Sentence examples for collecting birds from inspiring English sources

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He had been collecting birds since boyhood.

Not any more... Birder A birder is seriously involved in studying, identifying and collecting birds.

By Andrea Walker April 23, 2009 Maud Newton's funny, moving novel excerpt about an ex-preacher mother who becomes obsessed with collecting birds.

From a family point of view Vincent was impossible, emulating the Prodigal Son one moment, or collecting birds' nests, or sloping off to dedicate himself to poverty and taking in a pregnant prostitute whom he threatened to marry.

"Years ago, British boys used to spend their childhoods collecting birds' eggs – now you wouldn't dream of doing such a thing," said Brian Egan, manager of the Rare Bird Alert.

Jean Delacour, the aviculturist, Dr. Etienne Beraut, a French pharmaceutical manufacturer who has an aviary for humingbirds in Rio, William H. Phelps, Jr. who ownes an ornithological museum in Caracas, and Dr. Augusto Ruschi, director of the Museu Mello-Leitao, in Santa Teresa also helped him by collecting birds and making them available for him to photograph.

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He spent most of his time collecting bird specimens in the countryside for stuffing and drawing.

We were only collecting blood samples from birds to look for parasites and also collecting bird feces to study their diets".

"Carp Fishing on Valium" begins with a story in which the young Brian faces the sadism of his hobby of collecting bird eggs.

She's the kind of girl who gets voted "most likely to be in charge of collecting bird carcasses on the shores of the Salton Sea".

Express your love of birds through collecting bird items.

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