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单词 black vulture
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His crows, his black vultures, had set fire to the homemade chicken run and the one-room cottage. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Yet he couldn’t help but notice four black vultures flying high above the forest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
Only when I stooped to read the label for one velvety red blossom — it was a cockscomb, Celosia “Dracula” — did I notice the knee-high, cast-foam black vulture that was sitting watchfully beside it. Ebony G. Patterson Brings a Crowd to the New York Botanical Garden 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z
As the sun rose over the Kanuku Mountains, we passed sinewy cattle, plump black vultures and giant Jabiru storks hunched like skinny old men. 2010-02-06T04:52:00Z
He discussed local birds — red-tail hawks, black vultures, bald eagles — with a guest lounging at the pool. Behind the scenes at a B&B: The joys — and challenges — of being an innkeeper 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z
Was it a black vulture, coragyps atratus, known locally as a gallinazo negro? Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z
The shots initially were tested on black vultures to make sure they could be safely injected into condors in managed care beginning in July. New vaccine expected to give endangered California condors protection against deadly bird flu 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z
Depending on when you go, you can expect to see bald eagles, northern harriers, black vultures or American kestrels. Eight great places to see the Mid-Atlantic’s migrating birds 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z
It seems our black vultures may be that proverbial canary in the coal mine. Environmentalists blast New Jersey environmental bureau's decision to let dead vultures rot 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z
Officials said they were told Saturday that initial tests indicate the black vultures that roost at Noah’s Ark died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. Bird flu kills 700 black vultures, closes animal sanctuary 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z
In the north of the country, a wildfire continued to ravage a pristine forest near Dadia, a natural habitat for black vultures, burning for a fourth day as authorities struggled to contain its destruction. Wildfires burn coastal homes, forests in Greece as Europe's heatwave spreads east 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z
Examples of protected species include northern cardinals, the red-tailed hawk, and the American black vulture. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z
Nearby, another mural by Matarrita, this time painted on a security screen, celebrates an unpopular bird: the black vulture. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z
Elsewhere in the area, 80 black vultures in Maryland’s Harford County were recently found dead due to the virus near wildlife areas along the Susquehanna River, officials have said. Deadly bird flu found in ducks on the Mall in Washington 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z
Eighty black vultures in Maryland’s Harford County also were recently found dead from the highly pathogenic avian influenza, officials said, near wildlife areas along the Susquehanna River. Bird flu infects millions of chickens in Md., Del. amid broader surge 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z
When black vultures began to die at Florida’s Hontoon Island State Park in February, rangers called in investigators from the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Record avian flu outbreak is threatening North America’s birds. Is the virus here to stay? 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z
The scenes described of Indiana farmlands and elsewhere seem like they leapt from a page in a horror novel, with black vultures descending into the forests and pastures of the Midwest and beyond. Black Vulture Attacks on Animals May Be Increasing 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z
In 2012, a Florida early childhood education center hung three vulture carcasses in trees in hopes of banishing an unwelcome flock of hundreds of black vultures. Lasers, cannons, effigies: The surprising science of shooing vultures away 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z
Adult black vultures have no natural enemies in nature, though. Small town besieged by hundreds of giant black vultures 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z
The high number of black vultures found in the wild in Harford County is particularly alarming to some experts, because it means the birds are spreading the virus as they’re eating carcasses. Bird flu infects millions of chickens in Md., Del. amid broader surge 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z
One piece detailed how ranchers must be more careful with their cattle as black vultures move into the region because of warming temperatures. How TV weathercasters became the unsung heroes of the climate crisis 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z
The black vulture is also a relatively silent bird. Vultures make themselves at home in Shenandoah Valley 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z
“After meeting our raptor ambassadors, perceptions about vultures change quickly,” says Andrew Hopkins, an educator at the center, which cares for birds like Melvin, a black vulture who imprinted on humans as a chick. Lasers, cannons, effigies: The surprising science of shooing vultures away 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z
Like their slightly larger turkey vulture cousins, black vultures are native to Pennsylvania, and residents said they’ve always been seen in summer months, soaring high above the river. Small town besieged by hundreds of giant black vultures 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z
The black vulture does, too, but it also attacks live animals. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
Two different types of vultures are typically seen in Louisiana - the black vulture and the turkey vulture. North Louisiana-based military base looks to fight birds 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z
The white on the wings of a black vulture is contained to the outer edges. Vultures make themselves at home in Shenandoah Valley 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z
Two species of vultures are largely responsible for cleaning up North America’s dead animals—the mild-mannered turkey vulture and its rascally cousin the black vulture. Lasers, cannons, effigies: The surprising science of shooing vultures away 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z
More black vultures than turkey ones roost at Webb’s longtime residence on the southern end of South Samuel Street. Unwanted visitors: Vultures perch seasonally at woman’s home 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z
