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But she was amazed to see an African Grey Congo parrot perched on a water butt as she hung out washing in the garden.

Mama and Daddy came out. On the topmost branch perched a bird the size of a chicken, with scarlet feathers and long legs.

I'm wearing blue jeans and a bright red sweater, and I'm perched on the stump of a redwood tree, surrounded by a forest of the same.

Perched on top of the rock was the most miserable little shack you could imagine. One thing was certain, there was no television in there.

When I perched on the edge of the sofa in front of him, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me against his chest.

Soon afterward, the parrot flew to the magician and perched on the edge of the makeshift raft and stared at the magician. And stared.

She looked up and saw a cougar perched on the fence ready to pounce on the youngest child. Mrs. McAlister ran outside to save her children.

The young Emperor was stretched on a couch of dyed lion skins, and a ger-falcon perched upon his wrist.

As a frog sat at the bottom of a well, a little bird flew over and perched on the well's edge.

Dragon Head Cliff (Longshou Ya) is so named for its resemblance to a dragon perched and ready to take flight.

Sitting among his fellow villagers from Khapi, perched high up in the Bolivian Andes, he seems to delight in cracking jokes.

From there it was an uphill climb to the little-visited and remote Red Lahu village of Yafu, perched on the mountainside.

"Alas, " cries the cage bird, "I should not know where to sit perched in the sky. "

With the carton perched on his head, the porter led me through the vast, densely packed concourse and into the waiting salon.

He was perched uncomfortably on the canted edge of a rocker and his eyes couldn't seem to find my face.

Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff.

There she perched, and she said to the old Fox, down below, ``You may as well go home, for you can't get me. ''

Malone whirled to see a silhouetted figure standing a hundred feet away, perched where the belvedere met the cemetery wall, rifle in hand.

Perched beside the dusky, heavy-lidded Abdullatif, he looked like an egret about to snack on a lizard.

It was a laminated snapshot of Lisa as a teenager, looking adorable, with a kitten perched precariously on her head.

The dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.

As I sat perched in the second-floor window of our brick schoolhouse that afternoon, my heart began to sink further with each passing car.

A pair of spectacles was perched near the end of his nose.

All of our fancy technology and (you know) civilization sit perched atop a distressed and risky energy system.

Perched on top of a flattened mountain some 2600 metres above sea level, the VLT is the best place on Earth from which to see the universe.

"It's an industry with a great market, " says Zhao Liangling, Sunshine's director, perched on a white leather armchair in her office.

These hats are usually vivid colors with what appears to be a bird or part of a bird perched on top.

Three years ago for our first interview with her, she was a bony little thing perched on the precipice of fame.

to complete his strange appearance , captain flint sat perched upon his shoulder and gabbing odds and ends of purposeless sea - talk.

One was embroidered with a lotus and a kingfisher. The other was a phoenix, perched on a rock.

Back in his solar, Jon found the Old Bear's raven perched on the back of the oak-and-leather chair behind the 'trestle table.

And for the first time, she had a business card, which she kept perched on top of her tiny terminal at the real-estate agency.

The rooster flying up, perched himself on the branches of a tree, while the dog found a bed beneath in the hollow trunk.

Often, one killer whale pops up to identify a Weddell seal perched on an ice floe (shown), then alerts others in the area.

Perched on a plastic table on the pavement outside the Al-Fath mosque, a loudspeaker is ready to broadcast prayers to the street.

The children followed him, till at last they saw at a distance a small house; and the bird flew and perched on the roof.

When the train finally stopped, the third car was perched just a couple of inches over their heads. But the boys were safe.

One of them was perched up in a tree on the hill overlooking the stadium.

"Now I am perched on a stalk, like the flowers, " said the butterfly.

Mazzy: I. . . see. Well spoken, gypsy woman. It is almost as if Arvoreen, herself, were perched on your shoulder. . .

Then they all looked at the river and saw the Scarecrow perched upon his pole in the middle of the water, looking very lonely and sad.

