Sentences with phrase «nesting seabirds»

The island provides habitat for thousands of nesting seabirds including white - capped noddy terns, bridled terns, black - naped terns and silver gulls.

Spend the morning in beautiful and remote Ísafjördur, hiking, exploring by Zodiac, and watching for nesting seabirds.

The shoreline between Arch Point (northwest of Scorpion Anchorage) and the east boundary of Potato Harbor is closed to landing to protect nesting seabirds.

From your oceanfront room, you can observe nesting seabirds including the Rock's famous colony of Tufted Puffins.

Other wildlife include a variety of landbirds, 13 nesting seabird species, and unique animals like the island fox and deer mouse.

Open to the public, it towers 235 feet above the beach, and hosts flocks of nesting seabirds in the summer.

From early spring to early summer, bring your binoculars and watch nesting seabirds including the Northwest's most accessible colony of Tufted Puffins.

But instead of hunting rats, the reptiles have found it easier to prey on the eggs of ground nesting seabirds.

And in both Alaska and California, low - level flights have startled nesting seabirds so much that they have knocked hundreds of eggs and chicks out of their nests, says a report released last week.

Afterward, you'll have lunch on the secluded Fern Grotto Beach, not far from nesting seabirds and hauled - out harbor seals.

Haystack Rock Awareness Program is on the beach at many of the year's lowest tides to offer interpretive information, displays of live intertidal creatures and bird spotting scopes focused on nesting seabirds.

North East Island is the largest of The Snares and staggeringly, this one island is claimed by some to be home to more nesting seabirds than all of the British Isles together.

The middle islet and most of the western islet remain a wilderness area set aside for nesting seabirds, like the endangered California Brown Pelican.

To restore seabird habitat on these islets, restoration efforts have included removing non-native vegetation, revegetation with native plants, installation of nest boxes, and signs informing the public that the rocks are closed to protect nesting seabirds.

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

With this murre colony, Prince Island now hosts 13 nesting seabird species, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America, according to a USGS statement.

The Cliffs of Moher are also home to major colonies of cliff - nesting seabirds in Ireland, with the area being designated a national Refuge for Fauna in 1988.

Then they got busy feasting on the eggs of the island's ground - nesting seabirds and multiplying, until the spot earned the name Rat Island.

The best location is the Wick; a sheer cliff carved with ledges that are ideally suited to nesting seabirds and easily viewed from the opposite cliff.

All hikers must stay on the trails for visitor safety and to protect fragile vegetation and nesting seabirds.

From January 1 - August 14, backcountry beachcamping is closed to protect pupping seals / sealions and nesting seabirds.

January 1 - August 14 Backcountry beach camping is closed to protect pupping seals / sea lions and nesting seabirds.

With 750,000 nesting seabirds and more bald eagle nests per kilometre of shoreline than anywhere else in Canada, Gwaii Haanas is a birder's dream.

Haystack Rock is a towering 235 foot basalt sea stack that is home to tidepool creatures and nesting seabirds, such as the Tufted Puffin.

Birdwatchers can observe crowded colonies of common murres on the aptly named «Bird Rocks» off the north end of Cannon Beach and many other varieties of nesting seabirds.

According to the City of Cannon Beach's website, as many as 200,000 people visit the rock each day to see the nesting seabirds, and intertidal life.

With Haystack Rock, a National Wildlife Refuge, at the edge of the shoreline, fireworks are not permitted on the beaches to protect the nesting seabirds and natural environment, but you can watch another unique colorful aerial display, puffins nesting on Haystack Rock!

Cuyler Harbor offers exceptional seabird viewing thanks to Prince Island that hosts 13 nesting seabirds, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America.

With this murre colony, Prince Island now hosts 13 nesting seabirds, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America.

Hikers must stay on trails to protect fragile vegetation and nesting seabirds and for visitor safety.

All of the pinnipeds and nesting seabirds are protected by various laws and we will coach you on how to view them without disturbing them.

Santa Cruz: The shoreline between Arch Point (northwest of Scorpion Anchorage) and the east boundary of Potato Harbor is closed to landing to protect nesting seabirds.

Caldey — along with its uninhabited neighbor, St Margaret's Island — is one of the best places in Wales to see large colonies of nesting seabirds, including cormorants, razorbills and puffins, for a few months each year.

At Anacapa, rats prey upon chicks and eggs of nesting seabirds, including Xantus» murrelet and ashy storm - petrels.

Peregrine Falcons and Bald Eagles hunt the nesting seabirds and waterfowl that migrate along the coast.

Despite its small size, South Plaza is home to a large number of species, including a large population of sea lions, a healthy population of land iguanas — some of the smallest in the islands, numerous marine iguanas, and cliffs full of nesting seabirds, such as Swallow - tailed Gulls, Red - billed Tropicbirds, Audubon's Shearwaters, Nazca Boobies, and several other species.

Nesting seabirds, including Common Murres, Tufted Puffins, Pigeon Guillemots, and Brandt's, and Pelagic and Double - crested Cormorants arrive on coastal rocks and islands for breeding in the spring.

Nesting seabirds have covered the island completely with white dung.

An abundance of nature including nesting seabirds and humpback whales, also seasonal, brings nature to your doorstep.

The enormous rock stands guard 235 feet above the beach and provides an essential home for nesting seabirds and a wide variety of other marine creatures in the tidal pools below, which you can reach on foot during low tide.

The State of Hawai`i and the Kure Atoll Conservancy have been engaged in an active campaign to rid the island of the invasive weed golden crownbeard so that it offers higher quality habitat for nesting seabirds.

The rich rockfish assemblage of the deep - water Cordell Bank, a quarter million nesting seabirds of the islands of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, the Humpback and Blue Whales frequenting the coast of Monterey, the lush kelp forest ecosystems of the Channel Islands: these are all part of our National Marine Sanctuary.

The habitat restoration efforts have already seen big successes in boosting numbers of nesting seabirds, and it is only a matter of time, a few worn pairs of gloves, and the efforts of some very dedicated people.