The black vulture, more common in South America, gradually made its way north, first into the southeastern U.S. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
The turkey vulture and black vulture are the most common types in this region, Brostoski said. Cape Girardeau naturalist has appreciation for vultures 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z
On the mantel were a tail feather from a black vulture, a bracket fungus, and an owl carved from jetsam whalebone that someone had sent to help him see in the dark. Pen Pals Provide Linguistic Curios  2017-04-10T04:00:00Z
Among the species noted were the American crow, bald eagle, barn owl, black vulture, great horned owl, red-shouldered hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet and savannah sparrow. Christmas Bird Count offers ‘endless learning’ 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z
In Paraguay, alongside the Pilcomayo River, black vultures flew over a shrinking pond where a group of crocodilian reptiles known as yacare caimans sought refuge. A slow death along the Pilcomayo River 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z
The problem is that the black vulture, unlike the turkey vulture, also feasts on live animals, especially helpless small ones. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
If you’re a birder yourself, your trusted binoculars will help you spot rarities like imperial eagles, black storks and black vultures. Madrid Day Trips: A Hassle-Free Guide to Four Fun Excursions 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z
At Second Chance, Brittany is overseeing 83 patients, including 59 juvenile squirrels, two black vultures, a red-tailed hawk and a possum. Feeling peckish? Just imagine being a hungry bird in the snow. 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z
They observed it most frequently in turkey vultures but also in black vultures. How Turkey Vultures Stay Aloft to Focus on Dinner 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z
If that doesn’t work, the roasted, powdered liver of the black vulture also apparently helps open restricted airways. Using Pigeons to Diagnosis Cancer 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z
Agricultural and wildlife experts say the number of calves or other livestock killed by black vultures is unknown. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
Those road kill finds help feed the center’s black vulture, Igor. Nashville center helps birds of prey in trouble 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z
To help find the answer he joined forces with scientists in Denmark to study the digestive system of 50 turkey vultures and black vultures that were captured and killed in Nashville, Tennessee. Vultures could hold key to deadly bacteria 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z
The new research investigated the different types of bacteria found on the faces and in the guts of 50 turkey vultures and black vultures in the United States. Study Uncovers Vultures' Gastronomical Secrets 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z
Our boat navigated through the Caapechen Lagoon where black vultures circled overhead. Secret Luxury Spots In The Bohemian Beach Paradise Of Tulum, Mexico 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z
Experts say one nonlethal way to ward off attacks is to hang a replica of a black vulture in effigy near where the calves and other animals congregate. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
It isn’t just the typical songbirds, but creatures you wouldn’t normally expect in the suburbs: turkey and black vultures, red foxes, and white-tailed deer. In Washington region, spirit of Saint Francis is alive and well when it comes to birds
But still, black vultures settle down each evening on the Lake Alfred water tower. Town losing battle with vultures at water tower 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z
Another sable scavenger, the black vulture or carrion crow, of similar habits, but with a more southerly range, is common in the Gulf States. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z
At this there arose a monstrous hissing and a whistle of wings, and a cloud of black vultures descended with a rush and roar from surrounding roofs and trees. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z
Farmers also are encouraged to remove calf afterbirth quickly since black vultures are attracted to it. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
At night I dreamed of a hideous black vulture that preyed on my liver; and became very melancholy. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z
But it came back and back, roosting in my mind, pecking at my heart like a little black vulture. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z
High overhead, a speck in the ether, above the gnomelike crags, the black vulture still turned his head from side to side and croaked. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z
There, too, are the black vultures, some in the air, some on the ground, in flocks so thick as to darken both earth and sky. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
The turkey vulture is typically 32 inches long with a 72-inch wingspan, while the black vulture is typically 25 inches long with a 57-inch wingspan. Menace from the sky: Black vultures attacking calves 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z
Over our heads were still circling the great black vultures; but, as we neared the plain, we flashed a large black-and-white eagle, which we had not seen in Attica. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z
I had practically accepted it on that sinister night six months past, when the black vultures swarmed and the eyes of the Mother of Consolation terribly accused me. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z
A fire smoulders unheeded in its centre, and near it the carcass of some huge creature, upon which the black vultures, soaring aloft, have fixed their eager eyes. The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z
If the black vultures, still in streaming flight above, have hopes of getting a repast there, they may now feel assured of its being a plenteous one. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z
It lay upon its back, staring upward with lacerated eyeless sockets, their contents torn out by the black vulture. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance
The griffon and the black vulture are also frequently seen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein"
Death reached up into the sky, plucking with taloned fingers for the black vultures racing with the wind. The Lost Warship
One of the two black vulture wings on the crest is cut through. The Scarlet Banner
Straight to the trembling, white-clad girl the great, black vulture stalked. Carmen Ariza
And, behold! at last she got to the end of the grove without having made any choice; and what think you, my lady, sat there? why a black vulture, a wicked, deceitful, cruel bird. The Buccaneer A Tale
Not a living thing in sight—save the black vultures—a score of which, perched on the dead-woods overhead, and fetid as their food, were infecting the air with their carrion odour. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
