| 单词 | tern |
| 例句 | “Imagine a whole lot of Arctic terns flying around you. A whole lot.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The tern dæmon looked up with dim eyes and vanished. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” she said, “if I close my eyes, I could almost be an Arctic tern flying over the water.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A flock of swift-flying Arctic terns darted overhead, and one by one dropped into the grasses. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening, flocks of terns came to the river marshes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Who would ever favorite a pigeon when there are arctic terns in the world...and great blue herons...and red-tailed hawks...and peregrine falcons...and golden eagles...and...” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We walked along beside the lake and saw the swans and the many gulls and terns that flew up when you came close and screamed while they looked down at the water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Again there was no one; there was only a large flock of terns in the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the land birds vanished and she saw only birds of the open ocean, the albatrosses and snowy terns. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The most they saw that day was a school of silver pannies swimming south, but never a dolphin leapt nor did the flight of gull or murre or tern break the grey air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Snow buntings whirled around the house, an Arctic tern darted over the ocean, and the waves lapped the ice that was piled high on the shore. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, terns and Cape pigeons wheeled, and a giant snow petrel flew on snow-white wings; the birds were a sure sign that open water was near. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The elegant Arctic terns cut swirls in the sky, a spider crept under a stone, and the snow buntings flitted and called. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The pages feel good as I tern turn them. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Why shoud I tern on a TV before I go to sleep. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z You take away the sleek white feathers of the tern and put on stubby dark ones. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They swung around and above, the tern dæmon keeping close like a child to its mother, and watched the steersman adjust the course slightly as the foghorn boomed again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He laid my painting in at the place where Audubon’s tern was missing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If you could see the picture like I saw it, there was a whole flock of Arctic terns all around him, all flying above the waves. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He took an eraser out of his pocket and rubbed out one of the lines for the tern’s body. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As the balloon began to move in that direction, Pantalaimon came to perch on the edge of the basket as a tern. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I was awake with a flashlight and drawing the tern’s feathers again, the way they were supposed to be. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was a tern, and before she could answer he’d flown off the fence and down to the icy ground beyond it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In less than two days he and the terns and willets reached Delaware Bay. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z As the chips glowed red, Miyax saw another Arctic tern flying the same route as the others. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Another tern passed overhead, then another, and another. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It talks and makes picturs and I got to tern it on just before I go to sleep. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z And by the time I was done, Mr. Powell had erased all the lines, and my tern’s feathers were plunging against the air like all get-out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All around them, too, were signs that the Antarctic winter was fast approaching: there were now twelve hours of darkness, and during the daylight hours petrels and terns fled toward the north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon became a tern and flew to her branch for a second, to acknowledge that perhaps they had been insolent. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Stone-dead she dropped into the sloshing bilge the way a tern plummets; and the sailors heaved her over as tender pickings for the seals and fish. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Fulmars, terns, snow petrels, and Cape pigeons filled the sky. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I pictured the bird keeper digging up the whole island, one plug at a time, while the terns and the plovers swooped around his head, fearful for their eggs. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z An Arctic tern skimmed low and she jumped to her feet, for it was flying with a determination that she had not seen in the birds all summer. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And I saw some terns feeding over the sandbar. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I bet Arctic terns fly strong in June. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I walk on the beachwhere the nests of common terns driven upwind to breedare marked with red flags mounted on popsicle sticks,hundreds of them, bunting in the wind. The Saturday poem: Bishop in Louisiana 2010-08-02T10:53:00Z I threw some side-eye as we passed a pair of common terns, a species that bombed me once in Ocean City. This secluded state park on the Chesapeake Bay offers an alternative to summer’s crowds 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The first time we visited the Farne Islands six years ago, we saw puffins and terns, enjoyed sunshine and a calm crossing. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z From there, you can explore the rare habitat and its inhabitants, which range from sandwich terns to otters and yellow-horned poppies. 10 hidden beaches, bays and walks on the UK coastline 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The least tern numbers in the Mississippi River went from a few hundred in the 1980s to at least 10,000 now, he said. Midwestern bird that was nearly extinct makes a dramatic comeback 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The interior least tern was once hunted for feathers for hats and hurt by the damming of major rivers. Midwestern bird that was nearly extinct makes a dramatic comeback 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Sleek black loons, herring gulls, harlequin ducks and oldsquaw dive at the fish on the surface, and eagles, falcons, terns and plovers glide above. From Montreal to Minnesota, by Inland Sea 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z There are more birds now, common terns and healthier sea gulls. A Tomato Grows in the East River 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z You sat outside your hut and gazed for miles: nothing but wind and sea and Arctic terns. John Burnside: a life in writing 2011-08-26T21:54:01Z A tern colony recently formed on one of the rocky islands adjacent to Goose Island which is not being hazed, but monitored for the time being. Goose Island bird research looks at bird predation on millions of young salmon 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z “What happens when the last of the terns die?” ‘The Animals Are Dying. Soon We Will Be Alone Here.’ 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Birds of the North Sea vary in size and shape from large herring gulls to tiny terns. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z From white tailed and golden eagles to colonies of puffins, gannets, fulmars and terns. Scotland's rocky road: a journey to the edge of Lewis – a photo essay 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Goose Island is closed for recreation in the summer to allow gulls, who do not eat many fish and are also projected same as terns, to nest. Goose Island bird research looks at bird predation on millions of young salmon 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Arctic terns and kittiwakes dive-bombed the shallows at the center of the nearly empty bay. U.S. Issue: It?s a Bear?s World in Kodiak, Alaska 2011-05-13T20:16:28Z The common tern, one of his more famous subjects, plummets in a kamikaze dive, beak open and a wild, predatory look in its eye. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z I detected gannets, various gulls and terns, but sadly no puffins, those garishly beaked beauties of the North Atlantic. The wild beauty of Scotland’s Western Isles 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The Arctic tern, for example, makes a UK stopover on its annual migration as it chases the sun between the Arctic and Antarctic summers. Eyes wide for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch – a photo essay 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z During this “magic hour,” a time for feeding, gannets, gulls, pelicans and terns plunge-dive into the fishy sea, as plovers and sandpipers glean tidal flats. An Untamed Island Meets Its Match 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Part of the Family Films series from the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the documentary, directed by Jacques Perrin and rated G, uses close-up photography to capture species including ducks, Arctic terns, penguins and pelicans. Spare Times for Children, for June 28-July 4 2013-06-27T21:20:15Z Then a frigate bird flew in — a large, primordial-looking pirate of the sky — and began chasing a tern. On a Trip to St. Croix, Room for Man and Nature 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z We keep driving, and birds keep appearing: elegant terns with their black crests and orange beaks, reddish egrets — both red and white-faced species are found here — and tri-color herons. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent Fourteen of them are the property of the Forbes family and another, Penikese, is a former leper colony and now a sanctuary for roseate terns, which allows only limited access. Overnighter: Tranquillity on Cuttyhunk Island, Off Cape Cod 2012-08-03T17:50:18Z The weather was fair, but it was not rain that I feared — it was the arctic tern! Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Young avian enthusiasts can also attend New York City Audubon’s It’s Your Tern Festival, part of the programming on Governors Island, where the common tern now thrives. Boats, Birds and a Billion Oysters at City of Water Day 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Serrano also won 1st Place in the "Wildlife" category with "Acrobatic Feeding," an amazing photographic "catch" of a hovering tern feeding a dragonfly to its chicks. Conservation-photo award winners at the Burke: beautiful, brutal, complex 2012-07-13T19:37:03Z Bass gorging on the bait fish at the surface roil the waters, and the gulls and terns carry out a simultaneous air assault, diving on the scraps. Bass Fishing Time at Montauk Lighthouse 2011-10-13T12:01:27Z The frigate was determined to steal the tern’s meal, the tern equally determined not to part with its hard-earned sprat. On a Trip to St. Croix, Room for Man and Nature 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z It's meant to be a reference to the tern "First Lady". Heiress Plotted 19 Grisly Crimes. Investigation Underway. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Squealing human visitors must run the gauntlet for about 10 yards until they are clear of the tern neighborhood. