Sentences with phrase «rest during migration»

For some species, including Wilson's phalarope, eared grebe and American avocet, at least half of their global populations rely on this network of saline lakes for food and rest during migration.

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Indian societies like that of the Eskimos or the nomadic tropical tribes enacted great life - cycle rituals wherein the elderly would be set adrift on ice floes or would fail to ford the swift river with the rest of the tribe during a migration back to the mountains.

While resting on salty inland lakes and along seashores during its winter migration from the Arctic to the west coast of South America, the red - necked phalarope has been spotted spinning in circles for minutes at a time.

During their foraging migrations, they dive into the water repeatedly and continuously to find food, never stopping to rest or sleep for months at a time.

Pismo State Beach is also known for its remarkable Monarch Butterfly Grove, where tens of thousands of the elegant, black - and - orange butterflies stop to rest during their annual migration.

Platypus Bay is where the whales rest with their newborn calves on their migration south during July to October each year.

It also provides a feeding and resting area for large flocks of waterfowl and osprey during migration.

It is an important habitat for nesting as well as a rest stop for shorebirds during migrations.

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