Sentences with phrase «great gull»

Great Gull Island is owned by the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).

Great Gull Island was normally used only during summer, but I learned about a fall project studying bird migration along the Atlantic coast.

One summer, I spent 2 weeks at a field station — Great Gull Island in Long Island Sound, off the coast of Connecticut — banding terns.

Her formative years as an ornithologist were spent on Great Gull Island, NY, home to the largest colonies of Common and Roseate Terns in the North Atlantic.

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Crayfish as big as lobsters and lobsters as grand as great white sharks graced the grill as opportunity - seeking gulls hovered overhead.

The puddle ducks are in the patches of open water near shore, the mergansers farther out, and the gulls stand in a great white crescent on the ice in the center of the reservoir, folding and unfolding their wings.

Despite their aggressive, quarrelsome and omnivorous nature, Europe has seen a significant decline in herring gulls, lesser gulls and great black - backed gulls, the three largest populations.

The research, published in the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) journal Bird Study, looked at the breeding populations of three species of large gull; Herring Gull, Great Black - backed Gull and Lesser Black - backed Gull on the Hebridean island of Canna, and the relationship between these gull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of Mallgull; Herring Gull, Great Black - backed Gull and Lesser Black - backed Gull on the Hebridean island of Canna, and the relationship between these gull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of MallGull, Great Black - backed Gull and Lesser Black - backed Gull on the Hebridean island of Canna, and the relationship between these gull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of MallGull and Lesser Black - backed Gull on the Hebridean island of Canna, and the relationship between these gull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of MallGull on the Hebridean island of Canna, and the relationship between these gull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of Mallgull populations and the fall in the quantity of fish landed in the nearby harbour of Mallaig.

At the latest count around 130 pairs of gulls bred on Canna in total, comprising of up to 95 pairs of Herring Gulls, 18 pairs of Great Black - backed Gulls and 13 pairs of Lesser Black - backed Gulls.

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The figure performance of the car is already great though it has a heavy gull wing doors.

Breed restriction applies to: Pit Bull / American Staffordshire Terrier, Great Dane, Doberman Pinscher, Irish Wolfhound, Mastiff, Scottish Deerhound, St. Bernard, Irish Terrier, Leonberger, Newfoundland, Great Pyrenees, Tosa Inu, Bull Terrier, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Dogo Argentino, Boer Boel, Gull Dong, Wolf Hybrid, Chow, Husky

It is a good area for spotting the Great Blue Heron, the Virginia Rail, the Brown Pelican, the Greater Yellowlegs, and many types of gulls, egrets and terns.

Kayaking the Gulf Islands shores reveals small mammals who cruise the inter-tidal world such as mink, otters, deer and racoons, plus over a hundred species of bird life, including bald eagles, great blue herons, ospreys, gulls, cormorants and a wide array of duck species.

Invoking Hunter S. Thompson is a risky proposition for young writers, who can be gulled into thinking that chemical intake and sketchy reporting are substitutes for the gonzo great's keen insight and lacerating wit.

Fauna: Bottle - nosed dolphins, humpback whales, green iguanas, sea - hare crabs, Olive Ridley sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles, pale - billed woodpeckers, brown boobies, frigate birds, pelicans, white ibis, cormorants, great blue herons, and several species of terns, gulls and sandpipers.

The park features more than 300 species of birds including Changeable Hawk Eagle, collared Scops owl, Sirkeer Malkhoa, Bonelli's Eagle, Demoiselle Crane, Yellow Wattled Lapwing, Greater Flamingo, Brown Headed Gull and so on.

Marine and terrestrial creatures like bottle nosed dolphins, green iguanas, sea - hare crabs, pale - billed woodpeckers, brown boobies, frigate birds, pelicans, white ibis, cormorants, great blue herons, terns, gulls and sandpipers are also popular visitors.

The most common species are: Red - tailed hawk, osprey, great blue and night herons, egrets, brown pelicans, cormorants, gulls, sandpipers, frigate birds, royal terns, blue footed and brown boobies, oyster catchers, grebes, kingfishers, and hummingbirds.

That's how we finished our day in Gull Rock National Park trying to catch a great view as the magic hour was approaching.

Of course, the bird count at Wave Hill was just part of the more widespread count throughout the Bronx, whose coordinator, Michael Bochnik, told us that highlights among the more than 100 species observed in the borough were a snowy owl, great egret, laughing gull, barred owl, saw - whet owl, Nashville warbler and two orange - crowned warblers.