It is a very pretty bird in its dazzling white plumage, and is more active and social in its habits than most Herons, being usually seen in small flocks, and often associates with Ibises and other aquatic species.
This Patagonian Goose migrates northwards in winter, and appears on the Rio Negro and in the Buenos-Ayrean pampas in May, usually in small flocks, but sometimes as many as one or two hundred are seen together.
It lives in small flocks, which fly away screaming when approached.
It is usually seen in small flocks of from half a dozen to twenty individuals, which all feed near together, wading up to their knees and sweeping their long flat beaks from side to side as they advance.
It goes in small flocks of five or six individuals, running along the main boughs of the trees.
Small flocks of macaws were stirring about the topmost branches of the trees.
In their wild state this species is found throughout Europe and the north of Asia, flying in small flocks, and returning in March in great flights.
After breeding time they assemble in small flocks of ten or twelve.
Not infrequently seen singly or in small flocks, but very difficult to kill.
The "catala" is usually met with in small flocks either in forest or fields; its presence is proclaimed by the conspicuous white plumage and harsh note.
When not occupied in disbudding fruit-trees, Bullfinches are most frequently observed in tall and thick hedges, either in small flocks as described above, or in pairs.
In some regions the birds arrive singly, but retire in small flocks.
When they have recuperated their energies, they return, and reunite in small flocks.
D'Orbigny found them in small flocks, occupying the hot woods at the foot of the Bolivian Alps, and perching so high upon the branches as to render their capture difficult.
We know little or nothing of this bird beyond the fact that it inhabits some parts of Brazil, and is generally found in small flocks in the vicinity of woods and forests, or occasionally living solitarily or in pairs.
For the greater part of the year, these little songsters live in pairs, but during their short excursions they congregate in small flocks, which fly about the neighbourhood on the most amicable terms.
Once or twice, when for some mysterious cause the autumnal migration has been delayed long past its usual time, I have seen them unite in small flocks; but this is very rare.
This species migrates as far south as Buenos Ayres, and appears in spring, in small flocks or parties of three or four birds, in the woods on the shores of the Plata.
Burmeister tells us this species is not uncommon near Parana, where it occurs in small flocks on the river-bank, and is often seen on the stones at the river's edge.
It is a migratory species, which appears in Buenos Ayres in small flocks in summer.
It is a most difficult creature to approach, for it lives in small flocks, which always post a sentry to keep careful watch while they are feeding.
Ostriches live in the great desert plains of Africa, where they are mostly found in small flocks.
Except during the nesting season it is found in small flocks, and both by day and by night two of the party act as sentinels and stand always on the watch, ready to give the alarm at the first sign of danger.
These goats are most numerous in the ranges of British Columbia, where they are found in small flocks of from three or four to twenty.
The first knots that come are generally in small flocks, but they soon mate and scatter to their nesting places, only a few coming together from time to time near the favorite feeding places.
Not a day passed without my seeing them feeding in small flocks; but they were very wild, rising with shrill cries when one approached within a quarter of a mile of the mud flats on which they were feeding.
They live insmall flocks on the banks of rivers and on the sea-coast.
They visit all the coasts of Europe in small flocks, incessantly on the move.
They live in small flocks, except during the breeding season.
In the month of November it reaches France in small flocks, to remain till the spring.
To other spaces, where there are no suitable trees, they are daily visitors; and lately I have been amused to see them come in small flocks to the coal deposits of the Great Western Railway at Westbourne Park.
The only wild birds at present, after the sparrows, are the starlings that come in small flocks, and a few occasional visitors.
In February and March they begin to reappear in small flocks, and gradually scatter over the whole area of the metropolis, each pair going back to its old nesting-hole.
In winter large or small flocks can be found in many varied situations.
These are active, strong-winged fliers moving singly or in small flocks, often high in the air.
The Minivets, 39-41 Minivets are brightly coloured little birds, which usually go about in small flocks, picking insects from off the leaves of trees.
An untidy-looking bird, which goes about in small flocks of half a dozen, feeding on the ground; very noisy; flight feeble.
Very thick bill, white throat and rump, and a note like the twitter of the sparrow; usually seen in small flocks.
On April 10, in the morning, they commenced moving in small flocks in diverging lines toward the northwest part of Van Buren County, Mich.
Cleverly used, it was very successful in calling pigeons feeding in small flocks to alight.
Until 1890 frequent reports were recorded of pigeons seen singly, in pairs and in small flocks.
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