Sentences with phrase «bird guano»

However, SWFs are not confined to energy resources; Asian funds reinvest general trade surpluses and, believe it or not, one of the earliest funds, in Kiribati, derives its wealth from phosphate - rich deposits of bird guano.

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To our valued customers, the reports that our birds nest soup contained guano are not true, the health department is investigating and we hope to reopen our facilities as soon as the investigation is over.

Some fish swim up rivers and die; birds sprinkle the land with their guano; and those deep - sea nutrients slowly work their way into ecosystems on land with the help of bald eagles and bears and the like.

Birds play an important role in a wide variety of ecosystems as both predator and prey, in controlling insect populations, pollinating and seed dispersal for many plants, and in releasing nutrients on to land and sea in the form of guano.

Bird Watching from the Beach Just off Rodeo Beach, Bird Island's white, guano - covered crags are thronged with cormorants, gulls, and pelicans, which can be watched from shore.

WARNING: Western Gulls Nesting on Anacapa Island From April Through Mid-August During this time, visitors will encounter seabird rookery conditions: guano, strong odor, constant noise, bird carcasses, and birds protecting their territory.

These birds nest on the ground in shallow depressions that they meticulously clean and keep ringed with white guano, or excrement.

West of the coast of Pisco & Paracas lies the Ballestas Islands, a poor man's version of the Galapagos Islands with flocks of pelicans, penguins, cormorants and Peruvian boobies giving the islands another moniker — the Guano Islands, as every inch is covered with bird droppings.