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Arctic terns and ringed plovers also nest on this stretch of the Northumbrian coast. Cruising the North Sea’s wild — and sometimes vanishing — Farne Islands 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Caspian terns were dying from the H5N1 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza since July on Marrowstone and nearby Rat Island. Deadly bird flu jumps to harbor seals in Salish Sea, first for West Coast 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The Northumberland islands - home to puffins, guillemots, razorbills and Arctic, sandwich and common terns - will stay shut for the season. Farne Islands: Plea for action after 3,500 seabirds die of bird flu 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff have removed over 1,700 dead Caspian terns and gulls on Rat Island, a wildlife preserve, and adjacent shores, according to the Washington State Department of Health. WA officials warn of bird flu outbreak in state park; more than 1,700 dead birds removed 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z That could damage habitats for local wildlife, including the endangered Texas hornshell mussel and the least tern, a small bird that nests along rivers, and affect the Monarch butterfly that migrates through the area. New frontline of US border policy? A Texas pecan farm 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Off-leash dogs are putting at risk the survival of the endangered California least tern and threatened western snowy plover at their habitat at the Santa Ana River mouth, experts say. 258 protected geese killed. Man behind the hunt is fined, has to stop hunting temporarily 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Haman stressed this strain of the virus that killed the Caspian terns marks a new moment in the disease that is more deadly to wild birds. Deadly bird flu jumps to harbor seals in Salish Sea, first for West Coast 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z At neighbouring Long Nanny, hundreds of Arctic terns have also died, along with 40% of their chicks. Farne Islands: Plea for action after 3,500 seabirds die of bird flu 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Officials found Caspian terns infected with the bird flu along the lower Columbia River, the Port of Everett and Port of Tacoma, the health agency said. WA officials warn of bird flu outbreak in state park; more than 1,700 dead birds removed 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Since bird flu was confirmed in June, black-headed gulls, common terns and rare roseate terns have been worst hit. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The California least tern, an endangered species, and the western snowy plover, a threatened species, nest near the mouth of the river and rely on it to survive. Unleashed dogs near the Santa Ana River mouth are threatening at-risk birds. Humans are partly to blame. 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “It was a tremendous mortality and a tremendous loss,” said Haman, estimating more than 80% of the Caspian terns on the island were killed by the disease. Deadly bird flu jumps to harbor seals in Salish Sea, first for West Coast 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z At Cemlyn in North Wales, more than half of the common terns have been lost. Farne Islands: Plea for action after 3,500 seabirds die of bird flu 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z NatureScot said avian flu had been confirmed in sandwich terns, common terns, kittiwakes, herring gulls, black-headed gulls and guillemots so far this year. Avian flu cases confirmed on Scottish nature reserves 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z But the sandwich terns have not been affected despite the virus having a "catastrophic" effect on them in 2022. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The California least terns nest in fenced-in areas near the mouth of the river. Unleashed dogs near the Santa Ana River mouth are threatening at-risk birds. Humans are partly to blame. 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z "Brownsea Island is a part of an internationally important wetland and marine conservation zone, and is a haven for wildlife, including oystercatchers and sandwich terns," a spokesperson said. Poole Harbour: Seahorse Trust calls oil spill 'massive disaster' 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z One matched what was circulating in terns, while the other resembled what was circulating in a broader array of birds, including gulls and eiders. Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z At Forvie more than 200 sandwich terns have died with test results awaited on common and arctic terns. Avian flu cases confirmed on Scottish nature reserves 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z This year, the sandwich terns returned to a new colony they established late last year after bird flu wiped out their previous breeding site last July. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Thomas said the least terns have an innate fear of predators such as dogs, and that being chased by them reinforces that fear. Unleashed dogs near the Santa Ana River mouth are threatening at-risk birds. Humans are partly to blame. 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z As the tern flies, the Beaufort Sea is about as far from these waters as Anchorage, Alaska, is from Portland, Oregon. Greenland’s marine ecosystem is experiencing a radical ‘regime change' 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z You will see dolphins, terns, maybe even a roseate spoonbill. "A colossal giveaway": A tax break for big polluters is also starving public schools in Texas 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z West Coast, puffins off the Maine coast, penguins in South Africa, endangered roseate terns off New England, and brown pelicans on vanishing islands off southeastern Louisiana. Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Common terns and Arctic terns have also been affected by the virus. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Signs also warn that the area is a habitat for the plover and the least tern. Unleashed dogs near the Santa Ana River mouth are threatening at-risk birds. Humans are partly to blame. 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z In Lake Michigan, Caspian terns—locally endangered—were very hard hit. ‘We’re nervous.’ Deadly bird flu may be in North America to stay 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Resurgent peregrine falcons menace endangered California least terns and Western snowy plovers that take refuge at naval bases near San Diego. Troubled species rebound — only to make things worse for others animals in peril 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Arctic terns wheeled overhead, their warning cries telling us that we were too close to their chicks, hidden among the rocks and sea campion. Global pandemic fears on islands hit by bird flu 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z More Arctic tern pairs moved here this year to nest, compared to last year, but the breeding ground looked empty the last time we were there. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Visiting a seabird colony is like entering the hustle and bustle of a busy city, with neighborhoods of birds loosely grouped by species — pelicans, terns, egrets, spoonbills and gulls, all ferrying meals to chicks. Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The Farnes are an internationally important habitat for 23 species including puffins, Arctic terns, guillemots, razorbills, sandwich terns and common terns. Farne Islands: Bird flu death toll passes more than 3,000 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In Southern California, least terns and snowy plovers are no match for attacking peregrine falcons, which like eagles bounced back after the ban on DDT. Troubled species rebound — only to make things worse for others animals in peril 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Until the end of August for breeding puffins, Arctic skuas and Arctic terns: Bird flu: People to avoid 23 small Scottish islands 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z About 108 pairs of roseate terns returned and, although many chicks were found to have died within their nest boxes, some fledged roseate terns have been ringed so their survival can be monitored. Coquet Island seabirds observed with signs of bird flu immunity 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The breeding colony of sandwich terns, at Scolt Head Island near Brancaster, may have lost three-quarters of its chicks to the virus, say experts. Several hundred birds found dead at Norfolk nature reserve 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z A spokesman for St Mary's Island Wildlife Conversation Society said the drone, which was operating in a no-drone zone, also "harassed" some sick Sandwich terns, one of which died. Drone disturbs resting St Mary's birds, conservationists say 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Great black-backed gull, Arctic tern, common guillemot and puffin have also tested positive. Isle of May and Noss reserves to shut amid bird flu cases 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Until mid-September for breeding great skuas, common terns, cormorants and fulmars: Bird flu: People to avoid 23 small Scottish islands 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z But this version of the virus appears to be taking a much greater toll on wild birds than previous lineages have, finding its way into ducks, geese, gulls and terns, among many others. Not Just for the Birds: Avian Influenza Is Also Felling Wild Mammals 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z Bird flu is devastating several species, including gannets, terns and great skuas along the UK coastline. Several hundred birds found dead at Norfolk nature reserve 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z But there was also the "sad sight of several sick sandwich tern most likely infected with avian influenza", the spokesman added. Drone disturbs resting St Mary's birds, conservationists say 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of flocking birds — shorebirds, terns and seabirds — that form massive, massive groups and that could just be a field day for the virus,” said Dr. Hill. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z “They were not alone. Crowds of hungry gulls, terns, cormorants and other seabirds also showed up.” Eavesdropping on the Secret Lives of Dolphins in New York Harbor 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z He created a streamlined prototype modeled after the Arctic tern, a small, slow bird capable of flying uncanny distances without landing. The Battery That Flies 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The nature reserve off the north Norfolk coast, managed under lease by Natural England, is home to about 4,000 breeding pairs of sandwich terns. Several hundred birds found dead at Norfolk nature reserve 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The critically endangered Chinese crested tern, for example, was presumed to be extinct after last being spotted in 1937. These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z One endangered species being monitored is the roseate tern on Buzzards Bay off the coast of Massachusetts. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Billions of other young birds, including warblers and flycatchers, terns and sandpipers, set out on similarly spectacular and dangerous migrations every spring, skillfully navigating the night skies without any help from more experienced birds. How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z To me, the highlight was a pristine marsh brimming with relatively uncommon birds, including black terns, colorful redhead ducks, and a pair of trumpeter swan parents swimming alongside their fuzzy gray cygnet. Beyond Assateague: The wonders of Maryland’s lesser-known state parks 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The project has also revived tern populations and cousins of the puffin — common murres and razorbills. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In 2016, scientists found two nesting Chinese crested tern pairs incubating eggs on an uninhabited island in South Korea. These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting. 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “It does appear to be a rough food year for the terns,” said Carolyn Mostello, a coastal bird biologist for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. Avian Flu’s Toll on Wild Birds Alarms Experts 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It was a topsy-turvy year for terns too. Wildlife's winners and losers of 2021 - and how extreme weather set the tone 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z And tern species that live off New England have died during increasing rain and hailstorms scientists link to climate change. Heat, no food, deadly weather: Climate change kills seabirds 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Heatwaves that delivered record temperatures to Maine cities resulted in puffins finding fewer fish and desperate terns bringing only moths, butterflies, and flying ants. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Seventeen of the 21 species studied, including Atlantic puffins, Arctic terns and Bermuda petrels, face declining populations. Newfound Ocean Hotspot Draws Millions of Migrating Birds Each Year 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Birds speaking in dialects of kittiwake and tern. ‘The Whole Place Feels Wrong’: Voices Across America on What the Climate Crisis Stole 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z At Blakeney Point in Norfolk, little terns - one species of these small seabirds - abandoned their nests, scared off by the presence of a short-eared owl and common gulls. Wildlife's winners and losers of 2021 - and how extreme weather set the tone 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Some species, including endangered roseate terns, also can’t fledge chicks because more frequent severe weather kills their young, said Linda Welch, a biologist with the U.S. Heat, no food, deadly weather: Climate change kills seabirds 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Many tern chicks that survived the onslaught grew so slowly that it took nearly six weeks to fledge, compared to the normal three. