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They bathe by diving head first into water and, when almost totally submerged, flapping their wings vigorously and ducking their heads under the water.
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They and bathe
They sand-bathe more frequently than other bee-eater species and will sometimes bathe in water by dipping into water in flight.
They bathe in pools of water when available and will often spend time on preening when leaving the nest or after copulation.
They bathe frequently in water usually in the mornings and evenings but at midday during hot weather.
They have been observed using rain-or dew-soaked foliage to bathe, and in dry weather will dust-bathe in dry soil or fine litter such as grass clippings.
They usually prefer to live near water and often bathe and swim, and they are also able to climb steep slopes.
They could only bathe and change clothes once a week, and attend the chapel on Sundays ( with a Bible provided to promote good behaviour ).
They bathe in a sacred lake, and Theseus asks a priest about the harper whom he has heard at Troizen.
They are almost completely arboreal and very rarely descend to the ground where they may pick up fallen fruits or dust bathe.
They feed and bathe him, and hear his broken story of hypnotised abduction, but then must persuade him to return to his captors, until such time as the other hostages can be found, promising Gaudian will be keeping an eye.
They and by
They had been seen as soon as they left the ranch, picked out of the darkness by the weary though watchful eyes of two men posted a few hundred yards away in the windless shelter of the trees.
They had the house cleaned up by noon, and Wilson sent the boy out to the meadow to bring in the horses.
They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.
They are supplied, a batch at a time, by a secret source and are continually changed by Wisman or his staff, at random intervals.
They are huge areas which have been swept by winds for so many centuries that there is no soil left, but only deep bare ridges fifty or sixty yards apart with ravines between them thirty or forty feet deep and the only thing that moves is a scuttling layer of sand.
They recognized that slavery was a moral issue and not merely an economic interest, and that to recognize it explicitly in their Constitution would be in explosive contradiction to the concept of sovereignty they had set forth in the Declaration of 1776 that `` all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
They, perhaps, gave the pitch of their position in the preface where it was said that Eisenhower requested that the Commission be administered by the American Assembly of Columbia University, because it was non-partisan.
While convalescing in his Virginia home he wrote a book recording his prison experiences and escape, entitled: They Shall Not Have Me Published originally in ( Helion's ) English by Dutton & Co. of New York, in 1943, the book was received by the press as a work of astonishing literary power and one of the most realistic accounts of World War 2, from the French side.
On December 21, the day that the Irish House of Commons petitioned for removal of Sir Constantine Phipps, their Tory Lord Chancellor, Molesworth reportedly made this remark on the defense of Phipps by Convocation: `` They that have turned the world upside down, are come hither also ''.
They were repelled by his noisy newspapers, his personal publicity, his presumptuous campaign for the Presidential nomination, and by the swelling cloud of rumor about his moral lapses.
They emerged as interchangeable cogs in a faulty but formidable machine: shaved nearly naked, hair queued, greatcoated, jackbooted, and best of all -- in the opinion of the British professional, Major Semple-Lisle -- `` their minds are not estranged from the paths of obedience by those smatterings of knowledge which only serve to lead to insubordination and mutiny ''.
They both measure literature by moral standards, and in their political writings both allow for censorship, but the differences between them are also significant.
They even accept the `` double standard '' of sex morality in a double sense, i.e., both sexes agree that standards for men differ from standards for women, and women apply to both sexes a standard different from that held by men.
They had risen from humble beginnings by their own diligence and astuteness, they were unfettered by the codes that bound nobles like Othon or even the older generation of clerks like Hotham, and they were working for an end that their opponents had never even visualized.
They, however much they were in disagreement with the late Victorians over the method by which Britain was Germanized, agreed with them that the end result was the complete extinction of the previous Celtic population and civilization.
They and diving
They are capable of running rapidly in brief sprints up to, diving up to, and climbing trees proficiently when young through use of their strong claws.
They can be worn in different temperature and pressure conditions but are under no circumstances designed for scuba diving.
They were once believed to be related to grebes, which are also foot-propelled diving birds, and both species were once classified together under the order Colymbiformes.
They claim that inmates were subjected to back-breaking labor in the most hostile wastelands, and that executions and suicides by any means ( like diving into a wheat chopper ) were commonplace.
They adored not only his musical talent but his skills at the pool table, as a sportsman ( fishing and diving ) and a chef who cooked Cajun and Creole food.
They were so manoeuvrable that it was very difficult to get in a shot, and I had to keep diving and turning to keep myself from being shot down.
They were large, goose-like ducks with reduced wings which were unfit for flying, but could assist in diving as in the Great Auk.
They are mainly insect eaters, with Eurystomus species taking their prey on the wing, and those of the genus Coracias diving from a perch to catch food items from on the ground, like giant shrikes.
They were among the very first crop of South Bay lifeguards and are part of an elite group of watermen who were inducted to both the surfing and diving halls of fame.
They catch fish while diving, but mostly swim in order to disguise their scent trails, or to escape threats, such as dogs or humans.
They hunt along the edges of watercourses, grabbing prey from the water, and sometimes diving in to catch prey further from the banks.
They may work in diving resorts, private yachts, cruise ships and dive centres – anywhere where there is a demand for diving, however, it is rare for Divemasters to be paid for their efforts, usually they work for tips, the experience, and / or discounts on equipment purchases.
They often feed at night, and will upend ( dabble ) for food as well as the more characteristic diving.
They are gregarious birds, forming large flocks in winter, often mixed with other diving ducks, such as Common Pochards.
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