Falcons Sentence Examples

There are many kinds of kites, falcons and hawks, kestrel being numerous.

Birds of prey include the bearded vulture, aasvogel and several varieties of eagles, hawks, falcons and owls.

Our flying falcons can get to over 100 MPH.

Which is why no large wild falcons live in farmland in the UK, only in coastal or open areas.

The terms of Moldavian submission were further regulated by a firman signed by the sultan Suleiman at Budapest in 1529 by which the yearly present or backshish, as the tribute was euphoniously called, was fixed at 4000 ducats, 40 horses and 25 falcons, and the voivode was bound at need to supply the Turkish army with a contingent of r000 men.

Regnard, the French dramatist, found in Lapland (1681) that witches could turn men into cats, and could themselves assume the forms of swans, crows, falcons and geese.

Among the birds of prey may be mentioned, besides the cinereous and bearded vultures, the Spanish vulture(Gyps occidentalis), the African or Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopteras), which is found among all the mountains of the Peninsula, the Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila Adalberti), the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), the southern eagle-owl (Bubo atheniensis), and various kites and falcons.

In 1361 and 1363, edicts prohibiting the exportation of horses, falcons, and woolen goods.

Charities Each year the RAF falcons support a local charity.

The red-billed buffalo weaver nests on the track into the Lodge had some Pygmy falcons in residence.

Trafalgar Square used to be the site of the Royal Mews, where hunting falcons were kept.

The last group in the diurnal raptors is the true falcons.

The new artisan makers of the okimono struck out a line for themselves, one influenced more by the naturalistic and popular schools than by the classical art, and the quails of Kamejo, the tortoises of Seimin, the dragons of Tun and TOryu, and in recent years the falcons and the peacocks of Suzuki Chokichi, are the joy of the European collector.

Michael Vick - The Atlanta Falcons Q.B. was arrested on dog fighting charges.

The two ladies, who already had a past history of butting heads, exchanged words - then Stevens, a former Atlanta Falcons cheerleader, walked away.

Like other NFL cheerleaders, the Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders not only entertain football fans, they are also lawyers, entrepreneurs, full time moms and students.

This ambassador arm of the Atlanta Falcons organization represents the team with a variety of talents and abilities.

In addition to the cheerleaders who perform at home games, there is also an Atlanta Falcons show troupe that travels to perform at various venues.

The Atlanta Falcons audition potential cheerleaders every spring in April.

The cheerleaders of the Atlanta Falcons organization do not have a lot of requirements.

For the amount of time that the lady Falcons put into rehearsing, dancing at games and getting ready with hair and make up, that does not work out to a lot of money.

The Falcons volunteers with numerous organizations including a junior cheerleading squad and local schools.

For many cheerleaders, this is a highly motivating aspect of being a cheerleader with the Atlanta Falcons.

While the majority of these cheerleaders' lives are about rehearsing, performing and representing the Falcons' organization at various events, cheerleaders are offered opportunities to make paid appearances.

You can find out a variety of information about the official Atlanta Falcons cheerleaders through their website.

In 2006, Owens was fined by the NFL for spitting in the face of an Atlanta Falcons player during a game.

He played for the Atlanta Falcons football team from 1986 to 1993.

The birds are similar to those of central Europe; in the mountains vultures, eagles, buzzards, kites, falcons and hawks are found.

On the east coast the rocks form a headland (592 ft.) called the Noup of Noss ("the peak of the nose"), once the source from which falcons were obtained for the royal mews.

Two species of vultures, twenty-three of falcons and eight of owls represent the birds of prey.

Among the larger birds are cranes, herons, the ibis, storks, eagles, vultures, falcons, hawks, kites, owls, the secretary birds, pelicans, flamingoes, wild duck and geese, gulls, and of game birds, the paauw, koraan, pheasant, partridge, guinea fowl and quail.

The addiction of the Franks in later centuries to the chase is evidenced by the frequency with which not only the laity but also the clergy were warned by provincial councils against expending so much of their time and money on hounds, hawks and falcons; and we have similar proof with regard to the habits of other Teutonic nations subsequent to the introduction of Christianity.

The most important are eagles, kites, vultures, falcons, owls, horn-bills, cranes, pheasants (notably the argus, fire-back and peacock-pheasants), partridges, ravens, crows, parrots, pigeons, woodpeckers, doves, snipe, quail and swallows.

Wolves and foxes are found alike in the coldest and hottest parts of the earth, as are closely allied species of falcons, owls, sparrows and numerous genera of waders and aquatic birds.

Birds are very numerous, including no fewer than 4 varieties of crows, 5 of warblers, 7 of woodpeckers, 8 of buntings, 4 of falcons, and 5 of eagles; while among the hosts of waterfowl which people the marshes of the Danube are 9 varieties of ducks, and 4 of rails.

Falcons are represented by a score of species, at least, several of them nocturnal.

The carrion hawks are represented by the Polyborus tharus, popularly called the " caracara," and the Phalcobaenus carunculatus; the falcons by the Aesalon columbarius; and the kites by the Gampsonyx swainsoni.

Sayyar to collect a rich present of horses, falcons, musical instruments, golden and silver vessels and to offer it to the caliph in person, but before the present was ready the news came that Walid had been murdered.