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z This was the stuff of my dreams—to sit perched on the sand beside a small, crackling campfire and fall asleep to the chatter of gulls and terns. Channeling Thoreau: 24 Hours on Pea Island 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Near another beach, he spotted a tern on a rock. California Oil Spill Closes Beaches and Renews Call for Drilling Ban 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z But the neighbouring colonies of sandwich and common terns did well, the Trust says. Wildlife's winners and losers of 2021 - and how extreme weather set the tone 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The area affected by the latest spill is home to threatened and endangered species, including a plump shorebird called the snowy plover, the California least tern and humpback whales. Response time questioned in Southern California oil spill 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The number of Arctic tern and common tern chicks were among the lowest ever recorded. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z It's one of just two tern species the team can expect to find on competition day, the other being the Common Tern. Extreme Birding Competition Is a Cutthroat Test of Skill, Strategy and Endurance 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Researchers in the Seychelles have filmed a giant tortoise hunting and devouring a tern chick in a single gulp. ‘Totally surprising and rather horrifying’: Giant tortoises eat baby birds 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “Migrations,” McConaghy’s previous novel and her debut as a literary author, followed a mysterious woman in search of the last terns in a near-future world of mass extinction. Review: As species vanish, a new novel asks: Can 're-wilding' help civilize humans? 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Across the region, people found baby birds, including falcons, terns and eagles, dead or downed and suffering from heat. Birds jumped from their nests to escape Seattle’s June heat wave. Some died. Others needed help. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z When researchers went out to band, they encountered fields of dead tern chicks. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Just after July 4th, dozens of dead baby terns washed up on the Long Beach shore. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z About 3,000 elegant terns — notable for their orange bills and black crests — fled the reserve after the crash in mid-May. $5,000 reward offered for information on drone crash in Bolsa Chica bird reserve 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The elegant tern is one of more than 800 species of plants, animals and fish that rely on the reserve as a habitat. Thousands of eggs abandoned after a drone scares off nesting birds 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The terns — which live in large colonies — arrived from a group living on top of a vacant industrial building south of downtown Seattle. Birds jumped from their nests to escape Seattle’s June heat wave. Some died. Others needed help. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z On Matinicus Rock, which grew from that final pair of puffins in 1901 to more than 500 pairs today, researchers observed some of the lowest number of chicks per nest for terns and razorbills. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Every morning for nearly two weeks, two boats sidle up to the terns’ new floating home. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The day before, a drone went down in Bolsa Chica near nesting sites of the California least tern and the snowy plover. A generation of seabirds was wiped out by a drone at an O.C. reserve. Now, scientists fear for their future 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The elegant tern, with its pointy wings and long, orange bill, normally arrives at the reserve’s grounds in April or May for the beginning of its reproductive cycle, said Horn. Thousands of eggs abandoned after a drone scares off nesting birds 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Every April, thousands of elegant terns migrating from Central and South America nest in the sands of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, one of the last remaining protected coastal wetlands in Southern California. 1,500 eggs were waiting to hatch; then a drone crashed 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife, only 12 tern chicks survived out of 150 monitored eggs and only 9 puffin chicks fledged out of 87 observed burrows. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z With their engines low, so as not to scare the birds, the boats circle the barges, searching for wayward baby terns. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The elegant terns, together with some 300 other avian species that frequent the reserve, draw birders and photographers from across the region and farther. A generation of seabirds was wiped out by a drone at an O.C. reserve. Now, scientists fear for their future 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Fearing an attack from a predator, several thousand terns abandoned their ground nests, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. 3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z On May 13, a drone crash-landed on their nesting ground, scaring off about 2,500 of the terns. 1,500 eggs were waiting to hatch; then a drone crashed 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z It is so normal that Maine's puffins and terns have overnight become some of the most important "climate canaries" in the animal world. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The tern slipped underwater for about 20 seconds before rescuers recovered the animal and helped it breathe again. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z And as I did the project, with a bit of an ironic beginning to it in terns of the urbanization, I became much more earnest as I went along. ‘He’s curmudgeonly generous’: How the art world remembers Eli Broad 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Published as “The Last Migration” in Australia and the U.K., the book follows Franny Stone, a tempestuous young woman who lands in Greenland to track the migration of the Arctic tern. How a visit to Iceland inspired a futurist novel of climate change and hope 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The elegant tern, a sleek seabird with a pointed orange bill, is among 800 species that rely on the reserve as a critical habitat, Loebl said. 1,500 eggs were waiting to hatch; then a drone crashed 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Unmanaged climate change creates Las Vegas odds of finding the right fish, with puffins and terns losing a fortune of chicks. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Staffers wear masks and face shields as they feed the terns, so the birds don’t get habituated to their human caregivers. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The smallest members of the tern family, they feed mostly on small fish and build nests on the ground. Recovered Midwestern bird soars off endangered species list 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z So she enlists the Saghani’s prickly captain, who agrees to follow the terns in hopes that the birds will lead them to fish. How a visit to Iceland inspired a futurist novel of climate change and hope 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z He said the reserve was one of four important nesting sites for the elegant tern. 1,500 eggs were waiting to hatch; then a drone crashed 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z She scrambled over treacherous boulders to harass the gull into dropping the tern, which flew to safety. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Once the babies fledge at 35 days, International Bird Rescue plans to release the terns back into the wild. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z While most least terns are considered seabirds, some species live by rivers, lakes and wetlands. Recovered Midwestern bird soars off endangered species list 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Like the Arctic tern, McConaghy thrives on the peripatetic life, a familiar comfort. How a visit to Iceland inspired a futurist novel of climate change and hope 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z The little terns nested at the far end of The Point, which is further away from the mainland, with fewer visitors walking that far along. Blakeney Point little terns have best season in 26 years 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z In the grass were the remains of Arctic terns, common terns, and roseate terns. We saved the puffins. Now a warming planet is unraveling that work 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In 2006, droves of baby tern carcasses washed up onshore after stampeding off two privately owned barges in the harbor. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z When listed as endangered in 1985 as a distinct population segment, fewer than 2,000 interior least terns remained, along with a few dozen nesting sites. Recovered Midwestern bird soars off endangered species list 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Planners say it would benefit brown pelicans, wading birds, American oystercatchers, terns and black skimmers - and that shoreline protection features would help oysters. $234M BP spill money for 5 wetlands projects in 2 parishes 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z There were fewer predators affecting the little terns this year, rangers said. Blakeney Point little terns have best season in 26 years 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z “It’s a gripping story of the female protagonist’s quest to follow the last flock of Arctic terns to their nesting ground,” said Blomberg, praising the book’s “powerful feeling for Irish and Arctic land and seascapes.” Planning on holiday shopping at Seattle-area indie bookstores? Better start now. Here’s why 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The terns returned the following year, prompting environmentalists to once again propose a more permanent solution: the possible creation of a manmade island. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The interior least tern’s population is now estimated at more than 18,000, with about 480 nesting sites available in 18 states. Recovered Midwestern bird soars off endangered species list 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Migrating terns may alter their flight plans based on a keen sense of approaching typhoons, escaping the brunt of the storms but still benefiting from feeding opportunities in their wakes. Seabirds Anticipate Typhoons to Help Migrations 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Sandwich terns were late arrivals to the site but arrived in high numbers, almost triple that of the previous year. Blakeney Point little terns have best season in 26 years 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Soon the island has lost its terns and its rails and its dotterels, but it has an abundance of rats. Opinion | The Pandemic, From the Virus’s Point of View 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z “The reason we want to do that is these terns keep wanting to nest in the port,” Loebl said. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z In the beautiful if overladen “Migrations,” by Charlotte McConaghy, animals are vanishing and a troubled woman follows the last terns to Antarctica. Review: The long-awaited followup to 'Jonathan Strange" is even more magically immersive 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z Researchers at the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology examined data recorded by tracking devices on six black-naped terns from Okinawa, Japan, to learn more about the birds' migrations over multiple years. Seabirds Anticipate Typhoons to Help Migrations 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Little tern colony eggs theft in Norfolk 'devastating' Blakeney Point little terns have best season in 26 years 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z They ate the seeds and gnawed the saplings of native trees and attacked seabird colonies, including those of sooty terns, which nest on the ground. To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s been a tough year for elegant terns in Southern California. Bird rescue operation in Long Beach seeks to save elegant terns 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z And most importantly for Franny Stone, waves crash over fishless seas and Arctic terns, deprived of the aquatic plenitude that fuels their 25,000-mile annual journeys, are on what may be their last migration. Review: A powerful climate novel reminds us that people are animals too 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The study offers few clues about how terns might do this, but other research suggests some migrating birds detect infrasonic weather signals or observe changing clouds. Seabirds Anticipate Typhoons to Help Migrations 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z But you find yourself attending more to the terns and osprey, the almost imperceptible noise of a wing cutting through air and the small racket of a gull dropping a shell on the rocks. Perspective | When the world gets too loud, it’s time to go fishing 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It chooses to protect some rare ground-nesting birds, such as curlews or little terns, by shooting more common animals – foxes and other predators. Should we cull one species to save another? 