Sentence examples for birds were first from inspiring English sources

Their comic waddle and distinctive black and white plumage have delighted mankind ever since these unique flightless birds were first discovered.

ABOUT one hundred years ago budgerigars or love birds were first bred in captivity in Australia; in 1840 Gould brought the first living examples to Britain, and by 1880 their breeding had become a considerable industry at Toulouse.

The tradition began in the 16th century when the birds were first introduced from Mexico.

In Florida, plume birds were first driven away from the most populated areas in the northern part of the state, and forced to nest further south.

In summary therefore, it seems plausible that the difference between the two groups in their latency to start moving was primarily driven by differences in initial escape motivation when the birds were first placed in the cages with the wild-caught birds showing higher escape motivation.

Two to three weeks later, birds were first moved to an individual housing cage for at least one day in isolation (range 1 5, mean 3.7 days), and the next day moved to the experimental chamber the day before the recording session began.

A flight series, usually uttered when birds are first air-borne, appears to have no unique components, but rather is a composite of different calls, such as cut-zee, pee-puu, and chwip (below).

Birds was first published "in thirty-seven parts of three sheets each, at intervals of two months; the first Part was issued in July 1837, and the last in May 1843".

William Yarrell's A History of British Birds was first published as a whole in three volumes in 1843, having been serialized, three sheets every two months, over the previous six years.

The presence of WNV antibodies in nonmigratory birds was first reported in Puerto Rico in 2004 (6 ).

Historically, information about the movements of individual birds was first acquired through ringing studies.