Sentences with phrase «heron rookery»

The Okarito Lagoon is home to the only white heron rookery in the Southern Hemisphere and locals are proud of the 150 species of bird that breed in the region.

Tracy Brook, whose prominent natural features include two beaver dams and an active lodge as well as a heron rookery, is named for the stream that flows through the wildlife sanctuary before emptying into Richmond Lake.

The sanctuary is home to a great blue heron rookery, and bald eagles have been known to nest there, as the once - endangered national symbol continues its inspiring rebound.

A favorite loop trail brings visitors into the sanctuary past the power lines to heron rookery and then toward the exposed rock outcrops where porcupine live.

This spectacular land contains vernal pools, forested upland, and freshwater wetlands including an active heron rookery and a beaver pond that provide habitat for several unusual species.

They were familiar with the heron rookery, stopping frequently on the side of the road with binoculars.

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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).

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).