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z The area normally attracts a lot of wildlife; a colony of little terns flies thousands of miles to nest at North Denes each June and there is a large seal population. 'The sheer amount of beach rubbish is colossal' 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z “My tent was blown into the sea last night,” she recounts; she was living like one of the Arctic terns in order to get close to them. Review: A powerful climate novel reminds us that people are animals too 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The ground-nesting terns, skimmers and gulls will probably use the expanses of bare sand between the plants as well as the rocky area created for them, he said. BP oil spill cash rebuilds eroded Louisiana pelican island 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z They then took samples for analysis from wild sea birds living in the Hawaiian Islands, including two types of albatross, the sooty tern, the brown noddy and two species of booby. 'Hidden' plastic chemicals build up in seabirds 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Electric fences, for instance, are used to protect tern colonies in Britain. Should we cull one species to save another? 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z With their snowy white bodies, black crowns and sharp red bills, the decoys looked like real Caspian terns, a graceful migratory bird the size of a large crow. A Silicon Valley Disruption for Birds That Gorge on Endangered Fish 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Franny, an emotionally bedraggled ornithologist, begins her own migration on the coast of Greenland, where she’s looking for a fishing vessel that will allow her to follow the terns. Review: A powerful climate novel reminds us that people are animals too 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Plans call for 30 acres of pelican habitat and 7 acres for smaller birds that nest on gravel, such as terns and skimmers. Oil spill money for bird rookery off Louisiana coast 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z “The least tern in the Mississippi River exploded” from a few hundred birds in the 1980s to at least 10,000 now, he said. Lots of good terns: Bird ready to fly off endangered list 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z It's internationally recognised for seabirds - the puffins of course, but also razorbills, guillemots and kittiwakes too, as well as migrating birds like arctic terns which pitch up in the summer. Is this still the best place to be a puffin? 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t stop traveling terns, which are themselves protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, from eating the salmon and undermining their recovery. A Silicon Valley Disruption for Birds That Gorge on Endangered Fish 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z We were looking for the birds – they are Arctic tern, or sea swallows. Zack Seckler's best photograph: wild Iceland from the air 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Piping plovers, least terns, American oystercatchers, herons and egrets are particularly vulnerable. DEEP issues warning to protect nesting shoreline birds 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z There are three populations of least terns in the United States. Lots of good terns: Bird ready to fly off endangered list 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The event is about the state’s activities to protect the piping plover and the least tern. Maine protecting endangered birds nesting on popular beaches 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The agency manages the island located at the mouth of the Columbia River, as well as the Caspian tern and double-crested cormorant colonies that nest there seasonally. On the Astoria Bridge, a cormorant kingdom grows 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z I knew exactly which terrain I wanted to capture the tern flying over: that patterning of white pebbles against the black sand. Zack Seckler's best photograph: wild Iceland from the air 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The island hosts 2,200 breeding couples of common terns, 15 breeding pairs of the rarer little terns and 250 breeding pairs of avocets. Marker Wadden, the manmade Dutch archipelago where wild birds reign supreme 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Least terns are the smallest of terns, but they travel far. Lots of good terns: Bird ready to fly off endangered list 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z A no-nonsense 26-year-old from a small Iowa town, she was part of a team of Army Corps biologists counting plovers as well as endangered interior least terns. The Fight to Tame a Swelling River With Dams That May Be Outmatched by Climate Change 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Killdeer, snipes, terns and grebes are among those already harmed, and scientists are concerned that more species might be hurt. A Major Migratory Bird Habitat Is in Danger 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z There were only a few hundred nesting pairs of least terns in 1970. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Over the decades, the population of freshwater mussels vital for filtering the silt collapsed, along with the numbers of smelt fish, a favourite of local birdlife, including the common tern. Marker Wadden, the manmade Dutch archipelago where wild birds reign supreme 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z In addition to the mud, the researchers found vegetation on the island and even a few animals, including a barn owl and hundreds of nesting sooty terns. Mysterious island that formed in the Pacific Ocean is here to stay 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In 2018, only 27 percent of plover and tern nests survived. The Fight to Tame a Swelling River With Dams That May Be Outmatched by Climate Change 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z These include the killdeer, Wilson’s snipe, black tern, Western grebe and Clark’s grebe. A Major Migratory Bird Habitat Is in Danger 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Warming sea water is driving the anchovies further down into the ocean and making it harder for least terns to get a hold of them, on top of over-fishing, Flaherty said. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z If they enter the U.S. without applying and approval, they are illegal aliens; a tern that is still part of the federal law. Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In the water are rafts of puffins and the air is filled with movement and noise: gannets, kittiwakes, sandwich terns and herring gulls. Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z He was rewarded with several terns, including the second recorded royal tern in Forsyth County and “cool little shore birds” called red-necked phalaropes. Many people flee hurricanes. Some birdwatchers flock to them. 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z But on a large scale, climate change is warping the environment of birds that migrate long distances, such as whooping cranes or Arctic terns. Trump administration poses new threat to birds in allowing ‘incidental’ killings 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z That fence protects one of the last remaining patches of sand dune where the endangered California least tern can nest and nurture its chicks. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The birds - called least terns - are listed as a threatened species. US beachgoers damage protected birds eggs 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Populations of guillemots, fulmars, razorbills, skuas and terns have all crashed. Dead kittiwakes, dwindling fish and oceans of plastic: my voyage of discovery 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Least terns are white birds with black caps. Beach volleyball kills unhatched birds on Alabama island 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z All those terns, for example — more than a dozen species of the white and black seabirds. Perspective | Once you’re bitten by the Chincoteague bug, you’ll return again and again 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z On Sunday, about 40 volunteers chipped away at the carpet of weeds and other plants that have overrun the least terns’ nesting habitat. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z She added that the Sand Island colony is the largest found in Alabama for least terns. US beachgoers damage protected birds eggs 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z One of this year's returning little terns was first ringed by volunteers on 8 July 1993 making it one of the oldest recorded on the site. Little terns defy odds for record year 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The islands draw raucous crowds of gulls and terns every spring. Inside race to save Louisiana’s 1st line of storm defense 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Swallows, gulls and terns, crows, blackbirds and orioles, tyrant flycatchers and parids—all practice mobbing. Political Harassment Is for the Birds 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The San Diego Audubon Society holds these de-weeding projects every year before the least terns’ nesting season. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z The Corps says endangered interior least terns and threatened piping plovers nest on sandbars between Ft. Corps reminds public: Missouri River sandbars closed to use 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is holding the informational meetings about piping plovers and least terns. Maine to meet with public on plans to help plovers, terns 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The Caminada project had another surprise benefit - becoming one of the nation’s biggest nesting colonies for least terns, a shore bird threatened by habitat loss. Inside race to save Louisiana’s 1st line of storm defense 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Researchers with Oregon State University study the tern colony that nests on East Sand Island. Hungry birds: Food a concern for brown pelicans 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The California least tern measures about nine inches long with gray and white feathers and a black cap. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Summer is almost unbearably hot, so I propose spring or fall, when Pelican Banks is thick with rafts of shorebirds such as ruddy terns and American oystercatchers. The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The plovers and terns are on the state’s endangered species list. Maine to meet with public on plans to help plovers, terns 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z He says the point probably will remain closed through July when the terns leave the nest. Nesting birds cause Cape Point fishing site to close 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z East Sand Island isn’t just a home away from home for pelicans or a honeymoon spot for amorous terns. Hungry birds: Food a concern for brown pelicans 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Not only have weeds covered the dune like a carpet, but the least terns’ food source, anchovies, are becoming increasingly scarce. