Sentences with phrase «largest sea bird»

The Southern Ocean is home to several species that are near extinction, including the albatross, a large sea bird that in ancient folklore was believed to carry the souls of dead sailors.

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4c) let there be LIGHT (1 - 4 all the first day) 5c) God next creates the heavens (what we call the sky) above (2nd day) 6c) dry land appears as the oceans form (3rd day) 7c) green plant life appears on land (3rd day also) 8c) the cloud cover left over from the billions of years of rain finally condenses enough that a visible moon and sun can be seen from the earth's surface through the clouds (4th day) 9c) God creates sea life including fish and birds (5th day) 10c) God creates cattle and beasts (large land animals)(6th day) 11c) God creates man.

Gracefully gliding 15,000 feet above sea level, the California condor is the largest flying bird in North America.

The coat of arms depicts two animals: the tawny eagle (Aquila rapax, a very large bird that lives in the savannas and deserts [citation needed]; 35 % of Ghana's landmass is desert, 35 % is forest, 30 % is savanna) and the lion (Panthera leo, a big cat); a ceremonial sword, an heraldic castle on an heraldic sea, a cocoa tree and a mine shaft representing the industrial mineral wealth of Ghana, and a five - pointed black star rimmed with gold representing the mineral gold wealth of Ghana and the lodestar of the Ghanaian people.

Mesopelagic fish serve as a food source for a large variety of marine animals, including tuna, swordfish, dolphins, seals and sea birds.

Along the way, we meet creatures such as the Bornean bristlehead, a single - species family that inhabits the high canopy in deep rainforest; the helmet - billed vanga, with a beak that looks like it is made from blue plastic; and Odontopteryx, which, cruising Miocene seas on wings spanning up to 5 metres, was one of the largest flying birds ever.

But no one had seen large numbers of them in action until 2007, when Benoit - Bird — an Oregon State University oceanographer — found a way to use sonar to probe the 3,000 - foot depths of the squid's stomping grounds in the Sea of Cortez.

With this «EM Bird,» the team discovered that large tracts of Arctic sea ice are now only three feet deep — half the thickness of a mere six years ago.

An unusually large number of birds were found starving and dead in the sea.

They're plentiful in the ocean, with an estimated biomass of 379 - million tons (a biomass significantly larger than humans» estimated 100 - million tons), and they're a popular meal item for sea animals like whales, birds and other fish, placing them solidly at the bottom of the ocean's food chain.

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Investigating preferred habitats, discussing pros and cons of the reintroduction of the White - tailed Eagle The White - tailed Eagle, often referred to as Sea Eagle, is the largest bird of prey in the UK with a wingspan of 2.5 metres.

In the zoo and aquarium community, she has trained a wide variety of species, including beluga whales, Pacific white - sided dolphins, Alaskan sea otters, harbor seals, river otters, penguins, primates, large cats, reticulated giraffes, birds of prey, horses, parrots, macaws, tree kangaroos, red pandas, and dogs.

With as much as 40 % of the countryÂ's overall area protected under wildlife sanctuaries, marine reserves and national parks, the country is a haven for a large variety of birds, mammals and sea creatures.

The local, open - water Oceanario Aquarium in Isla Rosario offers a magnificent display of dolphins, sea rays, seals, and sharks while Isla Grande, the largest island, has a private bird sanctuary.

Xanadu Island Resort, located at Ambergris Caye overlooking the second largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea, offers an array of complementary activities, such as kayaking, bird watching, paddle boarding, and bicycle rentals.

There are 140 land birds and 11 land mammal species; three amphibian and five reptile species; a large colony of nesting sea birds, breeding seals and sea lions and other diverse marine animals and plants.

The largest coral cay in the region, North West Island is part of the Capricornia Cays National Park and offers campers tropical forest walks, nesting sea birds and all the diving you could ask for.

Keep an eye out for marine life including whales, flying fish, sea birds & large pods of Hawaii dolphins.

View the majestic Hamakua Coast from boat for exclusive views of the best Hawaii waterfalls, with opportunities to experience marine life including whales, flying fish, sea birds & large pods of Hawaii dolphins.

En route to Pinzon you pass by Nameless Island, which is in the middle of a large Tuna run that often attracts sea birds and other wildlife.

