Sentences with phrase «of island birds»

Conservation of island birds: case studies for the management of threatened island birds.

In addition to the ponies, which are spotted regularly along the Assateague Island National Seashore, there are enormous populations of island birds including the Great Blue Heron, American Oystercatchers, and the Snowy Egret.

Soak up the tropical sun poolside within the privacy of lava rock walls, dine al fresco to the serenade of island birds, compare one spectacular Kauai sunset after another beyond distant ocean views and explore nearby beaches.

We will sleep to the rhythm of the ocean and awaken to the sweet sound of island birds.

All surgeries are being performed by Dr. Frank Scandaglia, owner of Island Bird, Cat & Dog Veterinary Group, Castleton Corners.

Passive recovery of an island bird community after rodent eradication.

Not exact matches

Dutch sailors discovered the bird on the island of Mauritius in the 17th century.

They chose the color of the feet of the blue - footed booby, a bird that lives in the Galapagos Islands.

Some 787 miles east of South Iwo Jima, Marcus Island, or as the Japanese call it, Minami - Tori - shima, meaning «Southern Bird Island,» is the southernmost island under Japanese governance and within the Japanese economic securityIsland, or as the Japanese call it, Minami - Tori - shima, meaning «Southern Bird Island,» is the southernmost island under Japanese governance and within the Japanese economic securityIsland,» is the southernmost island under Japanese governance and within the Japanese economic securityisland under Japanese governance and within the Japanese economic security zone.

If we ask why birds on one isolated island have beaks different from those on others, the Darwinian answer is that they have adapted to the size and other features of edible seeds where they live.

By Leyla Loued - Khenissi The Island of Mauritius is located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.It was once the home of the now - extinct dodo bird.

According to Austus Mosley, owner of the Hawaiian Pepper Company on Maui, the Mexican peppers soon spread through the islands by a heat - seeking bird called the Japanese Whiteye.

There, you can read about Hispaniola's great biodiversity, including 30 endemic bird species; the importance of the island to birds that winter and migrate through the West Indies and breed in North America; and the critical role of shade coffee in preserving habitat on an island with a very high level of deforestation.

In fact, some of these birds travel island to island, dispersing seeds as they feed.

He found that finches (which are a species of bird) varied in different ways depending on what Island they lived on.

Jungle Island — The original Parrot Island was one of the first tourist attractions in the Miami area, and now the 22 artificial fertilizer - and - pesticide - free acres is home to a variety of animals and birds — most notably Hercules, a 900 - pound liger, that is a cross between a lion and a tiger.

With the exception of the guests of the island's small number of hotels, the population seems largely to consist of the graceful Fregata magnificens, or frigate bird.

After 37 years of birding at Plum Island, David feels he has come home to Mass Audubon, a great place to work to protect and celebrate nature, and where we can help mobilize our society to ensure a verdant future.

Nourishment of Dead Neck will 1) restore acres of open sand habitat for nesting birds, 2) provide a sand source to widen the Nantucket Sound beach over approximately 5 - 10 years, and 3) protect the island from breaching.

The Joppa Flats Education Center established its Bird Banding Station on Plum Island, part of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, in May 1998.

Although the district, which also serves portions of Rolling Meadows and Arlington Heights, can do little to keep the birds away, it does plan to take measures to bring back the native prairie grass and shrubs it planted on the island.

The newly landscaped island, complete with a scenic waterfall, has become a nesting ground for Canada geese and a vegetarian delight for up to 55 of the birds, according to a report to the Park District Board on Tuesday night.

«What's so amazing about [Northerly Island] is you stand on the island and you face the lake, you're surrounded by native plants, birds, sounds of crashing waves,» said Gia Biagi, director of planning and development for the park disIsland] is you stand on the island and you face the lake, you're surrounded by native plants, birds, sounds of crashing waves,» said Gia Biagi, director of planning and development for the park disisland and you face the lake, you're surrounded by native plants, birds, sounds of crashing waves,» said Gia Biagi, director of planning and development for the park district.

Entitled Highlands and Islands of New England: A Bird's - Eye - View, the 2018 Birders Meeting will featured introductory remarks by Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton, followed by a keynote address by renowned birding expert and international guide Victor Emanuel.

Attendees will learn much about the behaviors of birds and great places to observe them, from coastal destinations such as Cuttyhunk Island and Massachusetts and Maine's Machias Seal Island to the mountains of the Northeast and the great boreal forests that stretch from northern New England into Canada.