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Matthew Roszak, founder of Bloq, one of the fair’s major sponsors, said the technology’s current lack of formal structure was also its advantage in terns of gender and racial diversity. The crypto-future is female: bitcoin innovators push for inclusion 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z David Paton, an ecologist, has spent decades monitoring its fairy terns. Australia’s biggest river is running dry, despite an expensive plan to save it 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The rats—brought to the island by whalers and sealers as early as the late 18th century—ate the eggs and vulnerable chicks of seabirds, including albatrosses, skua, terns, and petrels. Large Island Declared Rat-Free in Biggest Removal Success 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z State documents say Maine is planning to spend about $178,000 for management and monitoring of piping plovers and least terns that live on private and public beaches between Ogunquit and Georgetown. Maine looking for scientists to monitor plovers, terns 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The least terns are important to conserve because they help connect the ecosystems of the ocean and the coastal dunes, depositing nutrients in the nutrient-poor dunes, Flaherty said. On Fiesta Island, an endangered bird species faces tough odds to survive 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z SUN Views of nesting osprey, kingfishers and terns, for all ages, 1-3 p.m. Community calendar: Cinco de Mayo in Seattle, Free Comic Book Day, Bike-n-Brew and more 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z It is also important for conserving wildlife, including natterjack toads and little terns, an NRW spokeswoman said. Old holiday snaps show coastal changes 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z In 2017, the refuge used drones to survey Aleutian terns and legacy tree plantations, saving refuge workers from disturbing the birds or trudging through chest-high fireweed in bear county. Refuge feels the heat with drone technology 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Unjustified as it may be, that tern still remains a turnoff for many Americans. Opinion | Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z More and more, when I read stuff like this, I am reminded of how the tern Das Vaterland was thrown about many years ago, by whom, and why. Homeland Security Increasingly Means Putting Agents Outside the Homeland 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z David Costantini was named runner-up in the Behaviour category with this image of arctic terns in Svalbard. In pictures: Royal Society photo award winners 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Fulmars, kittiwakes, razorbills, terns and guillemots, but the stars of the show are the puffins. The island where people eat puffins 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z “It’s more hazardous for us. The terns don’t like people walking through their nesting ground.” Refuge feels the heat with drone technology 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Rare petrels, shearwaters and terns are found there, as well as giant clams, reef sharks and rose-colored corals. 10 national monuments at risk under Trump's administration 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z The Arctic tern, for instance, spends summer in the UK, then flies to the Antarctic for the winter. Smelly clue to bird navigation skills - BBC News 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z David Costantini was named runner-up in the Behaviour category with this image of arctic terns in Svalbard. In pictures: Royal Society photo award winners 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The Corps says endangered interior least terns and threatened piping plovers are currently nesting on sandbars around the Fort Randall Dam in South Dakota and Ponca State Park in Nebraska. Corps reminds public: Missouri River sandbars closed to use 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z A tern — one of many seabirds common to the marshes the group was touring in Masonville Cove. Baltimore teachers get lessons in Chesapeake Bay’s challenges, recovery 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z She’s looking out at the black-and-white terns skimming the swarms of oysters and mussels affixed to the reefs. How the Bay Area Is Restoring Nature's Delicate Balance Popham Beach State Park is home to piping plovers and least terns, which are both on Maine’s endangered species list. Rare birds to be protected on Maine beach to rebuild numbers 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Half a mile offshore, Caspian terns and black-vented shearwaters wheeled in the air above the waves in search of fish. Bird lovers get together to see how many species they can identify in L.A. in 24 hours 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z White terns have even been seen laying their eggs directly in the tiny divots left behind when Pisonia branches break off in windstorms. This tree lures birds with a free lunch and then kills them 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources says the white tern is the official bird of Honolulu and is thriving in the urban area. Nesting native bird delays $8 million Honolulu project 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Rangers live on the island, a mile off the coast, for nine months of the year and need to be willing to "brave dive-bombing attacks from Arctic terns", the trust said. Puffins not PowerPoint as Farne Islands seeks new ranger - BBC News 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z The Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement Sunday that the species so far hit by the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, or HPAI, are migratory white-winged black terns as well as domestic ducks and chickens. Uganda confirms Avian flu in wild terns, domestic birds 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The expansion of land resulted in some loss of permanently flooded sandbanks that affected the availability of food for some protected bird species, such as the common scoter, the sandwich tern, and the common tern. Satellite Eye on Earth: December 2016 – in pictures 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “There are lots of boobies and terns nesting in it.” This tree lures birds with a free lunch and then kills them 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z It seeks to use the latest scientific data to help the recovery of the pallid sturgeon, least tern and piping plover over the next 15 years. Corps plans Missouri River habitat for fish and birds 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z The charity said its wildlife workers are more used to dealing with gulls and terns. Tropical bird on Heathrow flight home for Christmas - BBC News 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z It was not clear which strain of the virus is infecting the birds, including the terns that migrate from Europe to Africa during winter. Uganda confirms Avian flu in wild terns, domestic birds 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z In addition to devastating the desert tortoise, ravens target birds including the sage grouse, snowy plover and the least tern, as well as horned lizards and snakes. Scientists fight for an endangered tortoise with a secret weapon: lasers 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Big fish, seals, cormorants, gulls, and terns congregate in the tides, plucking out herring and mackerel as they move. The Dynamism of Janet McTeer 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Skimmers, terns, gulls, herons, snappers, striped bass, fluke, even opportunistic raccoons hunt these fish relentlessly. Atlantic Silversides Know the Wisdom of Crowds 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Several migratory birds, including the Arctic tern and skua are thought to be the most likely culprits for delivering the viruses to Antarctica. Fears for Antarctic penguins as new bird flu strain reaches frozen continent 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z After touching down, he gawked at a handful of threatened green sea turtles basking in the sun as small white terns glided nearby. In grand-gesture stage of presidency, Obama seeks stamp on environment 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Army Corps of Engineers, says that about 100 young terns took wing from the Tulsa area this season. Endangered least terns weather challenging breeding seasons 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z It is still early in nesting season for black skimmers but terns are near the end of theirs. Shorebirds trying to renest after Tropical Storm Colin 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Among the other species set to be adopted at a launch on Wednesday will be the Arctic terns, otters, red squirrel and dolphin. Rare animals and plants paired with Welsh politicians - BBC News 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Researchers hope that further analysis of data from the trackers will allow them to get a better understanding of how the Arctic terns organise their migration and how global climate change may affect their routes. How the ‘animal internet’ sheds light on the secrets of migration 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z The tern arrived in Antarctica four months after setting off from Northumberland. Arctic tern in record-breaking migration from Farne Islands - BBC News 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Arctic terns travel about forty thousand miles each year, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again. How Do Animals Keep from Getting Lost? 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z A black tern and a parasitic jaeger flitted into view, seabirds forced to shore by the winds of the storm. Bird-watching as endurance sport: Welcome to the World Series of Birding 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Caspian terns, seen here in Florida, are considered a near-threatened species in Sweden. Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z During its lifetime, the typical Arctic tern flies about 1.8 million miles — the same distance as four trips from the Earth to the moon and back. How the ‘animal internet’ sheds light on the secrets of migration 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z "Further analysis of the data from these trackers will allow us to get a better understanding of how the Arctic terns organise their migration and how global climate change may affect their routes." Arctic tern in record-breaking migration from Farne Islands - BBC News 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z He said there aren’t enough law enforcement officers or monitors to watch over all the tern and plover nests. Jeffrey Island restoration has been a years-long process 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z The title of world's longest migration goes to the tiny Arctic tern, which flies “from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back,” says Gillooly. What a Trip! The Toughest Animal Migrations on Earth The eagles are also targeting the Baltic’s largest remaining colony of Caspian terns, says Ola Jennersten, a biologist at the nonprofit group WWF Sweden. The country lists the bird's Baltic population as near threatened. Can There Be Too Many Eagles? 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z I remembered a time I was on a beach in Scotland and a flock of terns singled me out. Jon Ronson: ‘I felt rage every time an online shaming occurred 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The arctic tern, for example, flies the equivalent of the distance to the Moon and back three times in its lifetime. Migratory birds 'lack world protection' - BBC News 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Nesting terns and plovers pretty much ignore river sandbars and two areas of bare sand and gravel along the river channel at the west end of Jeffrey Island. Jeffrey Island restoration has been a years-long process 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Hugh Dingle, author of Migrations: The Biology of Life on the Move, adds that the terns even manage this feat in a matter of days—but also “they stop and feed on the way.” What a Trip! The Toughest Animal Migrations on Earth The list includes bird species such as Arctic terns, common eiders, Atlantic puffins and short-tailed shearwaters and mammals such as beluga whales, ringed seals and Atlantic white-sided dolphins. Animals are showing up in really strange places – this is the surprising reason why 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z This early, tentative disapproval felt like the terns circling. Jon Ronson: ‘I felt rage every time an online shaming occurred 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Officials said the tern was weak and emaciated, and its condition deteriorated in the animal intensive care unit. Boaters bring bird rarely seen from land to animal hospital 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z “The terns will fly up and down the river from the sandpits” near Overton and Lexington, Peyton said, referring to their preferred nesting habitat. Jeffrey Island restoration has been a years-long process 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Kittiwakes and Arctic terns feeding in front