Sentences with phrase «backed gulls»

Scientists have observed that lesser black - backed gulls in the North Sea may be taking advantage of an increased population of a species of crab.

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 worst threat to the nesting eiders on Maine's offshore islands is the black - backed gull, or minister bird.

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 Mallaig.

The spit is host to over 90 bird species including the Black Swan, Australasian Gannet, Caspian Tern, Southern Black - backed Gull, Red - billed Gull and Variable Oystercatcher.

Not exact matches

In Merkle's in - house educational center, known as MIT («Merkle Institute of Technology»), as Nicole Gull reported in «Back to School,» employees can take and teach classes on a variety of topics, from statistics to yoga.

But as none has ever surfaced going back oh, say, at least a couple of thousand years — I'm not holding my breath, Gull.

Kittiwake Gull painting by Bee Skelton If the recipient of your gift would prefer to sit back and admire their present, this beautiful original artwork by Bee Skelton may be the perfect very special gift.

«You can see the mothers getting so annoyed... when finally she's been able to sleep, and she hasn't arched her back, and she is isn't horizontal to the surface, and her calf is sleeping next to her and then a gull comes along and BAMMO... I think the study I did in 1998 showed it took 30 minutes for them to return to normal behavior and not do this avoidance behavior.»

Back then just two percent of calves every year had to suffer at the beaks of the gulls, along with some of their mothers.

But now, 99 % of the calves have to contend with hungry gulls driving their hooked beaks deep into their backs, ripping out chunks of skin and flesh and blubber, and gobbling it up.

The Hague is a coastal city in the Netherlands where large species such as the Lesser Black - backed (larus fuscus) and Herring (Larus argentatus) gulls are considered to be a pest.

Kelp Gull harassment — they feed on skin and blubber pecked from the backs of living whales — has also increased in recent years, implicating the wounding as a potential contributing cause of the increased mortality.

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 rear hatch also wrapped into the rear roof, similar to a gull wing door so that the rear glass was in two pieces, one for the back window, and another partially on the rear roof.

According to the German luxury car builder, «For the first time in the company's history stretching back over 40 years, the Mercedes - Benz performance brand, AMG, is presenting a vehicle developed in - house... the super sports car serves up an exciting proposition with its unique technology package: aluminum space frame body with gull wing doors, AMG 6.3 Liter V8 front - mid engine developing a peak output of 563 HP and 479 lb - ft of torque and dry sump lubrication, seven - speed dual - clutch transmission in a transaxle configuration and sports suspension with aluminum double wishbones.

These parents bring back food for Puffling because «There are scary gulls out there, watching and waiting.»

In the cycloid vaults of Kahn's Kimbell building, sunlight falling through slots running the length of their apexes is cast back upward by gull wing — shaped aluminum reflectors, imbuing the curved ceilings with a silvery glow that contrasts with the galleries» warm beige travertine walls.

The problem is the facile culture of fake science fans who are gulled into proselytizing for somebody's political agenda, and all because they want to skip out on the work of understanding where the data comes from and what it actually means, while still patting themselves on the back about how intensely they love science.

Today I'd like to take you back there again, because this time they've managed to make a herring gull fly.

I think the birds that have built a nest above my front porch also think they are getting back at me for having the gull to walk in and out of my front door on a daily basis, disturbing their rest..