Shearwaters Sentence Examples
Shearwaters are found in nearly all the seas and oceans of the world,3 generally within no great distance from the land, though rarely resorting thereto, except in the breeding season.
All over the world shearwaters seem to have precisely the same habits, laying their single purely white egg in a hole under ground.
They catch puffins, fulmar petrels, guillemots, razorbirds, Manx shearwaters and solan geese both for their oil and for food.
The last census also provided the first reliable estimates of the number of breeding petrels and shearwaters, using recently developed techniques.
Hundreds of shearwaters were dashing over the sea, as were a number of giant petrels.
We no longer saw Great Shearwaters and Grey-headed Albatross as we were too far south and we saw only the occasional Soft-plumaged petrel.
Despite a favorably strong southwest wind, seawatching at the Bill has produced only 3 Balearic Shearwaters and a lone Common scoter.
We hoped that the wind would improve our chances of seeing a few shearwaters on the crossing.
Sea birds include shearwaters, fulmars, petrels and royal and wandering albatross.
The strong offshore winds saw to it that the sea produced nothing more than a few lingering Manx shearwaters and an Arctic Skua.
AdvertisementSeawatching produced just a few Manx shearwaters off the Bill.
The seabird movement was slow but we did see both Cory's and smaller shearwaters going past the headland.
The offshore wind did seawatchers no favors, with 50 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Arctic Skuas the only noteworthy sightings off the Bill.
The sea was scarcely more exciting, with 21 Common Scoter, 12 Manx Shearwaters and 5 commic terns past the Bill.
A few Manx Shearwaters were present throughout the day, and 40 Common Scoter passed through.
AdvertisementDespite a favorably strong southwest wind, seawatching at the Bill has produced only 3 Balearic Shearwaters and a lone Common Scoter.
The strong offshore winds saw to it that the sea produced nothing more than a few lingering Manx Shearwaters and an Arctic Skua.
Seawatching produced just a few Manx Shearwaters off the Bill.
The seabird movement was slow but we did see both Cory 's and smaller shearwaters going past the headland.
The sea was scarcely more exciting, with 21 Common Scoter, 12 Manx Shearwaters and 5 commic Terns past the Bill.
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