A monumental Anne sits with her adult daughter perched on her lap.

Diane Kruger: The only thing she's missing are the two plastic figurines perched atop her head.

Perched on a bench near an oversize wok used to cook a mountain of white rice, she says it helps to be around neighbors.

He perched himself on the table, his hands gripping the edge of IT.

Perched on a bright yellow lily, a Scudderia katydid nymph caught Barry's eye as he strolled through a Huntington public park.

I looked over at my cat, who was perched beside me on the couch, and said, "I think she means me. "

Machu Picchu or Old Peak is the name given to the stone ruins of a pre-Columbian Incan city perched high atop the Andean peaks of Peru.

In the evenings, perched close to home, he seemed to be waiting for his brother.

Red-winged blackbirds were perched on fence posts. Farmers were out in their fields, preparing for another season.

Perched on the tendril of a Passiflora plant, the egg of the Julia heliconian butterfly may be safe from hungry ants.

Toward the end of the win over the Nets, we saw Mutombo and Jackson perched on the bench, two mounds of ice on their well-worn knees.

A male sand lizard, perched on top of a plant, catches the eye of a female with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

On the last morning I spend at his retreat, Dejian shows me his private quarters, a tiny stone cupola perched on the tip of a sheer cliff.

The queen, on a velvet chair, perched among the rags for a grim, blue-chinned portrait.

Before lessons can be drawn from critters perched on the lower rungs of the evolutionary ladder, their behaviour must first be understood.

We did just that, suffering another long spell perched on the side of this summit awkwardly holding our pads above us.

Today, he spends his days trimming wool carpets at a refugee center perched above the tranquil tea plantations of this Indian hill town.

Michael hurries back to his apartment, passing a small origami swan perched on his desk.

I found some room between cars, put my bag down and perched on top of it.

Bald Eagles are a frequent sight in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. These two eagles were perched on top of a street light post.

The sparrow perched on the branch for a moment or TWO.

The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain.

My concern was unfounded. The webcam operator enlarged the camera angle, and there was Mama Eagle perched on a nearby branch.

Workman, perched on the end of a beam, bolting together the framework of the Empire State Building, New York City, 1930.

But in launch position, the orbiter is perched on the side of its 15-story external fuel tank and flanked by two solid rocket boosters.

Peter perched a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose.

Fog lifts to reveal the island of Boreray, in the St. Kilda archipelago, perched far out in the Atlantic.

Perched on the edge of a cold, windswept dune in North Carolina, I was about to fulfill a dream I shared with Leonardo da Vinci: To fly.

Ishinomaki, Japan (CNN) -- The grandfather sits perched on a hill, staring down at the shell of an elementary school.

Perched beside the Yangtze, the "Golden River, " Chongqing symbolizes Yangtze River civilizations and is the cradle of Bayu culture.

Perched on a cliff above the blue-green sea and surrounded by mountains, it looks and feels like a remote outpost.

I assumed it was due to spending an entire afternoon, albeit a glorious one, perched on a rather hard spectator's seat.

A lady was walking down the street to work. A parrot was perched on the side-walk outside a pet store .

Liverpool are perched three points above the bottom three.

The smoke from the light, a few black crow perched on the bent tree, occasionally also issued several sound sad crow.

The caprock of the hard Slick Rock Member of the Entrada Sandstone is perched upon a pedestal of mudstone.

This means that the SETI receiver was perched permanently above the Arecibo dish at the base of the aging line feed antenna .

One night, Chuang Tzu dreamed that he was a butterfly fluttering its wings and perched on here and there happily.

Ionce met Huang Guangyu, then China's richest man, in his office perched high above Beijing.

A gray bird flew above them, above the electric wires for the street car line, and perched on the metal cornice of a roof.

Perched on a tasseled divan, swathed in silks, her face demurely veiled, this elegant Constantinople lady just might not be a lady.

This house, consisting of two parts is gently perched side saddle to the mountain ridge, joining the main slope with a rocky knoll.

