Sentence examples for resting birds from inspiring English sources

Two or three irate terns followed it, and the resting birds on the shore got up in a flurried cloud.

Resting birds often hold their wings in a spread-wing posture, characteristic of many cormorants, which is thought to aid in drying wet feathers.

Runway signs and markings have attained reverence among the revellers; an aeroplane once used for training by fire services provides a unique perch for resting birds including hawks; and information signs inform visitors about episodes from Tempelhof's history.

Transcribed as chirrup, tschilp, or philip, this note is made as a contact call by flocking or resting birds, or by males to proclaim nest ownership and invite pairing.

Recordings from resting birds were scanned and filtered, and we included for analysis only measurements of fH in resting birds from which we detected no motion for at least ten minutes (Fig. 3A).

Heart beat frequency during sustained soaring-gliding was 2.2 to 2.5 times lower than during flapping flight, but similar to, and not significantly different from, that measured in resting birds.

On hot days the legs may be extended behind the resting bird, perhaps for heat dissipation.

I'll be resting," Bird says.

The pulmonary circulation was flushed with warm PBS and the lungs fixed as in the rested birds.

The recurrent though insignificant difference between the first and the second BLL measurements in rested birds can be attributed to instinctive stress that may have caused the BLL to remain elevated beyond a 10-minute time interval.

During the spring and fall migrations, when birds make stops in Central Park, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, Forest Park and Alley Pond Park in Queens and other parks to feed and rest, birding enthusiasts come from all over the world to spot the many species in the city.