Sentences with phrase «small seabird»

Park officials had said they needed to get rid of the rats, which are not native to the islands, to protect several native species, particularly a small seabird called the Xantus» murrelet, whose eggs the rodents devour.

Scripps's murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi) is a small seabird found in the California Current system in the Pacific Ocean.

The Guadalupe murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) is a small seabird found in the California Current system in the Pacific Ocean.

As a bird habitat, Skellig Michael is home to a large population of gannets — 27,000 thousand pairs — as well as the storm petrel, the smallest seabird in Europe.

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Located on a peninsula near the historic Eastern Point Lighthouse, the small sanctuary is a hot spot for butterflies and seabirds at particular times of the year.

Also, since small islands seldom support rattlesnakes, coyotes or other predators of birds, they become home to large seabird colonies.

«This study provides novel insight into early life stage demographics of a long - lived seabird from the long - term study of a small and highly tractable colony.

From there we voyage northwest to a small cluster of islands that have no human inhabitants but are home to sea lions, Humboldt penguins and hundreds of thousands of seabirds, including pelicans, cormorants, Inca terns and Peruvian boobies.

The findings demonstrate the widespread reliance of seabirds on small forage fish, she says.

«These areas are home to the majority of Antarctic species — from seals and seabirds to mosses, lichens and small invertebrates, such as tardigrades and springtails.

This small mammal has the ability to affect vegetation and seabirds on these islands and was introduced across much of this region as part of the historic fox farming industry.

These small crustaceans are important organisms of the zooplankton, particularly as food for baleen whales, Mantas, whale sharks, Crabeater seals and other seals, and a few seabird species that feed almost exclusively on them.

Then there's a much smaller vessel, manned by four members of the United States Coast Guard, which much ascend these towering waves or plow straight them — the ship speeding underwater like a seabird diving for prey.

Possible over-fishing of tuna could be an indirect threat, as predatory fish herd shoals of small fish to the surface where they become available to surface - feeding seabirds (Ratcliffe 1999).

What's more, Monterey Bay's unique geology produces an area of relatively calm bay waters, where, according to Dr. Griggs, «plankton, small fish, seabirds, whales, and dolphins congregate to share in the food.»

Spitsbergen, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the North Pole are perfect for explorations by small ship cruise, and our selected itineraries get you up close to the abundant wildlife in this region: polar bears, musk ox, walrus, belugas, narwhal, killer whales, seabirds and more.

Sculptural white icebergs, ice floes and deep blue seas flank the barren, rocky coastlines, which are home to moss, lichens and small plants and an incredible abundance of marine mammals and seabirds.

Introduction The Cassin's auklet is a small, chunky seabird that ranges widely in the North Pacific.

Introduction This seabird is a small member of the cormorant family and is also known as Baird's Cormorant.

At Pelican Rocks, snorkelers are joined by diving seabirds feeding on small fish.

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.

These small, tropical islands protect nesting and roosting seabirds and shorebirds and their habitat.

More fisheries are relying on smaller prey fish such as anchoveta - with more than 10.7 million metric tons pulled in, depriving seabirds and other marine animals of food (FAO «Ten Biggest Fisheries in the World» 2006) It seems that humanity's

It is filled with numerous species of seabirds, penguins, whales, seals, fish and small zooplankton like krill.

Working with the advice of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Pew Environmental Fund, Bush selected sites that collectively harbor the world's smallest atoll (Rose Atoll - which is home to more than 500 fish species and 97 % of American Samoa's seabirds), several threatened turtle nesting beaches, the deepest ocean canyon in the world (the Mariana Trench, with its otherworldly, undersea volcanoes, acidic thermal vents, liquid sulfur, and incredibly rare life forms), hundreds of species of corals, Hawaiian monk seals, and countless seabirds, rays, sharks, dolphins and whales.