Perched on a rock, Jin Tai temple is one of Zhuhai must see cultural destination.

He perched a funny little hat on his head.

We're very sorry. We'll replace the cast of the cleaning ten times as perched conditions on your laundry list.

But Iran, perched on a cushion of high oil revenues, is betting on staring them out, all the while perfecting its enriching skills.

On a cold day in Eastern Tennessee, my kayak is perched precariously atop a 16-foot waterfall known as State Line Falls.

Many Thais turned out to cheer them on or hand out bottles of water to protesters perched on pickup trucks and motorcycles.

A multipolar world has been long predicted, but has always seemed to be perched safely on the horizon.

But the wall is interrupted by a deep ditch, where pigs nose about with birds perched on their backs.

The most precious resource of all remains the ear of the CEO, the species perched right at the top of the organisational food chain.

Designed by the Singapore-based WOHA firm, this cliff-perched resort blends ecology with contemporary aesthetics and high luxury.

the main groundwater of north anchoring area is perched water with relatively less volume and the underlying sandstone is impermeable layer.

The gecko, perched on a branch, has blended itself into its surroundings so well that its coil-shaped body is hard to spot amid the foliage.

FEW European visitors to Beijing visit its ancient astronomical observatory, perched on a grey stone tower amid smoggy snarls of traffic.

Coincidentally, the last time a bat perched itself on a space shuttle tank, right before liftoff, was Wakata's first flight in 1996.

The Chin. Dept. sits perched on the side of a hill and you need to climb tens of stairs to get to the teaching building.

From here the visitor gazes out at the 17-Arch Bridge, the Jade Belt Bridge, and a lovely stone pagoda perched on a distant hill.

Bikini-clad waitresses serve drinks to guests as a DJ mixes music from a motorboat perched above the dance floor.

Pitt was spotted driving the motorbike through the city center with Jolie perched on the seat behind him Thursday in Ho Chi Minh City.

His blessing has since been appreciated by the Dwarves, as mines beneath the slopes where his talons once perched pour forth ore abundantly.

The above image was taken last week by the Opportunity rover perched at a possibly traversable slope into the 750-meter impact feature.

Perched at the summit stands the giant's four-poster bed, topped with a blue and white canopy.

Without them I would be severely disabled; with them perched on my nose, that description seems absurd.

The unique home is perched on a bluff near Lubbock, Texas, and minimizes disruption to the area by resting on top of four skinny legs.

Woman on Mars? Perched on a rock, she could be waiting for a bus.

The so-called crew exploration vehicle perched on top would look very much like an Apollo capsule, albeit larger.

There is a story about a monastery in Europe perched high on a cliff several hundred feet in the air.

In the birds perched The south lake park is the largest collection of farmers park, aquaculture, stereoscopic plantation and sightseeing.

While the residence looks to be suspended in midair, it is actually perched atop a wall of rocks and then extends off the cliff.

A company, institution, or individual must remain perched in an almost-falling state.

Squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual.

There is a park and a small, somewhat ugly church, perched on a hill and endowed by my grandfather.

Perched high above the holy city of Lhasa is the former seat of the Tibetan government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lama.

Animals of the forest were gathered around him, and birds were perched on his shoulders and arms.

The child perched the glass on the edge of the counter.

The 21, 000-square-foot main house took nearly 15 years to complete and was designed to look like a perched village.

She is sixty-two and sitting on the edge of the couch, her old acoustic guitar perched on her knee.

The onions too, once sprouted have ground to a halt, encrusted in frost, perched on the frozen soil.

NEW YORK -- Perched high above Yankee Stadium, a camera spotted a seldom-mentioned pitching technique on Sunday.

Perched above the lighted city of Catania, Italy, Mount Etna hurls a fountain of fire skyward as rivers of lava spill down its flanks .

Overcrowding and flimsy construction meant that houses perched on steep slopes were no match for the torrents.

The man on the screen had one green eye, and a cat perched on his shoulder.

Then, with his top teeth perched on his lower lip, beaver-style, Craig blows three short puffs of air.

