitic infections.
It is no big deal if he does, but do what you can to
keep caught birds to a minimum to nil!
In a house fire emergency, being able to
catch your bird directly from the cage and wrap him in a towel will hopefully prevent or minimize any smoke inhalation (which can be deadly for a bird), any burns or other trauma.
My own cat is, most happily, an indoor cat who has
never caught a bird in her life, but I've met other cats who were miserable indoors and truly needed the stimulation of outdoor time.
But lest you think I'm scaremongering, let me quote Professor Colin Blakemore on Radio Four's Today programme yesterday morning, John Humphries «the way that a human could
catch bird flu would be to cuddle an infected chicken, or drink swan's blood».
Anyone now
caught bird dogging by RECO can just point to RECO's record of turning a blind eye and plead that their prosecution is arbitrary and they had the right to believe that this was no longer prosecutable.
My parents took Sivko in when he was a baby cat because someone just left him there on the island, he belongs to an Egyptian breed called Mau and that is perhaps why he is so fond
of catching birds (he can jump higher than normal cats).
To
catch the bird in action, Tobalske and his team employed an unusual visualization technique involving a clear plastic box, high - speed military cameras originally designed to document ballistics, a laser, and a few spritzes of olive oil.
Sydney Carter's
Catch the Bird of Heaven (© Stainer and Bell Ltd. 1969) and Said to Judas to Mary (© Stainer and Bell Ltd. 1964)
And one about how
he caught birds with his bare hands.
«One of them is so fast
he catches birds,» Leavitt says.
Feeding sheep, singing to lambs, picking up chickens, chasing ducks, snuggling kitties, climbing trees to
catch the birds, and stopping periodically to instruct her little sister in the ways of her world.
Snap a photo with the patriotic Doughboy Statue and
catch some bird's - eye views of the stadium and Chicago lakefront in the Skyline Suite.
In addition, at least 30 vultures were killed over the past five years in Cambodia due to widespread indiscriminate use of deadly poisons by villagers in and around water sources to
catch birds and other small mammals, which is severely affecting the vulture population.
The researchers trained wild -
caught birds to receive a food reward by distinguishing between a pair of lamps, one flickering and one shining a constant light.
And they had no problem staying up all night to
catch birds; the scientists just didn't seem to get that tired.
Our feline friends are only interested in one thing: meat (except for saving up the energy to catch it by napping, or a round of restorative petting) This is not just because inside every domestic tabby lurks a killer just waiting to
catch a bird or torture a mouse, it is also because cats lack the ability to taste sweetness, unlike every other mammal examined to date.
And this may be a way this concept can be grasped — a way to
catch this bird: a way to find what entity is a single entity, a nucleus of experience.
In 2007, the European Union banned imports of wild -
caught birds, concerned that they might carry avian flu.
My cats are rarely alone in the garden, but then again I also know it only takes a moment for a cat to
catch a bird.
Today on Highlight Reel we have explosive jumps, golf flips, bullet -
catching birds, flying tanks, and much more!
«A flock / of
caught birds / swinging their long long / tails in the dark» ends the poem «Landscape,» and it's the repetition of the word «long» that reveals the translator's hand working the syllabically shorter English language against Lorca's Spanish rhythms.
Netizens also chose to see the other side of the coin, with a comment that said: «I have friends whose cats have leapt (out) of their windows trying to
catch birds, or just to escape home.
If you allow him outdoors, he may venture off and
catch a bird, an insect or passers - by may even feed him food.