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perched
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perchedadjective
Situated as if balancing above something.
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Perched
of Perch
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of perched in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of perched in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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I have never seen anything like it before. The squirrel had its paw raised and the bird had its beak wide open, it was like they were going to have a fight. Karen Crawford, 59, captured the face-off as the pair appeared to be having a row over a handful of nuts on a tree trunk. In the shot, the red squirrel is perched vertically on a tree stump with its paw in the air, as the bird sits on the other side with its beak wide open. (Credit: SWNS) Perhaps even more remarkable, Crawford admitted she did not even realize she took the photos until she got home. I thought wow when I got home and saw the picture and the reaction I have had to it has been really strong.
Flying into Saba is extraordinary, you approach the mountainous island towering out of the sea, to see an impossibly tiny runway appear perched on a cliff.
It's a beautiful space, but if you got out there you would say,' well, how could you live out here, perched up over the marsh, and if you do, what happens when a storm comes ?' that's the danger of living out there.
These birds are talking a lot, and they have definitely perched in places where they can see Jack and Reetah, the two bald eagles in our Eagle Canyon habitat.
He had crossed over a metal railing to get closer to the cliff edge where he lost his footing and fell in, park officials immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the Hawaii County Fire Department and around 9 p.m. local time search and rescue located the man. He was seriously injured, perched on a narrow ledge 70 feet from the cliff edge.
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