Female Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) perched on a piece of driftwood at a beach on Nosy Anako, Madagascar.

Naturalist Peter Warshall, who owns one of the first Ecospheres, keeps it perched on his bookshelf.

The cock , flying up on a tree, perched among the branches.

"Communication" only takes place between two people who risk themselves, each lacerated and suspended, perched atop a common nothingness.

When a beaver is perched on its hind legs gnawing at trees, it uses its tail to keep a balance.

Alexander, his 23-year-old son, perched on the arm of his chair and ruffled his father's hair in farewell.

Beforelessons can be drawn from critters perched on the lower rungs of theevolutionary ladder, their behaviour must first be understood.

Feeling the shaking again, he perched on the opposite end of the sofa.

screamed 7-year-old Olivia Pringle, perched on her father's shoulders.

Xining is perched on the northern edge of the Tibetan plateau and boasts a sizable Muslim population.

About ten kilometers outside of Fuzhou stands Drum Hill, named after a large rock (now inaccessible) perched on its summit.

The tiny mouse squeezed in and perched herself on the big bear's nose.

We first notice something strange when we see Zacchaeus perched in a tree rather than seated behind his official bench in the city square.

The larger one, the one doing all the talking, had turned his chair sideways and perched himself on its arm.

The path led us to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain.

I held out some seed on my hand and a wild bird perched on my finger.

The road ended at the sweet profile of a house perched on the side of the hill, looking out over the magnifi cent and awe-inspiring view.

"The doves wept for 30 minutes, perched on the branches of a peach tree, " the Rodong Shinmun said.

The city perched on a high shelf of land - cut into clay walls that dropped sheer into the plains below.

The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside.

Perched on the plateau of an underwater mountain, 575 miles off the coast of Miami, lies the small body of land that is West Caicos island.

The hotel was perched precariously on a steep hillside.

Stars are perched atop many Christmas trees. They represent the star that played a special role in the Christmas story.

When put on the spot and asked which side he wanted to win on Saturday, Foster remained firmly perched on the fence with his answer.

There are more countries perched on the E. U. 's outer rim, eager to join, but the downturn means they are probably in for a long wait.

Drive through northern Pennsylvania and you'll see barns, cows, silos and drilling rigs perched on big, concrete pads.

The photograph shows the English sex symbol naked except for the underpants, perched on a chair with his legs spread.

At last, the bird perched on a branch of a chestnut tree.

Q: Why was the crow perched on a telephone wire?

The USGA developed sophisticated methods for sand based greens built as perched water tables.

Perched on the shoulders of the booster is the second stage, the most powerful hydrogen-fueled rocket ever built.

Jimi greets me warmly, but doesn't linger, and soon I am perched in a corner while she asks each woman in turn about her case.

"What a silly dress to be perched up there in the window of Eaton's! " she shook her head in disgust.

The village is precariously perched on the side of a very steep hill about 6, 000ft up.

"Why are you sitting there? " one shouted at a couple of men perched on the sidewalk on Saturday.

The Old Cataract Hotel is perched atop a hill overlooking the River Nile in Aswan, Egypt.

I totally envision the angel and devil routine, each one perched on my shoulders and whispering in my ear.

Would you picture a grey-bearded, elderly gentleman perched on a throne?

He was hunting less and, after feeding the nestlings, would perched alone for hours.

The birds perched upon the television aerial .

There, now, the truth is out. And I will own, that when people saw my father perched up in front of the.

"This is the womb, " he said, as we perched on the rack.

It like a wet soil perched on the slopes of the hill, field, LuanShiDui and grass in.

Cranes gather rust, still perched on top of the buildings.

Inland, in Sendai, a black mini-van perched perilously on a metal post.

A group of boys, perched precariously atop a large electric utility box, acted as back-up singers.

My Malagasy guide, Marie Razafindrasolo, finds the source of the sound perched on a branch.

"I scramble a lot, " says Cpt. Yang Jung Hwan, showing off his F16, perched in front of one of more than 100 revetements for aircraft here.