of Monaco Glacier in Svalbard, Norway. What a Trip! The Toughest Animal Migrations on Earth They are joined by millions of shorebirds, songbirds, and seabirds, including the ultimate endurance winner, the arctic tern. Birds Are Dying As Drought Ravages Avian Highways 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The birds are least terns, which nest on sandy beaches. Volunteers guard nesting shorebirds during holiday weekend 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z When necessary, volunteers also transport injured birds to avian vets or refer seabirds to Sea Life Park or seabird rehabilitator Carolyn Blackburn, who holds a federal permit to care for white terns and wedge-tailed shearwaters. Injured birds have a friend at wild avian rehab haven 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z These plans include improving fish passage and making operational changes at the dams, keeping predators such as Caspian terns or sea lions at bay and reducing the impacts of artificially-bred fish on wild ones. $700 million plan to help salmon habitat faces new challenge 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z “There are tribal members there who like to eat terns,” he said, “and they wanted to use the locator bands as jewelry.” Custom Horns and Feeders: The Tuba Fixer 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Crews focused on three especially sensitive nesting areas for shore birds, including snowy plovers and least terns, said a state Fish and Wildlife Department spokeswoman. Around-the-Clock Cleanup Effort Under Way on Oil-Fouled California Beach 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z They provide food to tribal communities and offer an alternate food source to sea lions, terns, and other predators that would otherwise by munching on threatened salmon. Pesticides, flame retardants may lead to lamprey decline 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Shorebirds in Florida include the snowy plover, least tern, black skimmer, American oystercatcher and Wilson’s plover. Wildlife officials say look out for shorebirds 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Sarah Pacyna, with the Audubon Mississippi Coastal Bird Stewardship Office, says least terns migrate from South America to Mississippi in mid-April and stay until mid-August. New protected nesting areas created for least terns 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. McAlexander, who is on the council of the Linnaean Society of New York, a birding and nature group, makes geolocator bands to study terns that migrate as far as southern Argentina. Custom Horns and Feeders: The Tuba Fixer 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z I wish there were a more insulting tern for Cheney than "Chicken Hawk." The War Hero and the Chicken Hawk 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s hard to argue with La Puma when he displays a slow-motion video of a rare whiskered tern on his phone. Event shows how technology changes birdwatching 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z And the terns and ducks stay close to shore during migration and breeding. Renewable energy: Wind power tests the waters 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The Audubon Society will use decoys to attract the terns into the cordoned sanctuaries. New protected nesting areas created for least terns 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z A few years ago, though, terns set up a colony on a pier on Governors Island. New York City: Welcome, Birds 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The island, which was significantly reinforced by dredging activity years ago, also houses thousands of Caspian terns. Taking Up Arms Where Birds Feast on Buffet of Salmon 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Within hours of the first whiskered tern sighting last month, about 100 birders were looking at it. Event shows how technology changes birdwatching 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Volusia County environmental management staff recently counted 63 least tern nests on the beach at Disappearing Island. Rare tern nests crop up on central Florida beach 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z She says the beach in Mississippi, stretching from Biloxi to Pass Christian, is a hotspot for the terns.” New protected nesting areas created for least terns 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z The Times notes that Comcast's renovations would in fact be "slightly more compact" than the current GE signs in terns of total square footage. Comcast wants its logo at the top of 30 Rock 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Biologists then reduced the terns’ prime nesting area by two-thirds, to 1.6 acres after federal officials decided that the terns’ potential to eat endangered salmon was still too great. Taking Up Arms Where Birds Feast on Buffet of Salmon 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z At first light, the pink flamingos stretch their spindly legs, the Inca terns burst into flight and the penguins plunge into their pool. For Bronx Zoo Workers, Cleaning Up Comes With Perks 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z Cameras will be carefully positioned in and around the nests of avocets, terns, oystercatchers and lapwings, allowing constant, real-time updates as they keep watch for predators and strive to raise their young. Springwatch migrates to new location 2014-05-07T05:19:40Z Contaminants in eggs of colonial waterbirds and Hepatic Cytochrome P450 enzyme levels in pipped tern embryos, Washington State. Thrilling encounters with freak passerine birds 2014-05-05T22:52:44Z Wildlife managers see mute swans as an invasive species, whose year-round residence, wanton appetite for subaquatic vegetation and aggressive territoriality threaten unsuspecting humans, native wildfowl such as the black tern, and dwindling wetland habitat. Op-Ed Contributor: Speaking Up for the Mute Swan 2014-02-18T00:43:17Z With egrets, herons and terns circling overhead and large tarpon breaking through the lagoon's surface, the estuary system evokes a tropical paradise. Estuaries in Puerto Rico's capital get 'mega clean up' 2013-10-27T00:27:19Z Yet Arctic terns are not as tough as all that. Ornithology: Tern limits 2013-08-29T15:01:25Z It said species such as little terns, which nest in colonies on sand and shingle beaches just above the high tide line, were vulnerable to exceptional high tides and summer storms. Coastal change 'risk' to wildlife 2013-08-23T05:19:51Z Little terns once flourished along the Lincolnshire coast. Weather-hit animals begin to recover 2013-08-01T09:58:40Z As well as the puffins, the Farne Islands host thousands of grey seals along with many other types of bird, including Arctic terns, guillemots and razorbills. Farne puffin numbers show increase 2013-07-19T04:16:23Z Listening to the laughter of children with fishing nets, and watching the stunts of Sandwich terns plunging into the sea, it is hard to disagree that we are indeed a nation of water-watchers. How much does a good sea view cost? 2013-07-11T23:12:21Z They are useful, if sad, indicators of the health of the oceans, as fish eaten by the terns also sustain species important to people, such as cod and tuna. Ornithology: Tern limits 2013-08-29T15:01:25Z For the Arctic tern, the future is just as cloudy in an era of climate change. Biologists worried by starving migratory birds, seen as tied to climate change 2013-06-20T00:55:10Z This week it is "flight" and we begin with this photograph of a tern taken by Matthew Skelton. Your pictures: Flight 2013-06-20T09:34:30Z Little terns are one of Britain's rarest sea birds and are in rapid decline internationally. Egg thief threatens rare bird colony 2013-06-19T16:54:34Z We left the dolphin pool and headed downriver, stopping along the way at a small island that is a nesting site for river terns. Scientist at Work Blog: A Vital River, Drained of Wildlife 2013-05-24T15:19:32Z Gradually, the troubles of the terns are likely to ripple up the food chain. Ornithology: Tern limits 2013-08-29T15:01:25Z An example, he said, would be maintaining or creating habitat for roseate terns, which need small, sandy islands for nesting. Green Blog: Mending the Bird Preserves Hit by Sandy 2013-01-04T13:17:53Z But the terns had an unusual season that year, and I spent my entire time running around the East Anglian coast and beyond monitoring several split sub-colonies who'd ended up wherever they could find shelter. Pair set for more island isolation 2013-01-02T07:26:45Z Safina took me out in his sea kayak around Lazy Point, an eastern spoke of Long Island, to see three kinds of terns, which zipped around us over the bay. Green Blog: Remembering 'Silent Spring' 2012-09-21T20:39:46Z The terns were once widely distributed throughout the lower basin, but now this one island supports nearly all the tern nests along the Mekong. Scientist at Work Blog: A Vital River, Drained of Wildlife 2013-05-24T15:19:32Z The shortage of fish prompted 3,500 Arctic and common terns to abandon their nests on Machias Seal Island, once the largest tern colony in the Gulf of Maine, from around 2006. Ornithology: Tern limits 2013-08-29T15:01:25Z In July, there is the joy of watching the young terns learn to fly and fish. Character Study: Helen Hays Revives Great Gull Island’s Tern Population 2012-07-21T05:46:47Z All those involved — including the sound designer, David Bullard, who envelops the audience in the cries of gulls, terns and other sea birds — are clearly trying hard to create a moving and engrossing experience. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Men’s Lives,’ at the Bay Street Theater 2012-07-14T05:11:47Z Docking Shoal, also proposed by Centrica, was refused by the government because of its potential impact on sandwich tern seabirds in The Wash off the Norfolk coast, which are protected by environmental legislation. Two offshore wind farms approved 2012-07-06T15:02:22Z Docking Shoal, also proposed by Centrica, was refused by the government because of its potential impact on Sandwich tern seabirds off the East coast, which are protected by environmental legislation. Two offshore wind farms approved 2012-07-06T11:58:27Z Without herring or hake to feed their chicks, desperate terns may resort to larger butterfish. Ornithology: Tern limits 2013-08-29T15:01:25Z “We’re down to five right now,” Ms. Hays said on Thursday, as she fixed her binoculars on a roseate tern perched on a sea wall boulder. Character Study: Helen Hays Revives Great Gull Island’s Tern Population 2012-07-21T05:46:47Z To thrive, phytoplankton—the photosynthesizing organisms in the Arctic food web that support zooplankton, fish, and migratory species from Arctic terns to gray whales—need nutrients and light. Life Blooms Under Arctic Ice 2012-06-07T21:05:00Z Richard Powell, regional director for the National Trust, welcomed the decision to reject Docking Shoal, stating it was a "good day for north Norfolk's important sandwich tern population". Two offshore wind farms approved 2012-07-06T15:02:22Z The terns were dipping on the surface of the water, excited by small pods of bait. On a Fishing Trip, a Surprise Catch Among the Expected Striped Bass 2012-05-28T17:30:10Z For the terns have come, which always marks the change of season for me, but the winter gulls have not all gone. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z But the hatless Ms. Hays — now cradling a tern chick in her sun-weathered hands — just smiled up at the avian chaos, like a mother watching her romping children. Character Study: Helen Hays Revives Great Gull Island’s Tern Population 2012-07-21T05:46:47Z The common tern and the greater sand-plover nested on the shingly islands in the river. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Tending upwards; Ð said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z A tern that brings plenty of fish back to the nest one season may not be able to find any fish the next, prompting his mate to seek out a better partner. Climate Change Increases Mate-Swapping in Birds 2012-02-17T18:15:00.227Z Tarrock, tar′ok, n. the young of the kittiwake: the tern: guillemot. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z She spends the winter analyzing data and writing research papers in the museum’s ornithology department, and visits the South American coast, where many terns spend the nonbreeding season. Character Study: Helen Hays Revives Great Gull Island’s Tern Population 2012-07-21T05:46:47Z We noticed a great number of black terns as we progressed, perched upon snags at the head of the lake. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z That migration may be threatened by human development at places where the terns stop during their journey. Moving Day for Many Species Is Becoming More Fraught 2011-12-19T18:31:52Z Paid keepers patrol some of the islands where gulls and terns nest, which is the reason why you may see ashy-brown young gulls in almost every flock. