Sentences with phrase «work wild birds»

It is worth taking any opportunity to have your pup work wild birds.

They have the advantage of mimicking the kind of work a wild bird would need to do, to find his food, and so they provide productive mental stimulation.

Not exact matches

In his off time Bailey works on pieces of sculpture — massive - winged birds with thin, curved necks, a pair of girls bent like mangrove roots in a wild dance, a memorial to President John F. Kennedy with Air Force One flying above the White House.

«Several studies have measured parasite infection in urban animals, but surprisingly we are the first to measure whether wild birds living in a city were more or less infected by a parasite and a pathogen, as well as how these infections are linked to their physiological stress,» said Mathieu Giraudeau, a post-doctoral associate who previously worked with Kevin McGraw, ASU associate professor with the School of Life Sciences.

Pruthu had been working on elephant conservation at Yala National Park, a vast 242,000 - acre reserve outside Colombo that is home to elephants, leopards, wild buffalo, chital deer, and rare and magnificent birds like the lesser adjutant stork and the Malabar pied hornbill.

He was invited to pursue his Ph.D. at Monash University in Melbourne, where he is now working with cutting - edge scientists from Australia's prestigious research organization CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) to advance genome - engineering techniques for pigeons and other wild birds.

During daytime hours, the Avian and Exotic Service provides care for injured and sick wildlife and works in conjunction with the Southeastern Raptor Center to rehabilitate injured birds of prey for release back to the wild.

Since 1972, a few staff members and an army of volunteers have worked to improve the quality of life for San Diego - area wildlife through rehabilitation and conservation education — caring for roughly 10,000 injured, sick, or orphaned wild birds and mammals annually.

Hobbies I enjoy: Wild bird feeding, container gardening, knitting, working on my Lucet & being around horses whenever possible.

Foraging toys encourage birds to work for their food, as they would in the wild; while exercise toys like swings and ladders promote physical activity.

CALLISTO defines companion animals as any domesticated, domestic - bred or wild - caught animals, permanently living in a community and kept by people for company, amusement, work (e.g. support for blind or deaf people, police or military dogs) or psychological support including dogs, cats, horses, rabbis, ferrets, guinea pigs, reptiles, birds and ornamental fish.

In that context, The Domestic Cat: Bird Killer, Mouser and Destroyer of Wild Life might most politely be recognized as ill - informed, and most bluntly, as an insidious work of hate literature.

Before becoming a veterinarian, he worked in Arizona for the Game and Fish Department, wrangling wayward wild creatures out of backyards and front porches (coyotes, javalina, alligators, Gila monsters, rattlesnakes, birds of prey, and even pelicans, to name a few) and also giving live wildlife presentations at school and outdoor venues.

All he's done here is dirty the reputations of those who care about wild birds and do legitimate work to protect them.

Where Ivy was older and work disciplined, Ella is exuberant, wild, mischievous and looked at the family cats and birds as interactive dog toys.

When not at work you'll find her tending to her birds, fish, guinea pigs and cavalier king charles spaniel «Harriet», visiting farmers markets and exploring anywhere where the «wild things» are.

Taming the Wild Bird Department Prince Corporation has always worked hard to help independent retailers be successful.

Global Harvest worked with avian nutritionists and ornithologists to pinpoint nutrients that wild birds need, but are no longer readily available to them in their natural habitat, and the mix contains no filler seeds.

In 2005, fewer than 10 birds were believed to be in the wild; a year later, FNPF, working closely with the dozens of villages on the island, effectively established Nusa Penida as a sanctuary for the birds.

Birds, the most commonly seen wild animals in the world, play a large role in my work.»

Inhabited by hundreds of diverse species, not normally found in the middle of a concrete metropolis, these wild species will be joined by established artists including Gillian Wearing, Michael Landy, Gordon Cheung, and American artist, Edgar Heap of Birds, working in a variety of challenging and site specific ways.

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She also enjoys watching the wild birds gather around her bird feeders as she works at her desk at home.