poorwill造句

• One species, the common poorwill, even enters a state of hibernation.
• The common poorwill frequently takes prey off of the ground or by leaping into the air from the ground.
• Although hibernation is almost exclusively seen in mammals, some birds, such as the common poorwill, may hibernate.
• Remarkably, the common poorwill is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods ( weeks to months ).
• The Twins danced such dances as the Dance of the Poorwill, the Weasel and the Armadillo and they are able to bring things back to life.
• In cold or inclement weather, several nightjar species can slow their metabolism and go into torpor, notably the common poorwill, which will maintain that state for weeks.
• The nest of the common poorwill is a shallow scrape on the ground, often at the base of a hill and frequently shaded partly by a bush or clump of grass.
• Among the more impressive species which have been reported are the Prairie warbler, Common poorwill, Broad-winged hawk, MacGillivray's warbler, and Swainson's warbler.
• The common poorwill, " Phalaenoptilus nuttallii ", is unique as a bird that undergoes a form of hibernation, becoming torpid and with a much reduced body temperature for weeks or months, although other nightjars can enter a state of torpor for shorter periods.
• In the Chuckwalla Mountains, naturalist Edmund C . Jaeger discovered the hibernating common poorwill . ( After his death in 1983, Jaeger's cremated remains were scattered in the same canyon . ) The location is now preserved as the Edmund C . Jaeger Nature Sanctuary.
• On each area's appointed day, luring poorwills with recorded mating calls, peering into scrubby bushes for golden-crowned sparrows and eying surf for dunlins and dowitchers will be de rigueur across the country _ all to measure bird populations and raise money from pledges of 25 cents to $ 250 per species.
• On each area's appointed day, luring poorwills with recorded mating calls, peering into scrubby bushes for golden-crowned sparrows and eyeing surf for dunlins and dowitchers will be de rigueur across the country _ all to measure bird populations and raise money from pledges of 25 cents to $ 250 per species.
• Designated a key bird watching site, bird enthusiasts can observe wild turkey, greater roadrunner, golden-fronted woodpecker, Woodhouse's scrub jay, canyon towhee, rufous-crowned sparrow and black-throated sparrow, lesser goldfinch, common poorwill, chuck-will's-widow, black-chinned hummingbird, vermilion flycatcher, scissor-tailed flycatcher, Bell's vireo and yellow-throated vireo, blue grosbeak, painted bunting, orchard oriole, vesper sparrow, fox sparrow, Harris's sparrow and Lark sparrow.
• Among the birds common to the site are Lewis's woodpecker, white-headed woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, northern flicker, gray flycatcher, loggerhead shrike, Clark's nutcracker, mourning dove, pygmy nuthatch, Steller's jay, pinyon jay, gray jay, common poorwill, green-tailed towhee, mountain chickadee, Brewer's sparrow, chipping sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, Cassin's finch, red crossbill, mountain bluebird, western bluebird, yellow-rumped warbler, and Townsend's solitaire.
• As I understand it, the things that survived the meteor were generally things that could bunker in a hole in the ground and forget the world a while . ( True, I would make a very big stretch in supposing that the ability of the Common Poorwill, shared on a nightly basis by some other species, might be ancestral ) But I'm thinking that the net evolutionary effect of having so many species starting out with a ready resort to inactivity might increase the overall number of ecological niches as a whole . talk ) 20 : 19, 19 August 2013 ( UTC)