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Pratincoles resemble terns when standing, but run like plovers, and on summer evenings, with the terns, they hawk after insects like swallows. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z A goatsucker may be confused with a swallow, and a swallow may pass as a tern. A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. Vol.3 No.2 2011-11-02T02:00:14.587Z The best example might be the Arctic tern, perhaps the most mobile species on Earth outside of our own. How an Interconnected Planet Is Fueling the Brewing Viral Storm 2011-10-11T11:15:00.227Z A gull and a few terns appeared to-day; these are the first of our summer visitors. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z We saw bonito tuna in schools jumping while noddy terns dove into the water. Scientist at Work Blog: Leaving Sewa Bay by Sailboat 2011-09-23T17:33:22Z During the gloaming the air has been alive with the darting forms of bats, terns, and pratincoles, of swifts and swallows, all busily hawking after insects or slow-flying beetles. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Through the not less silent quietudes of air the grey skuas swept with curving flight, and the narrow-winged terns made a constant white shimmer. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z The tern flies from its breeding grounds in the Arctic to the Antarctic and then back again each and every year of its life. How an Interconnected Planet Is Fueling the Brewing Viral Storm 2011-10-11T11:15:00.227Z Indeed, several Internet sites devoted to bird sightings and rare bird alerts went into overdrive this week, as people documented a sooty tern here and a black-necked stilt there. City Room: After Tropical Storm Irene, a Bounty for Birdwatchers 2011-09-01T11:00:14Z Probably the arctic tern or snow-bird, which is hardly ever seen below the latitude of Iceland. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z A nesting colony of black terns in Kansas. The Breeding Birds of Kansas 2011-08-27T02:00:24.797Z The appearance of the sea-swallow or tern in inland waters is believed, like that of the gull, to indicate tempest, though the sea-swallows usually come in the finest of weather. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A famous tern chick was tagged on the Farne Islands in the UK near the time it was born in the summer of 1982. How an Interconnected Planet Is Fueling the Brewing Viral Storm 2011-10-11T11:15:00.227Z He also saw a juvenile sooty tern and a greater shearwater. City Room: After Tropical Storm Irene, a Bounty for Birdwatchers 2011-09-01T11:00:14Z Yet, early though it was, though the stars had not yet all fled from the west, sea-fowl were gracefully circling round—the gull, the tern, and the thievish skua. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z So great was the number of gulls and terns that bred on the mosses, that for two months during the breeding season the old horse was fed upon their eggs. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The royal terns prefer 12 inches of space between nests and raise two young per nest. Island off Alabama coast bursting with birds after oil spill 2011-07-10T18:11:52Z Only a few, like the Arctic tern, have evolved to regularly move great distances. How an Interconnected Planet Is Fueling the Brewing Viral Storm 2011-10-11T11:15:00.227Z She also spotted a dozen royal terns resting on the beach and a black-necked stilt in a pool created by the storm — a species one would never dream of finding so far north. City Room: After Tropical Storm Irene, a Bounty for Birdwatchers 2011-09-01T11:00:14Z She was a pretty girl herself, in the florid, barmaid style, but as different a creature to Lilian Strange as a plump dabchick to an Arctic tern. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Piebald birds likewise sometimes occur in the same groups, for instance, the black-necked swan, certain terns, and the common magpie. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z Having previously lived on the islands without the pressure of predation, species such as black stilts, black-fronted terns, grand skinks and weta lack natural defences to the voracious mammals. GPS backpacks track NZ hedgehogs 2011-05-03T09:08:10Z Wild ducks, widgeon, teal, and other ducks, gulls, terns, and waders of many species, hawks, kestrels, marsh harriers, and hen harriers are occasionally met with, particularly about Hickling. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z The oldest terns produced the healthiest offspring and were actually more likely to survive the year than younger terns. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z Next to a national wildlife refuge, Indiana’s Gibson Lake provides a prime fishery for bass and an attractive rest spot for hundreds of species of birds, including endangered least terns. EPA Set to Regulate Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants 2011-01-10T07:46:38.200Z Stormy weather during the summer took its toll on a number of sea bird colonies, like Arctic terns. Four seasons 2010-12-27T02:14:41Z The National Wildlife Refuge Association is a nonprofit that has been working to restore and conserve habitats for pelicans, sea turtles, terns and other species affected by the BP oil spill. Coming and Going: More WiFi in the air, giving to the gulf, and more 2010-09-24T17:32:00Z A small Arctic bird recaptured 30 years after it was ringed has been named the UK's oldest tern. UK's oldest tern bird discovered 2010-09-21T15:06:00Z But Nisbet found that, in the common tern, telomerase remains active throughout life, which allows terns to replace what telomeres they do lose. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z Biologists there are trying to determine if the terns’ is being harmed. EPA Set to Regulate Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants 2011-01-10T07:46:38.200Z A relaxed shore-town atmosphere exists on the small spit of land where the restaurant sits, between fishing boats and stacked gear, as terns pinwheel overhead and pickup trucks come and go. Critic?s Notebook: A Tour of Clam Bars 2010-07-14T00:11:00Z Here I see Arctic tern from Antarctica, dunlin from Asia, bar-tailed godwits from Australia, yellow wagtails from Africa, and so on. Mating Bears and a Wolverine Sighting 2010-06-22T20:59:00Z A ring was put on the tern's leg in 1980 when it was just a chick and it's been rediscovered on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, north-east England. UK's oldest tern bird discovered 2010-09-21T15:06:00Z The second photo was taken 33 years later and shows a grizzled, silver-haired Nisbet holding a 29 year old tern, one of the oldest on record. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z Gibson Lake attracts many birds - including the endangered least tern as well as bald eagles, peregrine falcons and pelicans. EPA Set to Regulate Wastewater from Coal-Fired Power Plants 2011-01-10T07:46:38.200Z There is no reason to suppose that badly oiled seabirds like brown pelicans, black skimmers, terns, gulls, jaegers and others in the Gulf of Mexico will survive any better after treatment. Letters: Oil spill and birds 2010-05-27T23:05:00Z Based on years of bird spotting, the scientists knew that the terns migrated to the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and then returned to the Arctic the following spring. Birds That Migrate Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop 2010-05-24T22:56:00Z It has a few more years to go before beating the world's oldest tern, which was 34 years old and found in America. UK's oldest tern bird discovered 2010-09-21T15:06:00Z For other animals, like the tern, the risk of death actually decreases with age. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z It will remain for years, entering food chains and contaminating brown pelicans, terns, and other seabirds for generations. Why We Risk Oil Spills to Get Cheap Energy 2010-05-07T23:20:00Z The islands form the easternmost point of Louisiana and are part of the Breton national wildlife refuge, the second oldest US reserve and home to endangered brown pelican, least tern and piping plover shore birds. Containment dome reaches Gulf oil spill scene 2010-05-06T15:36:00Z The researchers reported this February that the Arctic terns flew from Greenland to a region of the Atlantic off the coast of North Africa, where they spent about three weeks. Birds That Migrate Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop 2010-05-24T22:56:00Z His voice was practically drowned out by the whistling and chirping of several thousand endangered seabirds known as least terns, nesting on the beach. Gulf Spill Taints 'Mediterranean of the Americas' 2010-05-04T17:16:00Z The tern, however, shows none of these outward signs, despite being the equivalent of a human centenarian. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z Other species at risk include terns and gulls that nest on the beach, including the Caspian tern, royal tern, laughing gull and the black skimmer. Deepwater Horizon: Conservationists warn of 'true catastrophe' for wildlife 2010-04-30T16:21:00Z After spending their northern winter months in Antarctic waters, the terns then fly back towards the Arctic. 2010-01-11T23:53:00Z The Arctic terns then resumed their journey south. Birds That Migrate Thousands of Miles With Nary a Stop 2010-05-24T22:56:00Z In The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report on the journeys of 11 terns fitted with the devices. 2010-01-11T23:43:00Z The main difference between humans and organisms like common terns is how growing older affects the risk of dying. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z The Arctic terns and puffins have been flying away and back at unusual times of the season. 2009-12-22T12:58:00Z One day a man was out with his gun, and shot a sea-bird, called a tern, which fell wounded into the sea, near the water's edge. Story Lessons of Character Building (Morals) and Manners The beautiful royal terns were common enough, flying in the air and diving boldly after little fish. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open One tern totaled 50,700 miles, which is the longest animal migration ever recorded electronically. 2010-01-11T23:43:00Z It seems almost counter-intuitive: an older tern is less likely to die than a younger one. Animals Aging Well 2011-03-02T15:07:00Z Little auks we also saw, and some Ross’s gulls, and a couple of terns. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Gulls and terns circled about them, or hovered over the water, ready to swoop down upon their finny prey. Into the Primitive The immense majority were royal terns, big birds with orange beaks. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Many snow birds were hatching on the Point, and we saw swans, Canada geese, eider, king, arctic, and surf ducks; several glaucous, silvery, black-headed, and ivory gulls, together with terns and northern divers. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Then you may watch the black terns wheeling and turning in the blue sky, like beautiful great swallows. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Gulls are plumper than terns, with heavier bills and tails usually even. Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago This tern was observed several times off the coast of North Borneo near Tawau. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 But normally, on the great majority of the occasions when I saw them, the terns, like the gulls, carried the bill in the same plane as the body. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open For all around the boat the sea was boiling with herring fry, and over them hung tens of thousands of gulls and terns. Jan Vedder's Wife And the terns that darted among The tides seemed weaving for me Impalpable wings of peace and hope— That now have taken flight Beyond the day and the night. Sea Poems Another had what had once been a gaudy calico counterpane, with the pat tern "Rose of Sharon" wrought out in flaming colors. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro Gulls and terns flew screaming overhead, and swooped about the strange vessel which had dared invade the sacred precincts of their island. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier On another island we found a small colony of Forster's tern; and we saw sooty terns, and a few of the diminutive least terns. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Or, take the parallel case of the terns, birds which nest on a little island not far from Key West. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The quivering terns dart wild and dive, As the tide comes tumbling in. Sea Poems Young terns and gulls instinctively squat upon the beach, where their colors so harmonize with the sand and pebbles that the birds are virtually invisible. Ways of Nature Similarly the auks, divers, puffins, terns, and grebes, noddies, and guillemots may be associated together in one order—the order Pygopodes. