Sentences with phrase «years than birds»

But however they stole, the thieving birds fledged 50 % more chicks over 10 years than birds that made an honest living fishing, the researchers discovered when they pored over their own data and previous observations.

Not exact matches

Asked about these matters, Kevin Heine, a Bank of New York Mellon spokesman, said, «We believe an $ 8.5 billion bird - in - the - hand settlement with significant servicing improvements is a far better result for all investors than the likely outcome following years of costly litigation.»

This is a good year to throw precedent out the window, so I don't imagine that Three Billboards» lack of a Best Director nomination hurts it any more than the relatively low number of nominations for Get Out or Lady Bird hurt them, or Dunkirk's lack of acting or writing nominations hurts it.

The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed into battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet of paper on which to spend her entire life.

Warren Bird is a primary researcher and writer for Leadership Network and has more than 10 years of church staff and seminary teaching experience.

If this was a product of a designer building all birds in a day rather than a product of evolution over the course of millions of years, why would they have those internal nasal structures with no external outlet for them?

However, birds build a better finished, and more competently constructed, nest in their second year than they do in their first.

In addition, fantastic new specimens of birds have been found in Spain and China, which are some 30 or 40 million years younger than Archaeopteryx, and they are more bird - like, exactly as an evolutionist predicts.

One of the biggest dilemmas for those who want to believe that dinosaurs evolved into birds is that the so - called feathered dinosaurs found thus far are dated to be about 20 million years more recent than Archaeopteryx.

Some of the finest will in four or five generations be nothing more than «bird - pepper» of which the forms are as many as the days of the year.»

One of this year's Thanksgiving Trends is Take - apart Turkeys, birds that are cooked in pieces rather than roasting the whole bird at once.

The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million of the eggs it uses each year will not come from hens crammed into battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet of paper on which to spend her entire life.

The company plans to start its conversion by phasing more than a million cage - free eggs into its products, sparing nearly 4,000 birds each year from being crammed inside tiny cages that provide each hen less space than a sheet of paper to spend her entire life.

Each bird has less space than a sheet of paper on which to spend more than a year before she's slaughtered.

The prepared foods division of Simmons is a farm - to - fork poultry producer operating three hatcheries and two feed mills, as well as more than 20 managed firms raising 200 million birds a year.

More than 8,000 took part in this year's Christmas Bird Count.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

More than 200 years ago an unknown artist tramped the American wilderness painting birds, animals, fish, shrubs, flowers, and creating one of the rarest of rare books.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

«But perhaps even more important is to realize that this broad community of bird lovers is stronger than ever — and may be already anticipating next year's Bird - a-thon!&rabird lovers is stronger than ever — and may be already anticipating next year's Bird - a-thon!&raBird - a-thon!»

Participants not only learn and share information about species that visit their yards and feeders at this time of year, they contribute knowledge to more than 40 years of winter bird - feeder sighting records.

Preliminary indications are that this year's total income raised of more than $ 125,000 set a new Bird - a-thon high for this annual classic birding and fundraising event.

The total raised by all teams combined statewide will exceed $ 178,000, and the hard work of all fundraisers is to be commended as this year's Bird - a-thon has drawn more supporters already than any prior Bird - a-thon.

He returned 365 days later as a world record - holder, becoming the first human to see more than half the planet's 10,000 - plus bird species in one year.

In less than 50 years, this bird has gone from being locally extinct to living statewide in Massachusetts.

They will also be contributing knowledge to more than 40 years of winter bird feeder sighting information.

Wayne has led tours, lectured, and conducted birding workshops across North America for more than 35 years.

She has more than 20 years» experience as a field naturalist and educator, teaches workshops on a broad range of topics, and enjoys connecting people to the natural world and its diverse bird life.

For more than three decades, thousands of birding team members and other Bird - a-thon supporters have raised more than $ 2 million ($ 215,000 last year alone) for Mass Audubon, Massachusetts» largest nature conservation nonprofit.

