Sentences with phrase «as sea gulls»

Marine birds, such as sea gulls, are able to drink salt water because their bodies have a sophisticated desalination system that extracts excess salt from their blood via glands found near their eyes and excretes it from their nostrils where it runs down grooves in their bills.

Not exact matches

The canal is a manatee - free zone, but as we veer into Mosquito Lagoon, where blue herons stalk fish in the shallows and black - headed gulls shriek overhead, I wonder if we will spot one of the elusive sea cows.

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 was love at first sight about a year ago, I was on the Amalfi Coast (see why here) in a gray and rainy day in February and there, under a gray sky in an old house perched on a rock I fell in love with the force of the sea, the blue of the waves and the slow flight of the gulls, I fell in love as rarely happens, a strong and lasting love that I still have, and that will be a part of me forever.

That sea gull was determined to make it in as many photos as he could... and then spent the rest of the day trying to steal our snacks and shoes, for some reason.

Gulls, in particular, are among the major rodent predators along the California coast, and are themselves frequent prey for sea otters who stalk them from underwater, as well as scavenging fresh gull carcasses.

[1] It is an important breeding site for northern elephant seals and the endangered Steller's sea lion, as well as several species of seabirds, including rhinoceros auklets, Brandt's cormorants and western gulls.

Parents take turns incubating a single white egg, with the at - sea parent returning after dusk to swap shifts in order to avoid predators such as the western gull or peregrine falcon.

Encounter sea birds, marine iguanas, sea turtles, Darwin's finches, mockingbirds and gulls, as well as interesting native and endemic vegetation.

Staying on the island at our camp provides you with the opportunity to be delighted by a host of other wildlife such as dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea gulls, pelicans and more often right from camp!