There he was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

But he didn't broach the subject until I was in my seat and he was perched on my desk.

Farmers once built houses on wooden stilts, perched on stony bluffs.

A crow who had stolen a piece of meat, perched in a tree.

The hawk was perched upon the treetop looking for prey.

Perched on the Mongolian steppe, around 1, 300m above sea level, Ulaanbaatar has often been described as the world's coldest capital city.

Perched on my windowsill, and hummed along quietly.

Beside them on the floor slept a white lamb, while a white dove perched nearby.

And they represent the principle behind a new concept for urban farming: bug-like greenhouses perched on the roofs of skyscrapers.

Japan andEurope are perched near the edge of deflation.

inquired an Angel who had perched upon a fence near by.

Today, although our hearts are aching, we need to look up where he is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon, and we need to smile.

Perched atop the vehicle were fiveLIDAR (LIght Detection and Ranging) units.

immortelles . a bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch . like stuffed.

lady lannister , you mean ? are you so eager to see the imp perched on your father ' s seat ?

This is a wonderful view at night with all of the towns perched high up on the mountains and lit up! !

The small village perched on a hill.

PIER 38 is a vast, hangar-like structure, perched on San Francisco's waterfront.

The birds perched on the television aerial.

Perched on today's range of Yangtze river valley.

Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail.

A small lizard perched on a brown stone.

You've probably seen a picture of one perched on a cliff.

There were two telephones perched on a roll-top desk in a corner of the room.

If no perched place heart, arrive where all is stray.

The birds perched on the telephone wires.

One morning, a crow flew into Della's room and perched on her bed, "Hi, Della, what are you crying for? "

He perched on a tall stool by the bar.

The birds remained Perched on the bough.

The bird perched on the electric wires.

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

In some, debris is perched in jagged branches like vultures.

eg. a cabin perched at the edge of cliff.

Today, about 3, 000 monks live in the 200 stand- ing monasteries scattered around the mainland or perched on rocky island sites.

His laptop was perched on a chair.

The bird perched on the woman's shoulder.

China'sglobal ambitions are clashing with villagers' concerns in Morococha, perched at4, 600 meters.

She perched on the arm of the sofa.

It's the old conscientious versus indulgent battle, the angel piously perched on one shoulder and the devil giggling on the other.

The birds perched high in the trees.

A tarantula's perched on my nose.

He kept track of the bids on a laptop computer perched on one knee.

Fish fish passage, that is, its regular parade route, perched together also have their own habits.

PERCHED on the edge of the English Channel, the people of Dover know all about abroad.

A raven perched high in the pine.

The crow perched at the window is large and black.

Every child is the cradle of growth, is perched on each child. I have a warm and happy and harmonious. I love my family.

That perched above the Dead Man's Creek, beside the mountain road.

We stared some more and then he stepped down from the fence he was perched upon.

One morning Jones, while waiting for the trolley bus, meets Smith, who is happily perched on a bicycle.

This room is full of birds. Birds in simulated flight, birds perched eternally on branches, bird heads, bird skins.

Perhaps since the advent of contact lenses, we don't walk around searching for the glasses we have perched on top of our heads;

When the sun is perched at it's highest peek

A bird sits perched on one of the thousands of chairs set up for the Pope's weekly speech in the Vatican City

Not cool: A toddler is seen perched dangerously on a shelf as he raids the fridge

A preliminary study on alteration of watercourse and improvement of the "secondary perched river" in the lower Yellow River

he uprighted the cub and perched him on the bed

On infiltration of the Yellow River in perched section under pumping conditions

perched on the ledge of an open window chatting with friends between classes;

When the sun is perched at its highest peak

Mobile Video Services - Perched at the Brink

The influences of perched water on building works in Shangzhan district of Yangquan

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-

I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town

A hut perched at the edge of the cliff

Penglai Pavilion perched on Danya Mountain

Perched on a green blade

The picture paints a house perched on the edge of a cliff,