Hundreds of competitors comprising 24 teams will focus their binoculars and scopes on birds they spot from the Cape and Islands to the Berkshires.

As the conference title suggests, participants will learn about both high - elevation habitats and low - lying coastal islands that attract a suite of breeding, migrating, and wintering species — and thus also provide exciting birding opportunities.

This would be the first collection of the birds on the ground of Staten Island University Hospital.

Biologist Eric Powers, who volunteers at the Clark Botanic Garden, says that it is especially important to use natural remedies, such as bats, because past pesticide use nearly wiped out certain species of birds on Long Island.

While Savo Brothers claimed the names chosen by the borough president were «an abuse of [his] discretion,» according to court documents, Minardo ruled Thursday that «it is within Oddo's discretion to decide if the street names of the residents of the Borough of Staten Island should reflect greed, a Lazy Bird or a fallen hero.»

Buffalo's Bird Island Pier, that ribbon of concrete and steel that extends from the south end of Broderick Park at the foot of West Ferry Street to the Peace Bridge and beyond, is going to get a major facelift.

(WBEN) Despite a steady drizzle, new views of the Niagara River, the Bird Island Pier, Canada and the Peace Bridge were in the spotlight Tuesday morning as Congressman Brian Higgins celebrated the completion of a new trail project that includes a pedestrian bridge over the NYS Thruway, echoing the...

(WBEN) Despite a steady drizzle, new views of the Niagara River, the Bird Island Pier, Canada and the Peace Bridge were in the spotlight Tuesday morning as Congressman Brian Higgins celebrated the completion of a new trail project that includes a pedestrian bridge over the NYS Thruway, echoing the bridge to Canada nearby.

Dietl made time to lambaste incumbent Mayor de Blasio as «Big Bird» and blasted Hizzoner's handling of issues like the homeless, Rikers Island and... dinner reservations.

By 2100 they will be beyond the reach of 70 % of king penguins, meaning these birds will need to rapidly colonize new islands or their population will decline.

Tipped off by evidence of bird poop in satellite images, researchers have now confirmed there are more than 750,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the Danger Islands just off northeastern Antarctica, BBC reports.

«The abundance of fossils, the presence of young birds among the fossils, and the evolution of a shorter wingspan in the Eastern Bluebird all suggest that these birds did not migrate to the island but were a resident population.

Unlike many bird species that are now extinct on the Earth's small islands, the Eastern Bluebird and the Hispaniolan Crossbill disappeared long before the first people arrived, uncoupling their extinction from human actions, such as the introduction of new predators and habitat loss for agricultural use.

The birds die of starvation and go extinct on that island.

If an island has lots of birds, coconut crabs will find it hard to colonise, as they start off small and vulnerable.

Just 4 kilometres away on the larger island of Skyros, there are plenty of predatory snakes, mammals and birds to keep lizard numbers down.

An ornithologist at the University of Rhode Island who studies the physiological changes that birds undergo to migrate has found that the capacity of a bird's gut to change with environmental conditions is a primary limiting factor in their ability to adapt to the rapidly changing climate.

The Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) and Hispaniolan Crossbill (Loxia megaplaga) were among 17 species of birds that were found on the Bahamian Island of Abaco during the last Ice Age, but that no longer live there today.

Most famously, when he crossed the narrow but deep channel between the islands of Bali and Lombok, he discovered strikingly different sorts of birds and other animals.

The islands are occupied mainly by plants, reptiles, and birds, with only sea lions and a few thousand human residents — currently living in the 3 percent of the region that isn't protected national parkland — to represent the mammals.

Dave Kelly from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, and colleagues compared how the plant fared on the North Island with its survival on three smaller islands where these birds live still.

As developers carved the canyons into suburban lots, leaving behind islands of isolated brush, Soulé was alarmed enough to investigate that theory, and he sent students to compile data on the disappearance of birds from 37 forlorn chaparral islands.

Eben Paxton of the U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and colleagues looked at population trends for seven species of native forest birds living on Kauai's Alakai Plateau, the eroded crater of a long - extinct volcano.

Laidre suspects that the coconut crabs act as a «ruler of the atoll,» keeping ground - nesting bird species from finding homes on crab - filled islands.

But sometimes I've been doing expeditions with colleagues here to understand the ecology of some of the species and islands is one of the areas that I have been very interested to understand, the life history of birds both marine and terrestrial in islands.