I'd love room on the higher floor so I can have a birds eye view of the city.
我想要一个高层的房间，这样我就可以鸟瞰城市的景象。
We can not only have a birds-eye view of the whole city, but also have a glimpse of Shanghai's past and present.
我们不仅可以鸟瞰整个上海市，而且可以看一看上海的过去和现在。
Pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban nuisance, but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans.
人们常把鸽子视为肮脏的鸟类或是城市的公害，但他们只是众多有能力帮助人类的动物中的最新一员。
Since 1914, scientists have known that birds flying in formation—a V-shape—expend less energy.
自1914年以来，科学家们已经知道，以V字形队形飞行的鸟类消耗的能量更少。
Earlier studies have documented half brain sleep in a wide range of birds.
早些时候的研究已经记录了种类广泛的鸟类的半脑睡眠。
I have this theory that, to us the world is a flat thing we stand on, but to birds it is a cliff they cling to.
我有一种想法，就是对我们来说，世界是一个我们所站立的平坦的东西，而对鸟来说是一个它们所依靠的峭壁。
The birds are hard to observe, as they live in a region of mountainous forest, so the researchers have attached tiny cameras to the tails of some birds, as one method of investigating their behaviour.
这些鸟很难观察，因为它们生活在山区森林里，所以研究人员在一些鸟的尾巴上安装了微型摄像机，以此作为一种研究它们行为的方法。
Many birds have a remarkable homing instinct.
很多鸟类具有了不起的返回原地的本能。
I've seen the ospreys at Loch Garten, near Aviemore, and these majestic birds have been back at their nesting site for a couple of weeks now.
我在阿维莫尔附近的加滕湖看到过鱼鹰，这些雄伟的鸟已经回到它们的筑巢地几周了。
To avoid hurting the thousands of crested ibises that fly near one part of the railway, protective nets have been set up along the tracks to make sure the birds will not fly into a train.
为了避免伤害在铁路附近飞行的数千只朱鹮，铁路沿线已经设置了防护网，以确保这些鸟儿不会飞进火车。
In fact, most birds have a very poor sense of smell, so in most cases they are unable to even notice the smell of humans on baby birds.
事实上，大多数鸟类的嗅觉都很差，所以在大多数情况下，它们甚至不能注意到人类在幼鸟身上留下的气味。
The female birds have the same pattern as the males, but they are a little duller in color．
雌性鸟类与雄性鸟类有相同的图案，但是雌性鸟类的颜色更暗淡一点。
The beetle larvae have a distinct chemical make-up, which can be traced through the feathers and blood of birds that eat them.
甲虫幼虫含有独特的化学成分，从猎食它们的鸟类的羽毛和血液中可以找到这种成分的痕迹。
Canadian scientists have found a worrisome, new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.
加拿大科学家发现了一个令人担忧的新例子，证明鸟类具有四处传播东西的力量。
Ducks are birds that feed and breed in areas where there is a lot of water, but their habitats have been shrinking in recent decades because of the droughts.
鸭子是在有大量水的地方觅食和繁殖的鸟类，但近几十年来，由于干旱，它们的栖息地一直在缩小。
Raptors look quite a bit like dinosaurs but they have much more in common with birds than they do with other theropod dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus.
迅猛龙看起来有点像恐龙，但是它们与其他兽脚类恐龙比如暴龙相比，与鸟类更相似。
Six birds have just been trained to pick up rubbish at a French historical theme park.
法国一家历史主题公园训练出了六只会自己捡垃圾的鸟。
Now, a study of chick embryos shows that birds do indeed have thumb, index, and middle "fingers" in their wings.
现在，一份对鸡胚胎的研究，鸟类的翅膀的趾中确实有类似于人类拇指、食指和中指的趾的分化。
Scientists, especially in Asia, have gotten a lot better at monitoring birds, but know far less about viruses that infect the nearly one billion domesticated pigs around the world.
科学家，特别是亚洲科学家在检测禽类感染方面的技术有了长足的进步，但是对于全球十亿圈起来的猪却没什么办法。
Instead, birds have a complex network of air sacs that work like bellows to pump a constant stream of air through the lungs.
相反地，鸟类有一个复杂的肺泡结构，就像一个风箱把源源不断的空气打进肺里。
The fact that animals have keener senses than humans is well-documented.Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell, birds can migrate using celestial cues, and bats can locate food with echoes.
动物拥有更敏锐的感官被详尽的记录着，狗有非同寻常的嗅觉，鸟可以依据天空的情况进行迁徙，蝙蝠利用声波定位食物。
The fact that animals have keener senses than humans is well-documented. Dogs have a remarkable sense of smell, birds can migrate using celestial cues, and bats can locate food with echoes.
动物拥有更敏锐的感官被详尽的记录着，狗有非同寻常的嗅觉，鸟可以依据天空的情况进行迁徙，蝙蝠利用声波定位食物。
Ocean-circulation shifts, which aren't well understood, have landed more than a thousand birds in Brazil since January--many more than usual.
目前机理还未完全弄清楚的上升的洋流，自一月份开始，已经使超过一千只鸟儿登陆巴西——远远超过平常。
And modern birds, unlike their Maniraptoran ancestors, have a big toe that juts away from the other toes, which allows birds to perch.
现代鸟类不同于它们的手盗龙祖先，它们拥有突出的大趾，可以栖于枝头。
So, if we don't view birds through this we might have a different set of hypotheses.
所以，如果我们不通过这样去看待鸟类的话，我们可能会得到一套完全不一样的猜想。
What the birds really have is a clock-like mechanism which allows them to time hours of darkness or light in each day.
鸟类真正具有的是一种“似钟的装置”，使它们能从时间上区分每天黑夜或白昼的小时数。
Because once you start noticing organisms, once you have a name for particular beasts, birds and flowers, you can't help seeing life and the order in it, just where it has always been, all around you.
因为一旦你开始注意生物，你对特殊野兽、鸟类和花朵都有它们的名字，你就不由自主地观察生命并且命名它，就像它本来在的地方，我们身边。
Have you ever watched birds eating on a snowy day?
你曾经看见过鸟儿在雪天里吃食吗？
Have you ever watched birds eating on a snowy day?
你曾经看见过鸟儿在雪天里吃食吗？
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