Bird - a-thon is Mass Audubon's biggest yearly fundraiser, thanks to team members and other supporters who garner thousands of dollars in pledges, and organizers are hoping to surpass the event's largest single - year total of more than $ 200,000.

For more than 40 years, the boardwalk has enabled visitors to enjoy the property's expansive wetland habitat and observe birds and other wildlife it supports.

LINCOLN, MA — Some of America's most important and visually stunning bird portraits — not viewed by the public in more than 30 years — will be on display for a single evening when Mass Audubon presents «The Art of Birds» Thursday, September 19 at the Massachusetts Archives» Commonwealth Museum in Boston.

Some of America's most important and visually stunning bird portraits — not viewed by the public in more than 30 years — will be on display for a single evening when Mass Audubon presents «The Art of Birds» Thursday, September 19

«You have to do much more work to figure out who to target in a 45 percent turnout election» than in a presidential year, said Jeremy Bird, Obama's 2012 national field director.

Spectacular feathered dinosaurs discovered in the last decade or so show clearly how a small group of theropod dinosaurs gave rise to the first birds, but these specimens are nearly all Cretaceous in origin, at least 20 million years younger than Archaeopteryx.

Such viruses have not been identified in any of the more than 100,000 wild birds tested since the flu surveillance sampling began 43 years ago, Webster said.

It was well - known that bears were dispersing seeds through their scat, Levi said, but it was not known that they were dispersing more seeds than birds, or the relative contribution of brown and black bears to seed dispersal, or whether the two species bears were eating berries at different times of the year.

«It's pretty scary that this [new] paper estimates just a dozen families in two small markets sold more than 630,000 birds per year,» Pilgrim says.

A strain of bird flu that has sickened 132 people and killed 37 in China this year may have more potential to spread worldwide than the dreaded H5N1 avian influenza does.

«For more than 100 years, scientists have used sonic vibrations to monitor birds, bats, frogs and insects.

More than just a list, the Check - list groups birds into genera, families, and orders based on their evolutionary relationships, and some of the most significant changes in this year's Supplement involve the tanagers, family Thraupidae.

Poinar suggested in the journal American Entomologist that the origins of this deadly disease, which today can infect animals ranging from humans and other mammals to birds and reptiles, may have begun in an insect such as the biting midge more than 100 million years ago.

Farmers aren't much better than scarecrows when it comes to protecting harvests from pesky birds: Avian interlopers cost the United States roughly $ 1.9 billion each year in crop losses and damage control.

Although theirs is perhaps the best - known mass extinction on Earth, by the author's account, the dinosaurs» reign was a massive success story — they thrived on the planet for more than 150 million years, and their descendants are the more than 10,000 species of birds that occupy almost every corner of the world today.

In birds, variation in life - span extends from parrots such as the Sulphur - crested cockatoo that can become more than 100 years old, to the small Allen's hummingbird with a maximum life - span of only 4 years, a 25 fold difference.

Now, researchers have traced the first appearance of these pigments to a theoretical ancestor of perching birds (Passeriformes) that probably lived 56 million years ago, more than 100 million years after brown and black birds owned the skies.

Last year, the Department of Agriculture began procedures to extend the 1970 Animal Welfare Act to cover more than 20 million laboratory rats, mice, and birds — about 95 percent of all research animals.

Banded penguins had a 16 % lower survival rate than unbanded birds over the 10 years, the researchers report online today in Nature.

Over a period of nine years, a team of more than 100 researchers led by Dr. Renata Pardini, Dr. Marianna Dixo and Prof. Jean Paul Metzger from the University of São Paulo, collected data on birds, mammals and amphibians living in the forest.

Other birds, such as the American coot (Fulica Americana), the pied - billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), and the belted kingfishers (Megaceryle alcyon), showed up in more northerly locations than ornithologists expect in a normal year.