Sentences with phrase «frigatebirds while»
To record brain activity, the team attached a small device to the heads of frigatebirds while they were still on land.
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With help from mid-ocean air currents, frigatebirds can stay airborne for up to 63 days — and it seems they're able to snooze while soaring
Three of the five extant species of frigatebirds are widespread, (the magnificent, great and lesser frigatebirds) while two are endangered (the Christmas Island and Ascension Island frigatebirds) and restrict their breeding habitat to one small island each.
Cormorants, black hawks, and frigatebirds flit in and out of the shadows while pink flamingos create a vivid backsplash.
In the evenings, we watched the boobies come in to roost, while the magnificent frigatebirds harassed them for their food.
A stunning secluded local beach well off the tourist trail, we snorkeled close enough to touch enormous sea turtles, were slapped around under water by playful sea lions, and swam through schools of sharks, rare coral, and colorful fish while blue - footed boobies and frigatebirds circled overhead.
As predicted, the frigatebirds were found to use USWS while flying, leaving one eye open as they circled over the ocean.