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 Of the five chief birds, the royal terns, Caspian terns, Cabot's terns, laughing gulls, and skimmers, there were that season about one thousand nests. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open On the homing of pigeons and terns, see Watson and Lashley, An Historical and Experimental Study of Homing, published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1915. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Fully a thousand terns nesting on about one acre. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. How many gulls and terns and partridges were sacrificed before Nature learned this trick! Ways of Nature No, no, better go down to the beach and watch the puffins flying over the sea, and the terns fishing about the low lying land. An Orkney Maid The least tern, which had been completely exterminated or driven away, has returned and is breeding in fair numbers. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open As for the innumerable gulls, and gannets, 195 and terns, and lesser auks, which made the air forever loud about these lonely islets, nothing could have induced them to pay him any attention whatever. Kings in Exile The latter had shot and wounded a tern, but before he could reach it, the helpless bird was carried off by its companions. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution On either side of the gulls, and closely associated with them in habits and in structure, is a group of birds equally characteristic of the open coast, the skuas and terns. Birds in the Calendar Thus when a colony, say of the heron, tern, or flamingo, is found it is very easy for the hunter to break it up and destroy all the birds. Conservation Reader The skimmers are odd, interesting birds, and on the whole were, if anything, rather tamer even than the royal terns and laughing gulls, their constant associates. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open All the rest of the island was covered with the eggs and young ones of the terns and noddies. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. The sparrow, the swallow, the kingfisher, the heron, the wild duck, the wood-pigeon, the pheasant, the coot, the woodcock, the terns, the gulls, etc.., are some common forms which occur to me. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Fortunately for the too venturesome tern the fisherman was a lover of birds, and he managed with some difficulty to reel it in gently, after which it was released none the worse for its mistake. Birds in the Calendar The slaughter began with the bright-colored songbirds, terns, gulls, herons, egrets, and flamingos. Conservation Reader But gulls continually broke and devoured eggs, especially terns' eggs, which had been temporarily abandoned. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open A name on our northern coasts for the Sterna hirundo, the tern, or sea-swallow. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The common tern lays its eggs amongst rough stones, where you would think that anything so fragile as an egg would easily get broken. The Children's Book of London A hunter, having shot one of a flock of terns, which fell wounded into the water near the shore, waded in to seize it. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Among the water birds the gulls, terns, grebes, herons, egrets, osprey, flamingos, and pelicans have been so hunted for their plumes that some of them are almost extinct. Conservation Reader With them were a very few Caspian terns, still bigger, and with bright-red beaks, and quite a number of Cabot's terns, smaller birds with yellow-tipped black beaks. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The tern, a bird resembling the gull, but more slender and swift. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “You will observe,” adds Lord Suffolk, “in the terns in which I express myself, that though this mode of expression was preferable to an absolute silence, the utmost caution has been used.” Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Suddenly two of the terns came to their wounded companion, seized him by either wing, and bore him toward the open sea. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization Among the sooty terns, whose number it was impossible to estimate, were many hundreds of tropic birds and pure snow-white petrels.' Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 It has been said on excellent authority that terns can always be told from gulls because, whereas the latter carry their beaks horizontally, the terns carry their bills pointing downward, "like a mosquito." A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open It is about the size of a tern, with short legs, webbed feet, and extremely long, pointed wings. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The whirling swarms were hordes of cormorants, herons, terns and skimmers defying every known law of gravity in their mad evolutions. The Black Phantom The terns which Crozet saw were probably of the species Sterna vittata, which breeds on the islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects A few terns swept round and round overhead, soaring or sliding downwards with easy motion. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 The beautiful royal terns were the chief sufferers. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The glaucous gulls' plunderer, the skua, and its chastiser the bold tern, were also observed, as were a few barnacle geese. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Many kinds of herons and rails frequent the marshes on its banks; but perhaps the most characteristic birds of the Amazon are the gulls and terns, which are in great abundance. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The water was alive with flying-fish, porpoises, sharks, whales, dolphins, and now and then an immense turtle; while over the ship's foamy wake the gulls and terns and pelicans sailed and dived. Gold Seekers of '49 Late in the afternoon we saw a flock of gannets, and some sooty tern; the gannets passing so near that we could hear the motion of their long twisted wings. The Island Home They are perfectly aware of this, and make no attempt to elude observation, any more than the gulls and terns do. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open From the shortness of their legs and the length of their wings it is only with difficulty that the tern can go on the ground. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The bird which produces the guano is a sort of tern, with red bill and legs. A Voyage round the World A book for boys But no swans were there, only the greedy gulls that sought after wreckage, and the terns that cried very dolorously. A Book of Myths For several hours we continued our journey pretty steadily, encountering no living thing, except tern, gannets, and other sea-birds, and one troop of gaudy little paroquets, glittering in green, and orange, and crimson. The Island Home Their relations with their two constant associates and victims, the skimmer and the royal tern—the three being about the same size—seemed to me very curious. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The animals that were seen were some bears and bearded seals, terns, fulmars, ivory gulls, flocks of black guillemots, and a "bird with a rounded tail and long bill," probably some wader. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II His cries brought other terns to the rescue, and with pitiful screams they flew to the spot where the naturalist stood, while the tide drifted their wounded brother toward the shore. Chatterbox Stories of Natural History The whole band swoops and divides, like a flock of swift-winged terns on a windy day. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life As we were finishing our breakfast, a couple of tiny, fairy-like tern, came flying round us. The Island Home A royal tern lays one egg, rarely two; a gull three; a skimmer four to six. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open It was tenanted by innumerable aquatic birds—gannets, sooty terns, beautiful tropic and frigate birds, the nests of the latter constructed of rough sticks covering the boughs of the surrounding trees. The Cruise of the Dainty Rovings in the Pacific Among them were gannets, sooty terns, and tropical birds in large numbers. The Three Admirals A flock of white terns floated motionless a few yards from the Tortoise, looking like a miniature fleet of graceful, white-sailed pleasure boats. Priscilla's Spies Johnny was pleased with the conceit, and the little tern were always afterwards known as the prince and princess. The Island Home The pelicans were plundered by all their fish-eating neighbors, even the big terns; but the man-of-war bird robbed the robbers. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The bow and tern were made of hewn planks in a circular form, fastened with wooden pins. On the Banks of the Amazon Ducks and terns as well as gull things. King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale A fleet of terns floated motionless on the water beyond the island. Priscilla's Spies Big gulls, and puffins, and terns, and—I say, what a cloud of pigeons flying right out from under me: Why, there must be a cavern going right in. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days These big terns are swifter and better fliers than the gulls, and the depredations take place all the time before their eyes. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The shearwater was a larger species of tern, or sea-swallow; the “parson,” so called for his sombre appearance and sedate manner, was a kind of sable gull about the size of an English crow. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land It was like looking at Silence herself, silence91 set off and explained by the beach noises, the sound of the surf, the calling of the terns, the mewing of the great white gulls. The Beach of Dreams They caught a bird with the hand, which was like a tern. The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 It has short legs, web feet, extremely long—pointed wings, and is about the size of a tern. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The gulls and skimmers were nesting on this island in great numbers, but the terns were many times more plentiful. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open She sails for Sunken Harbor And ports of yester year; The tern are shrilling in the lift, The low wind-gates are clear. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea Indeed, it has always been a mystery to the writer why terns' eggs laid in March in northern India do not get cooked. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The air was fresh, and calm, and bright, and within half-an-hour the tern and sea-gulls were fishing over the reef and skimming and swooping above the prismatic waters as before. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys Dr. Atkinson and Brewster had been left ashore with the gear, but they got no sleep because all night the terns flew round crying and protesting against their intrusion. South with Scott On the islands where the royal terns especially loved to nest the high water spelled destruction. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open And so the scudding Snowflake flies with the wind astern, And through the boding twilight are blown the shrilling tern. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea On the churs and sand islets in the large Indian rivers the terns are busy with their eggs, which are deposited on the bare sand. A Bird Calendar for Northern India If I had him, I'd eat him quicker than a tern's egg. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories We collected many terns' eggs; the tern has no nest but lays its eggs on a smooth rock. South with Scott The terns had completely deserted the island and had gone in their thousands to another; but some skimmers remained and were nesting. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Under the low trees above-mentioned, sat infinite numbers of a new species of tern, or egg-bird. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Purty fair day's wages, but I believe I could make more killing terns and gulls than these birds. Dickey Downy The Autobiography of a Bird There is no reason to think that the terns Chaldaea had at anytime the extensive signification of Mesopotamia, much less that it applied to the entire flat country between the desert and the mountains. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Wilson, Pennell, and Cherry-Garrard shot a number of birds, mostly terns and gannets, and climbed practically to the top of the island, where they could see the Martin Vaz islets on the horizon. South with Scott The eggs had been completely cleared from most of the island, gulls and terns had been shot, and the survivors were in a frantic state of excitement. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open |
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