Sentences with phrase «as egrets»

I'm sure with all the help you're getting in Haiti that he won't be as skittish as the egrets when you finally meet.

In Audubon's day spoonbills were numerous in the Gulf states from Florida to Texas, and although their rosy wings were sold commercially for fans in St. Augustine, they did not interest plumage hunters as much as the egrets whose filmy nuptial sprays were in demand.

Ten feet away, a 3 - foot alligator sits motionless as an egret lands on a post, then hops to another.It is a tiny, thriving ecosystem, but it is not a natural one.

Not exact matches

«There was also a boom in the breeding of native birds such as nankeen night heron, cormorants and the first breeding of the internationally protected Eastern great egrets since 2011, following the delivery of Commonwealth environmental water to the Yanga National Park in early 2015.

Available data demonstrate that organic management of rice paddy fields provides optimal foraging areas for birds and is beneficial to many endangered species of birds, such as the cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis), little egret (Egretta garzetta), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides), black - winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) and many others.

It is also known as the man o» war bird, and the comparison to warships is a particularly apt one — with its superior size and flight capabilities, the frigate bird harasses less agile flyers like pelicans, egrets, and cormorants until they drop their catch.

Aldo Leopold, an American ecologist, forester, environmentalist, and author of A Sand County Almanac (1949), once described this Colorado River Delta as a «milk and honey wilderness where egrets gathered like a snowstorm, jaguars roamed, and wild melons grew.»

Long - legged wading birds, like herons, egrets, ibises, storks, and spoonbills may choose nesting sites above resident American alligators, likely to take advantage of protection from nest predators such as raccoons and opossums.

Many fish, marine mammals and birds are also found in kelp forest communities, including rockfish, seals, sea lions, whales, gulls, terns, snowy egrets as well as some shore birds.

It's a feeble joke extended for over four minutes, as words are carefully chosen and arranged («tawny eagle... aerial unit», «cape buffalo... lion producers», «cattle egret... heron make up», etc.) in anticipation of the payoff of recurring audience laughter.

The creek drained into Dog River — La Rivière au Chien on the original French settlers» maps — and here the boy, called Bragg by everyone who knew him, would nudge the throttle down, boat nosing upward before easing into a plane, spray hissing around the hull, often as not startling a sleeping egret into flight.

Quiet and secluded, well preserved and kept as wild as originally, the beach is the realm of Sea Eagles, Hornbills (Kalao birds), Egrets and many other birds species.

But as we motored along the river, stopping now and then to get a closer look at the kingfishers, egrets, and other riverine birds, we came upon a commotion: two crocodiles and a hippo wrestling in the water.

Scan the skies and waters for herons and egrets (there is a lively rookery along the shoreline, near the Museum of Natural History in Morro Bay State Park), as well as a huge number of migratory waterfowl and peregrine falcons (a pair often nests on Morro Rock).

Elbert and I spotted three Jabiru Storks in the marsh grasses along the way as well as a flock of White Ibis and a variety of Hawks, Vultures and Egrets.

Other birds, such as sandpipers, egrets, and herons utilize tidal patterns, venturing out to rocks during low tide in hopes of catching prey.

Groups of spotted rays are also often seen — as are egrets and lava herons.

WILDLIFE The sites» wildlife is as follows: Bird Caye: in Northern Lagoon, red mangrove, breeding colony for egrets, herons, Anhingas, Double - crested Cormorants and White Ibis.

Scan the skies and waters for herons and egrets (there's a lively rookery along the shoreline, near the natural history museum at Morro Bay State Park), as well as a huge number of migratory waterfowl and peregrine falcons (a pair often nests on Morro Rock).

Along with them, we smile in their joy at that first unforgettable photo of our barrier reef, the sight of the majesty of an egret or hummingbird in flight or as they feel the deep bass roar of a howler monkey and the surprise of a random iguana crossing their path... the sites and sounds of Belize and Placencia greeting them at every turn.

The river's estuary is a breeding habitat for fish as well as herons, spoonbills and egrets.

Discover the canals and wetlands of Tortuguero on a private guided boat tour through Ca.o Palma Wildlife Reserve, and visit Tortuguero National Park to spot local wildlife such as the ghost monkey, tapir and egrets, and the elusive ocelot, cougar and jaguar.

Several lakes with running water and reed beds along the course add beauty and difficulty to the game, and have made the course the home of a wide variety of migratory water birds, such as ducks and egrets, while the interior of the course is home to olive and palm trees, thus creating a beautiful backdrop of vegetation with a distinctly Mediterranean flavour.

«As whales breach and spy - hop just offshore, guests can explore whalebone - littered beaches and look for herons, egrets, dolphins and spouting grays,» adds Pritchard.

As we paddled the mangrove - lined channel, flocks of snowy egrets, blue herons and cormorants lined the trees, waded in the shallow water or flew low over the water.

Around the lagoons you will find many other birds feeding on the abundant food resources that the lagoons provide, birds such as the Great Egrets, Kingfishers, Ospreys, and Black Hawks, among others.

Paint along with instructor Jane Lazenby as she demonstrates how paint a magnificent egret in acrylics.

Since taking up his hobby, Dave as joined the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers (SINWP), picking up his first Gold Award with his very first submission into the monthly competitions with a superb shot of a Little Egret in flight.

Birds like great egrets were hunted nearly to extinction; but just in the nick of time, conservation movements were sparked, as well as some of the first laws to protect birds.