North Seymour Island has a large population of blue - footed boobies, frigate birds, sea lions and Land Iguanas.

This bay is a good location to spot brown pelicans, golden rays, marine iguanas, herons, lava gulls, frigate birds, Galápagos sea lions, and large numbers of blue - footed boobies, which fish by spectacular plunge diving.

Both of these narrow passages receive tidal currents of up to 6 knots (10km / h) four times a day and hence provide a rich and transient food source for all manner of inter-tidal & sub-tidal creatures, sea birds, seals, eagles, porpoises in addition to the larger mammals.

Especially the late August and September trips as this is when we large numbers of Steller sea lions usually return to the area from their remote breeding rookeries, high numbers of sea birds congregate in the area, and humpback whales become more surface active as they feed on small schooling fish.

[142] The repopulation effort has been successful in part because a significant portion of the birds» diet includes carcasses of large sea creatures that have washed ashore, which are unlikely to be contaminated with lead, the principal cause of the bird's mortality.

the Gulf Islands National Seashore, which stretches for 9 miles on the western tip of Santa Rosa Island to Fort Pickens and several more miles east of Portofino Island Resort, boasts the largest concentration of nesting sea turtles and shore birds.

The large lounge / dining area has sweeping sea and bushland views surrounded by areas abounding in birds and native animals.

The frigatebird is a large species of sea - bird that has an enormous wingspan that often exceeds two meters in length.

Placencia measures approximately 16 miles north to south but is just half a mile wide, its western shore a large, mangrove - lined lagoon teeming with wildlife and birds and the Caribbean Sea as its eastern shore.

The Sea Lion, sister ship of the Sea Bird, can reach places inaccessible to larger ships due to its small size, yet it comfortably accommodates 62 guests in 31 outside cabins with windows, private facilities, and climate controls.

Known as one of Tropical North Queensland «s most scenic beaches, Etty Bay is truly where the rainforest meets the sea and it's where you can spot Australia's largest flightless bird, the Southern Cassowary.

The Sea Bird, sister ship of the Sea Lion, can reach places inaccessible to larger ships due to its small size, yet it comfortably accommodates 62 guests in 31 outside cabins with windows, private facilities, and climate controls.

Here you view sea lion colonies, Inca terns, Humboldt penguins, and large flocks of gannets, pelicans and other birds which live off the rich marine resources of the Humboldt current.

It features the largest seabird gathering site in the world, with more than 14 million birds from 22 species, nearly all of the remaining endangered Hawaiian monk seals, Hawaiian green sea turtles and Laysan albatrosses.

For more on the terrestrial foods topic, see my detailed discussion in this previous post, and this recent (March 30) ScienceNews report on yet another, largely anecdotal «polar bears resort to bird eggs because of declining sea ice» story (see photo below, based on a new paper by Prop and colleagues), which was also covered March 31 at the DailyMail («Polar bears are forced to raid seabird nests as Arctic sea ice melts — eating more than 200 eggs in two hours,» with lots of hand - wringing and sea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sesea ice» story (see photo below, based on a new paper by Prop and colleagues), which was also covered March 31 at the DailyMail («Polar bears are forced to raid seabird nests as Arctic sea ice melts — eating more than 200 eggs in two hours,» with lots of hand - wringing and sea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sesea ice melts — eating more than 200 eggs in two hours,» with lots of hand - wringing and sea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sesea ice hype but little mention of the fact that there are many more bears now than there were in the early 1970s around Svalbard or that the variable, cyclical, AMO (not global warming) has had the largest impact on sea ice conditions in the Barents Sesea ice conditions in the Barents SeaSea).

Ambitious and epic in scale, FROZEN PLANET will reveal an astonishing world filled with more creatures, variety, color and spectacle than ever imagined — including the birth of an iceberg bigger than the largest building on earth, a caterpillar with antifreeze in its veins, the greatest concentration of sea birds on the planet and tiny baby polar bears, who at birth are 25 % smaller than human babies.

With 5.5 million sea birds nesting in the monument every year and 14 million residing in it seasonally it is collectively the largest tropical seabird rookery in the world, and includes 99 % of the world's Laysan Albatross (vulnerable) and 98 % of the world's Black - footed Albatross (endangered).

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