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birds and crossed
Some 200 vagrant birds, probably from the Pyrenees, were sighted in 2006, and several dozen of the vagrants sighted in Belgium the following year crossed into Germany in search for food.
Migration was faster on routes that crossed the Baltic Sea than on coastal routes, and the birds with the largest fat reserves travelled at the highest speeds.
These probably crossed the Adriatic via a land-bridge during the last ice age, to become isolated only with the sea levels rising at the beginning of the Holocene c. 12. 000-10. 000 years ago, with Alpine birds much less contributing to the Apennines population.
Around 1885 these birds were crossed with Brahmas and the offspring of this cross was crossed with Langshan.
In 1898 American utility birds (" Amerikaanse Nuthoenders "), a rough version of the Golden Wyandotte ( apparently not dissimilar to the American Winnebago, a ‘ precursor ’ to the Golden-laced Wyandotte ) were crossed into the developing breed followed in 1906 by Buff Orpingtons.
Occasionally occurring recessive white birds were crossed with white Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorn to produce White Barnevelders.
In 1999 in Canada, a strain of H4N6 crossed the species barrier from birds to pigs, but was contained on a single farm.

birds and hundreds
As of August 2007, hundreds of birds have been recorded, including pileated woodpeckers, but not the Ivory-billed woodpecker.
There are hundreds of popular subjects, such as birds on stamps, and ships, poets, presidents, monarchs, maps, aircraft, space craft, sports and insects on stamps.
There was safety in large flocks which often numbered hundreds of thousands of birds.
A single site might cover many thousands of acres, and the birds were so congested in these areas that hundreds of nests could be counted in a single tree.
This " bird-road " connects northeastern Europe with Arctic regions and each year hundreds of thousands of migratory birds visit Saaremaa in spring and autumn.
Nearby lies the large lake of Ichkeul, a favored stop used by hundreds of thousands of migrating birds.
The party encountered thousands of birds near the Shark River, " killing hundreds, but they continued to return ".
Allendale is home to the " Celery Farm ," a nature preserve that is home to hundreds of animals, including fox, deer, rabbits, frogs, turtles, rodents, and most notably exotic birds.
Overall, many hundreds of thousands of birds are trapped and killed each year, a source of concern for some of the rarest species ( for example, only about 2, 000 Short-tailed Albatrosses are known to still exist ).
In autumn and winter, the big tides of the Wash pushes up hundreds of thousands of wading birds onto the Norfolk coast.
However the unique geological nature of Snettisham is what attracts hundreds of thousands of migratory and transitory birds during the winter and autumn periods.
The glands remove the salt efficiently and thus allow the birds to drink the salty water from their environment while they are hundreds of miles away from land.
Young birds may be fed for some time after fledging ; adults have been seen feeding fish to juveniles at sea and on inland lakes in the United Kingdom, hundreds of kilometers from any breeding areas.
Avoiding flying over the Black Sea surface and across high mountains, hundreds of thousands of soaring birds funnel through an area around the city of Batumi, Georgia.
Outside the breeding season, Cedar Waxwings often feed in large flocks numbering hundreds of birds.
In a ' flock of birds ', the flock is a dynamic entity consisting of hundreds ( or thousands ) of individuals.
It is home to hundreds of native and migratory birds and features an exotic collection of flowering rhododendrons.
It is attracted by " chum " ( a mixture of fish offal, fish oil, popcorn and sometimes dimethyl sulfide ) used by birders to lure seabirds, and an apparently empty ocean will soon fill with hundreds of these birds.
The lake and surrounding wetlands were a significant stop for hundreds of thousands of birds migrating along the Pacific Flyway.
Thousands winter each year on the Topolobampo lagoons in Mexico, and even in the southernmost major wintering location – Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta in Colombia – hundreds of birds can be seen.
The moorland habitat is also home to hundreds of species of birds and insects.
When breeding is over the birds gather in large flocks, sometimes including hundreds of birds.
Increasingly, marabous have been become dependent on human garbage and hundreds of the huge birds can be found around African dumps or waiting for a hand out in urban areas.
The eastern edge of its migration route passes by Palau in Micronesia, where hundreds of birds may gather for a stop-over.

birds and mountain
With its diverse habitat, ranging from rocky mountain tops to beaches and open sea, the Cape of Good Hope is home to at least 250 species of birds including one of the two mainland colonies of African penguins.
Orienteering, mountain biking and hang gliding are typical activities which are likely to cause disturbance to nesting birds.
Banshees are large, flightless, blind, carnivorous birds that live in the higher elevations and occasionally venture into the mountain passes to feed on rabbit-horns and the occasional unwitting inhabitant.
* In Serbia, there are around 60 – 65 pairs of Griffon Vultures in western parts of the country, around Zlatar mountain, also 35 birds in canyon of river Trešnjica and they are under legal protection from hunting.
The Bar-headed Goose is thought to be one of the world's highest flying birds, having been heard flying across Mount Makalu ( the fifth highest mountain on earth at ) and apparently seen over Mount Everest (, although this is a second hand report with no verification ).
It has also been suggested that migrating birds use naturally generated infrasound, from sources such as turbulent airflow over mountain ranges, as a navigational aid.
These birds are mountain specialists, although Red-billed Chough also uses coastal sea cliffs in Ireland, Great Britain, and Brittany, feeding on adjacent short grazed grassland or machair ; the small population on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, is also coastal.
In the south mountainous landscape with the Sankalakhiri mountain range, including the Budo-Su-ngai Padi National Park, is located at the border to Yala and Narathiwat, protecting hill forests with rare vegetation such as the Bangsoon palm ( Johnnesteijsmannia altifon ) and Takathong rattan, as well as birds like the hornbill.
Chinese mountain cats are active at night ; they hunt for rodents, pikas, and birds.
The notes of an unseen flute swell through the theatre and meanwhile the Hoopoe provides the lyrics, summoning the birds of the world from their different habitats — birds of the fields, mountain birds and birds of the trees, birds of the waterways, marshes and seas.
There are a number of species of birds which breed in the taiga or boreal forests at the higher altitudes of the mountain, which are not normally found breeding in Massachusetts.
There is less known about birds visiting the mountain in winter, as the mountain is more difficult to access during this time.
The turn around in mountain bluebird numbers is due to the overwhelming efforts of landowners in the West to provide nest boxes for these birds.
The mountain fauna was particularly rich in precious and rapacious birds.
The mountain finches are birds in the genus Leucosticte from the true finch family, Fringillidae.
Some mountain birds and rare species of snakes and butterflies breed here.
Many desert animals prey on cottontails, including birds of prey, mustelids, the coyote, the bobcat, the lynx, wolves, mountain lions, snakes, weasels, humans, and even squirrels, should a cottontail become injured or docile.
It is stated that " spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles " brought news from Middle-earth to his halls upon Taniquetil, the highest mountain in the Blessed Realm of Valinor, although later in the book the same is said of birds in general, and in the Valaquenta of " all swift birds, strong of wing ".

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