Sentences with phrase «on migration routes»

Skyscrapers, power transmission lines, vehicles and other existing human artifacts / activities are much more lethal to birds than are wind turbines — at least, since small turbines sited on migration routes have become a thing of the past.

Gray whales also pass through the Southern California Bight on their migration routes, typically migrating very close to land.

Certain points on migration routes are known as «eider passes.»

Santa Barbara, being quite low on the migration route, has the wonderful opportunity to view these whales on their way south and back north throughout the first several months of the year.

With our amazing location on the edge of the Pacific Rim National park we are fortunate to have over 100 different river systems of fish cruising right passed our front door on the migration route back to their respective rivers.

The water around Constance Moofushi is also on the migration route of mantas, whale sharks, dolphins and sea eagles.

Yunquera is on the migration route between Europe and Africa and there are many unusual varieties of birds to be seen, including eagles, kites and vultures.

Moreover, thanks to its geographical position, the island is on the migration route of birds, offering an amazing spectacles to admire.

Between May - August you might be lucky to see the passing Dwarf Minke Whales on their migration route, the only place in Australia where they are visible (on the outer reef cruise from Port Douglas).

Not exact matches

Social networking connects the Eritrean child with his cousin in the Netherlands, and then again with potential smugglers, gaining precious information on the best migration routes, incumbent risks and the cost involved in advance.

Roads break up habitats and block migration routes, but as our species continues to expand, some researchers are asking which is better for wildlife: more traffic on fewer roads or less traffic on more roads?

The wildebeest migration is the largest terrestrial migration on the planet, and others of its kind have largely disappeared as humans have killed off animals or cut off their migration routes.

New genomic data suggest that the first human settlers on the Scandinavian peninsula followed two distinct migration routes.

GPS tracking devices on 17 birds showed that the landfill life might mean up to 100 - kilometer round - trips to feed — healthy distances, but far shorter than their historic migration routes.

Mirsky: This map that shows the migration routes, if you're ever on an airplane and there's the airplane magazine, the airline magazine and at the back it shows the different routes.

Horton found that important locations on each species» migration — where they stopped or changed direction, for instance — were characterised by ratios of declination to inclination that were «dyadic» fractions of the value at the start of the migration route.

At the Natural History Museum in London, for example, Chris Stringer, an expert on modern human origins, continues to lean toward a terrestrial migration route out of Africa.

Using data on all the ultralight - trained birds» spring and fall migrations from 2002 to 2009, the researchers found that neither genetic relatedness nor gender had any effect on the whooping cranes» tendency to stay on the shortest migratory route.

Not only will that add to the competition for water, but environmentalists also worry that dams like the controversial project on the Madeira River in western Brazil will block the flow of nutrient - bearing sediments and fish migration routes.

Some 32 % of deaths occurred outside these zones — including on unprotected migration routes — but during the times of year that the SMAs would be in effect.

Students simulate the passing on of genetic markers and make connections to ancient human migration routes.

[39] More than 300 species of birds have been observed in Point Loma, which lies on the Pacific Flyway migration route.

This superb lodge, in a spectacular location, just outside the Masai Mara Game Reserve, in Koyiaki Group Ranch, is directly on the wildebeest migration route, near the two most famous Mara River crossing points.

It's a haven for rare birds on their annual migration route, and anyone with an interest is likely to be in their element with a pair of binoculars and a camera.

From tribes to chains; from community to cargo; from farms to ships to plantations; from South to North; from slavery to freedom - the migration routes of black people from Africa to America form the subject of Betye Saar's new series, Migrations / Transformations, scheduled to be on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery from September 8 to October 28, 2006.

His work on show at Galerie Lelong's space, in turn, deals with migration routes towards Europe.

In the long run, much of the economic growth of developed economies is likely to involve less energy - intensive sectors because of demand - side factors such as 1) the amount of stuff people can physically manage is limited (even with rented storage space), 2) migration to areas where the weather is more moderate will continue, 3) increased urbanization and population density reduces energy consumption per capita, 4) there is a lot of running room to decrease the energy consumption of our electronic devices (e.g., switching to clockless microprocessors, not that I'm predicting that specific innovation), 5) telecommunication will substitute for transportation on the margin, 6) cheaper and better data acquisition and processing will enable less wasteful routing and warehousing of material goods, and 7) aging populations will eventually reduce the total amount (local plus distant) of travel per person per year.

An in - depth discussion on the McGuinty Liberals» irresponsible handling of important bird areas, migration routes and sensitive wildlife areas in siting Industrial Wind Turbines.

A: Well, we had always wanted to list caves that were on healthy mastodon migration routes.