Sentences with phrase «very small birds»

These vehicles look ready for war, all in the name of chasing down some very small birds.

Not exact matches

At the Wailing Wall, small birds have taken up residence in a very resilient plant that grows from its ancient bricks.

Among the various kinds I can mention only the pimmt - cafe, or «coffee - pepper,» larger but about the same shape as a grain of Liberian coffee, violet - red at one end; the piment - zoueseau, or bird - pepper, small and long and scarlet; — and the piment - capresse, very large, pointed at one end, and bag - shaped at the other.

Bird's Eye Baby A small, very pretty ornamental chili plant suitable for small pots and indoor growing.

Siling bilog is bell pepper; siling haba is the long green or red chile; siling labuyo is the bird pepper, very small and very hot (C. frutescens).

«A mixture of sliced cucumbers, shallots, or onions, cut very small, a little lime juice, and Madeira wine, with a few pods of bird pepper well mashed, and mixed with the liquor, is reckoned an unfailing stimulant to the appetite in the West Indies, and is called man - dram,» wrote William Rhind in A History of the Vegetable Kingdom (London: Blackie & Son, 1868).

The explanation might lie in small airborne birds» need to detect and track objects whose image moves very swiftly across the retina — for blue tits, for example, to be able to see and avoid all branches when they take cover from predators by flying straight into bushes.

Although these shifts might sound like small beans for mobile animals like birds, which can pick their environment with relative precision, for the very small, the very large and the very rooted, such a pace might be impossible.

But, I must admit that this month also marked some pretty awesome accomplishments — I won a small grant to push forward a Teaching & Learning initiative I've been trying to get off the ground, I was able to help my two new masters students submit their research proposals without their heads exploding, I got to collaborate with one of my very favorite vintage shops Word from the Bird, and finally started bringing to life a new dress that I've been creating in my head for months (which I'm really excited to make a reality).

We've already seen the smaller - scale Ratchet & Clank (which didn't do very well) and The Angry Birds Movie (which did a lot better), but how will Duncan Jones» Warcraft: The Beginning — the first big blockbuster — do?

This was a very competitive win with a tough match again Golden Globe winners Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Lady Bird as well as the small - budgeted blockbuster hit Get Out.

All These Small Moments reminded me a great deal of two films in particular: that of the recent Lady Bird and this year's very underseen and underrated Blame.

The PowerPoint contains hyperlinks to a video of the climbing of the world's tallest tree; an octopus squeezing through a very small hole; dolphins sleeping; the call of the blue whale and the lyrebird mimicking other birds and a chainsaw.

For example, one area would carry items for a very large bird such as a macaw, while another section would be for smaller parrots such as parakeets and cockatiels.

Meats can be a good protein source and may be given in very small quantities to birds on occasion.

They are very playful and have a high prey drive, so watch them around smaller animals like rabbits, hamsters, birds and even cats.

This is a guideline that can be very helpful to ensure that you don't get a cage that is too small for the birds you want to put in it.

Subcutaneous fluids are used in the case of a very small pet like a bird or hamster or if the procedure takes less than 15 minutes.

Two very feral cats had neither food nor water and were being kept in a small bird cage.

Undomesticated cats hunt, which results in a diet consisting of small animals such as rodents and lizards, insects, and small birds — prey that is high in fat and protein, and very low in carbohydrates.

Smaller birds might enjoy rolling around in very wet leaves of leafy greens like swiss chard or kale.

«He is fine with other dogs and cats if raised with them, but this agile, quick breed should be watched around very small pets like birds, rabbits, or rodents.»

Exotic pets, such as birds, amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals (ferrets, hedgehogs, etc.) are still very popular.

Egg hatches and forms a larva which is very small, the size of a head of a pin, and it attaches usually to a small mammal or bird.

At our adoption centers we have seen a very large influx of these very small animals and birds.»

The Pet Memorial Parks at Bideawee offer galvanized containers in 5 sizes - 12» (for birds or very small pets), 16», 24», 27», 36» and 48» to accommodate mosts pets.

HOEGH caskets are available in the following sizes - 10» (for birds or very small pets), 20», 24», 32», 40 and 52» to accommodate most needs.

In comparison to small mammals or birds that have very high metabolisms and require daily feeding, these reptiles have slow metabolisms and can generally go a couple of days without eating.

I did not include values based on very small numbers of birds and I picked out the species I thought might include your pet.

This is an emergency situation since birds, especially smaller species, can bleed out and die very quickly.

Note that smaller parrot species that are very social, such as parakeets and cockatiels, should have a mirror toy available to them when they are first brought home alone, as they will see their reflection as a friend, and usually they will not get too attached to it as they would another bird.

But for many people who have grieved over the loss of a relatively shorter lived pet such as a dog, cat, or small mammal or tiny bird, the prospect of having a potentially very long lived pet can be very appealing.

Many of the islands small islands are very lush and home to beautiful migratory birds.

And while Genovesa harbors one of the Galapagos» largest and most diverse bird populations, there are no land reptiles — with the exception of some very small marine iguanas.

One red bird might be a very small, round, wild - eyed fellow while another red bird is much taller, thinner, and mellow - looking.

One very frustrating thing about living in a small Ontario town is that it's nearly impossible to buy hot fresh peppers, unless they're jalapeños or, if I'm lucky, a rare batch of Thai bird's eye chilis — in an enormous quantity, of course.

This in turn means a smaller unit can suffice, and very significantly for wildlife, the birds can SEE every part of the turbine area, unlike the huge, open 3 - blade designs.

«They're a key species for the Arctic food system because they're feeding on very small particles and on phytoplankton, and they're getting quite big and really big animals like whales and birds and fish can feed on them,» he explained.

They were very small, with correspondingly fast blade rotation, making the blades very difficult for birds to see and avoid.

Flying in Birds Hill park, a very popular provincial park that is approx. 9 km NE from Winnipeg would also be no go as there is as small public airfield 8 km to the west of the park.