Sentence examples for several flocks of from inspiring English sources

A group of California scientists who performed necropsies on several flocks of cedar waxwings that had collided with hard surfaces found that all of them had recently gorged on overripe berries.

Hard bargaining would be needed to whittle down this year's eye-popping $86,608.51 tab to give the gifts repetitively — including several flocks of swans — if the carol's verses were scrupulously followed.

They managed a large cattle herd and several flocks of small ruminants.

More recently, in the summer of 2000, an extensive outbreak occurred, affecting hundreds of people (11 ), dozens of horses (6 ), and several flocks of geese (5 ).

The proportion of effective rams in several flocks was much lower, which could negatively affect flock fertility [ 32].

It is important to note that in several flocks, cases had been reported for a number of years before joining the IAH study; here we use all the data on scrapie cases in our flocks held in the SND (both before and after joining the IAH study) and therefore report on the entire, officially-confirmed outbreaks within the flocks.

Researchers gave magpies from several flocks four different tasks.

While wintering in the tropics, this species may congregate huge in mixed-species flocks of several thousand individuals on marshes, lakes, estuaries, and arable fields.

First recorded on King Island in Bass Strait in 1979, the forest raven has become more numerous and flocks of several hundred birds were recorded by 1997.

Mistle thrushes are found as individuals or pairs for much of the year, although families forage together in late summer, and groups may merge to form flocks of several tens of birds; it is not uncommon for up to 50 thrushes to feed together at that time of year.

The flocks of several owners are combined into bands each ranging from 500 to 1 500 head.