The results of my work showed that the only effective and long-term solution was to encourage raptorial birds by erecting perches. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
raptorial claws and bill for seizing prey. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Brachia: the arms: has been applied to raptorial fore-legs. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
A high raptorial shriek pierced the air, silencing them all. From Wordnik.com. [A Grave Denied]
Four raptorial birds are now seen about this, or rather three, for. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Density, productivity and biomass of raptorial birds of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. From Wordnik.com. [Sundarbans, Bangladesh] Reference
The Missus, after a brief passage of raptorial staring: Are you putting salami in that?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
In other fine raptorial news, the falcons are also back on the Traveler's Tower in Hartford, and they have three eggs. From Wordnik.com. [never make a promise or plan. take a little love where you can.] Reference
Particularly when other hawkeyed good parents were watching with raptorial intent from their sport utility perches. next ». From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Present Value by Sabin Willett] Reference
The Seahawks team logo features a stylized profile depicting the head of a rather fierce-looking raptorial bird of some kind. From Wordnik.com. [What is a Seahawk?] Reference
It was hard to read the gryphon; the raptorial features reflected emotion in far more subtle ways than, say, a kyree's mobile face. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
Skandranon looked up, with his head lowered at just the right angle to make his brows and eyes appear even more raptorial than usual. From Wordnik.com. [The White Gryphon]
" Urtho frowned a little, although by now he should have been well aware of the gryphons" raptorial and somewhat bloodthirsty nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Gryphon]
But they were raptorial, like Vree, and like him they enjoyed the hunt and the kill-when they actually succeeded at the latter, which wasn't often. From Wordnik.com. [Widows and Orphans] Reference
He further suggested that falcons ‘probably represent a raptorial branch of this radiation’ (p. 144), a suggestion presumably based on the anatomy of caracaras. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
"It's the D-deliambren, S-sire!" he stammered, then seemed to get stuck, staring up into the Haspur's raptorial eyes exactly like a mouse waiting for the hawk to strike. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle And The Nightingale]
Sharp-shinned hawk perched in the neighbor's tree yesterday evening and looking raptorial, no wonder the goldfinches didn't stop by the thistle feeder for their evening snack. From Wordnik.com. [There oughta be a law...] Reference
It was not just the wings, the feathered body, the raptorial head-it was the costume, the way that closely wrapped fabric fell in particular folds that she remembered, the color of the fabric itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Eagle And The Nightingale]
Vultures are not the only raptorial birds that do this. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
The nest is a typical raptorial one, being a large platform of sticks. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
Both species of crow seem to take great delight in teasing raptorial birds. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
A Miocene raptorial whale, the creature roamed the seas around 12 million years ago. From Wordnik.com. [TG Daily] Reference
The other raptorial birds possess little to distinguish them from those of other countries. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tasmania, Volume I] Reference
An artist rendition of the giant raptorial sperm whale Leviathan melvillei attacking a medium-size baleen whale. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Their more feline, more raptorial attributes are only alluded to in the verses where he is obviously objective and impersonal. From Wordnik.com. [Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations] Reference
To every migratory species of raptorial bird, that captures living quarry, there is a non-migratory counterpart or near relative. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
It would be but a short step from this figure to the ancient sun symbol with which the eagle and other raptorial birds are intimately associated. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744] Reference
The poem about Anna Politkovskaya is good, not so much for its poetic phrases, as for its accessible intonation and raptorial powers of observation. From Wordnik.com. [openDemocracy] Reference
So far as I could see, there was no danger from raptorial foes at hand, but the little family seemed to be in training against the approach of a marauder. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
In the raptorial birds bright colours are as a rule absent; and their structure and habits are such as not to require any special protection for the female. From Wordnik.com. [Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays] Reference
The same is true of the raptorial birds, or birds of prey, which are strong perchers and depend largely for their food supply on clutching their victims while on the wing. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bird Comrades] Reference
Images: 1) Artist's rendering of the giant raptorial sperm whale. From Wordnik.com. [AllDeaf.com] Reference
Of that I had been -- the raptorial jaws. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Studies] Reference
Some are raptorial. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A prey to the raptorial birds. ". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
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