Hovering in the air were black vultures—the carrion crow and the turkey-buzzard—and upon the tops of tall dead trees could be seen the king of the feathered multitude, the great white-headed eagle. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt
Flocks of black vultures hovered high up in the sky, bending their course towards a spot not very far from the river bed. Adventures of a Young Naturalist
There are laws in the Southern United States, and in several of the Spanish-American Republics, which impose fines and penalties for killing the black vultures. Popular Adventure Tales
These are the turkey vulture, the black vulture, the little rusty-crowned falcon, the pigeon hawk, slate-coloured hawk, red-tailed buzzard, American horned owl, little American owl, and five other species of falcons. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
Nothing moves over it but the wild creatures, its denizens; while above it, on widely extended wings, soars a flock of black vultures—ill omen in that moment of doubt and fear. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco
The queen is dark in complexion; among our tribes there are many as light as she, and her hair is like the wing of the black vulture. The Scalp Hunters
The ravine, near its bottom, was covered with zopilotes, or black vultures. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico
Birds shrieked among the branches, eagles screamed in the air, and black vultures could be seen hovering through the smoke, with no thought of stooping upon a quarry! The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
The black vultures are gregarious, brought together apparently by the pleasure they seem to have in society rather than by the attraction of a common prey. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
As we advanced we saw the skeletons and carcasses of numerous mules; some perfectly blanched by the wind, others still partly covered with flesh, on which numberless galenachas, or black vultures, were busily feasting. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots
The head and part of the neck of the black vulture are destitute of feathers, and are covered with a black wrinkled skin, on which a few hairs only grow. On the Banks of the Amazon
Above, upon the cliff’s brow, the black vultures also show signs of satisfaction. The Lone Ranche
I saw the white horse galloping over the plain, pursued by wolves, and shadowed by black vultures. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
They often assemble—both buzzards and black vultures—to the number of hundreds, over a single carrion. The Boy Hunters
Yet there's a curtain'd path Which the unfettered denizens of air Have not descried, nor even the piercing eye Of the black vulture seen. Man of Uz, and Other Poems
Two species only seem to occur in the writings, the king vulture and the black vulture. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
On projecting points of these, above the spot chosen by Uraga for his camp, the black vultures are still perched. The Lone Ranche
These were black vultures, and of enormous breadth of wing. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
As they returned to their horses, they observed that the buzzards and black vultures were once more collecting about the remains of the big-horn. The Boy Hunters
Animals feed about here and there; some quails whirr along the ground; black vultures, white eagles, and numerous crows, perch upon the rocks, or speckle the sky overhead. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government
A number of drawings probably depict black vultures, though this cannot be certainly affirmed. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
Above the bivouacs the black vultures spread their shadowy wings, soaring and circling, each “gang” over the cohort it has been all day accompanying. The Lone Ranche
Far below soared the black vultures of the arctic. The Eternal Maiden
The turkey-buzzard is, upon the whole, a nobler bird than the black vulture. The Boy Hunters
The other two—the black vulture and the turkey-buzzard—are monopolists in their peculiar line. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885
The black coloring and the shape of the bill otherwise suggest the black vulture, though perhaps the crest would indicate the harpy eagle. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
Red sunlight struck through the forest, bronzing bark and foliage; sombre patches of shade passed and repassed across the table—the shadows of black vultures soaring low above the camp smoke. The Firing Line
To right and left the startled desert hares scattered, and from the clumps of spiky helga the black vultures rose in heavy-winged flight. The Fortieth Door
So, too, will the black vulture, but not so frequently. The Boy Hunters
In the strength of his desire for her, it was as though he were fighting off black vultures of the night, forces of horror that threatened them both. The Testing of Diana Mallory
The last may be the king rather than the black vulture, as suggested above. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
A dead cayman floated down-stream, with a black vulture devouring it. Through the Brazilian Wilderness
And it doesn't seem possible, but your description of the big black birds sounds like genuine black vultures. Freckles
The buzzards, however, are not so plenty as the black vultures; and in one of these flocks more than three-fourths will be found of the latter species. The Boy Hunters
My horse shied as the black vultures rose suddenly on flapping wings. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee
This conspicuous protuberance has been seized upon as a characteristic in the conventionalized figures, and serves to identify the king from the black vulture. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
I was not sorry to leave this house, for, tearing up the offal around the building, I counted as many as sixty black vultures. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America
A procession of more than twenty black vultures passes over my head. A Florida Sketch-Book
But it is certain that not only do numbers of them roost together at night, but they even associate with the black vultures at such times. The Boy Hunters
The black vultures sat about looking on in silence, hoping that something to their advantage might be dropped or left behind—possibly that one of our horses might die. At Last
It is not certain, however, that these two last are black vultures, though they suggest the species. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
I have noted, O King and Councillors, that whenever the black vulture of the Zulus was content to attack birds of his own feather, he has conquered. Finished
The black vulture seems to lack the mythological character associated with the king vulture. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices
The boys followed them with their eyes—curious to witness what effect their arrival would have upon the buzzards and black vultures. The Boy Hunters
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