Sentence examples for wild flocks from inspiring English sources
These birds were used to lure wild flocks into the air.
The windows frame a view of frumpy gardens and trees where parrots from Brooklyn's wild flocks sometimes gather.
During the initial outbreak starting in December, the disease was detected mainly in wild flocks in the Pacific Flyaway, a bird migration path from Alaska to Patagonia.
Sousa, who says he pampers his geese so much that wild flocks land on his farm and stay, takes advantage of the birds' natural tendencyto gorge in preparation for winter; he slaughters only in the fall or winter.
In the wild, flocks thousands to tens of thousands of birds strong engage in group displays that are among the largest and most elaborate known, and now researchers are finally paying attention to the nature of that crowd consciousness, and to the private lives of the Necco-pink enigmas behind it.
Multiple outbreaks of the virus have been reported in poultry farms and wild flocks across Europe, Africa and Asia in the past six months.
Wild parakeet flock causes a flap in park Jump to media player Glasgow's wild flock of birds is colourful and popular with locals, but their days may be numbered.
"When I first heard about the idea, I thought it was pretty far-fetched," says Tom Stehn of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who manages the wild flock of cranes at the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Austwell, Texas.
Fortunately, all of the 174 captive parrots at the José L. Vivaldi Memorial Aviary at Río Abajo Forest Reserve, Utuado, and most of the 230 captive parrots at the Iguaca Aviary at El Yunque National Forest, survived the storms, although El Yunque's wild flock -- which numbered 50 to 55 parrots before the hurricane -- vanished.
They could breed and be a wild flock". Platt, the owner of Dancing Cranes Imports, offered to buy -- and release -- the remaining flamingos from the aviary for $1,000 each but he was politely turned down.
Parrots are highly intelligent, social animals, and most spend the majority of their time in the wild in flocks talking to flock-mates and foraging for food.
