| 单词 | frigate bird |
| 例句 | Male frigate birds with bright red balloonlike sacs under their chins cruised the shore. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z 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 Pelicans dove, magnificent frigate birds glided overhead, and a great blue heron took flight from the water. On Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, a voyage of discovery 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Vasconez told me that he regularly found dead frigate birds wrapped in fishing nets. Going to the Galápagos Is Easier and Cheaper Than Ever. That Might Not Be a Good Thing. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Ascension Island has a wealth of species native to the island that have been affected by plastic pollution, such as the land crab, frigate bird and various species of sharks, turtles, fish and seabirds. Plastic Pollution: Waste from across world found on remote British Island 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z For a pilot, he says, “I would put a mountain below, a frigate bird on top of it and the patterns for lightning and wind around it.” Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Rare species including frigate birds and the blue-footed booby raise their young in nests on the ground making them easy prey for the rats. Drones help Galapagos tackle rat invaders 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Sharks, frigate birds, pelicans and hawks swoop in for a bite. View to a Kill: Galápagos Sea Lions Team Up to Capture Huge Tuna 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Then there are species like the magnificent frigate bird, whose only nesting population in the continental U.S. is nearby, on the Dry Tortugas. Recent Hurricanes Pushed Rare Island Species Closer to the Brink 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Irma also wiped out a vast stretch of west coast beach, once a valuable nesting area for critically endangered hawksbill turtles, fringing a lagoon supporting one of the world's largest colonies of frigate birds. Hurricane Irma: Barbudans tell of daring rescues and loss - BBC News 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z She said her ideal scenario would be to see it "fully forested again, with a larger population of boobies and frigate birds, lizards everywhere, and a massive increase in ground birds". Why flying goats in yoga pants could save a Caribbean island - BBC News 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Real frigate birds swoop down to steal fish from other birds; in Frigatebird, you steal words made of Scrabble tiles from your opponents. Daniel Dennett’s Science of the Soul 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Once a year for 5 years, a crew of researchers would set sail off the coast of Cancun, Mexico, to locate frigate birds flocking and diving just above the ocean’s surface. Video: Sailfish ‘slasher film’ sheds light on evolution of group hunting 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z No other migratory bird — not even the tenacious frigate bird, which spends weeks on the wing during long ocean crossings — is known to spend so long in the sky. These amazing little birds just broke the world record for nonstop flight 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z This August, Niels Rattenborg of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany proved that frigate birds—large seabirds with piratical tendencies—do the same. These Birds Fly Almost a Year Without Landing But scientists are worried about how climate change might affect frigate birds' flight; shifting weather patterns could disrupt the flight techniques that frigatebirds spend so long learning. How frigatebirds cross entire oceans without ever needing to rest 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The island has been classified as an important bird area because it is a key breeding site for lesser frigate birds and three other species. Satellite eye on Earth: December 2015 – in pictures 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Tortoises, boobies, frigate birds, seal pups and Galapagos penguins outnumber any human count and you can swim with creatures that choose to swim with you during daily sailings on Pikaia’s private yacht adventures. Travel bucket list for 2016 and beyond 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Thousands of once-endangered brown pelicans and magnificent frigate birds nest among black mangroves, the frigates often soaring in huge spirals, effortlessly riding the thermals until they are but specks in the sky. Can a Naturalist Go Fishing in Fragile Waters? [Excerpt] 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z In print, the plunging form of the justly named magnificent frigate bird looks matte black-on-white, like an Ellsworth Kelly abstraction. Art Review: ‘Audubon’s Aviary’ Returns to the New-York Historical Society 2014-03-27T19:13:04Z The bodyguard, who wears the uniform of the Kiribati National Police—the shoulder patch depicts a yellow frigate bird flying clear of the rising sun—folds the towels carefully and places them on an armrest. Drowning Kiribati 2013-11-21T18:25:49Z Clouds of frigate birds, gulls, and gannets fly gracefully about each incoming ship, as if to welcome them to the harbor where anchorage might be had for the combined shipping of the whole world. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Saturday, May 14 We are still unable to download the sleep data recorded from our first flying frigate bird because seawater penetrated the sleep logger. Scientist at Work: Sleep Loggers, Take Two 2011-05-18T15:56:04Z Wednesday, April 20 The morning after our first successful frigate bird capture, I slowly creep through the thorny brush toward the field tent to check up on the female. Scientist at Work: Return of the Frigate Bird 2011-05-05T16:26:40Z With our lights still off, Sebastian and I leave the tent and walk at a glacial pace in the general direction of where we remember the female frigate bird being. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z The key to catching a frigate bird safely is to work at night with no visible lights. Scientist at Work: Base Camp in a Bomb Crater 2011-04-07T21:25:24Z We’ll be working with frigate birds, which are large oceanic seabirds. Scientist at Work: Arriving in Panama to a Series of Games 2011-03-11T12:28:16Z Our research project, which is to try to discover whether frigate birds can sleep while flying, is dependent on these miniaturized computers to record the birds’ brain waves. Scientist at Work: Sleep Loggers, Take Two 2011-05-18T15:56:04Z Our theory is that our female frigate bird will fly up and down the coast of Panama feeding on small baitfish schooling at the surface. Scientist at Work: Return of the Frigate Bird 2011-05-05T16:26:40Z A few minutes after being hooked up to the anesthesia, the frigate bird is softly sleeping. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z Bits of iguana and frigate bird were showered around the island. Scientist at Work: Base Camp in a Bomb Crater 2011-04-07T21:25:24Z Even the living frigate bird blends the early joints of the backbone into a compact mass like a sacrum. Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles 2011-02-20T03:00:13.067Z As we have gradually become more familiar with the unforgiving terrain sans lights, my fellow graduate student Sebastian Cruz and I are able to quickly find and catch the first frigate bird. Scientist at Work: Sleep Loggers, Take Two 2011-05-18T15:56:04Z The flight path of the female frigate bird is highlighted in pink. Scientist at Work: Return of the Frigate Bird 2011-05-05T16:26:40Z Tonight we’re hoping to outfit our first frigate bird with the newly developed sleep logger, accelerometer and GPS unit. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z It’s no wonder the frigate birds choose to nest on this island — it is virtually impossible for any species to walk, crawl or even peer through this habitat without being seriously impaled by inch-long thorns. Scientist at Work: Base Camp in a Bomb Crater 2011-04-07T21:25:24Z He brought load after load of fresh cocoanuts, and took great pains to hunt out the deliciously flavored eggs of the frigate birds to tempt Winthrope’s failing appetite. Into the Primitive With the wound cleaned and sealed with liquid stitches, Sebastian and I return to the second nest of the evening, where we systematically catch, work up and release the second frigate bird of the night. Scientist at Work: Sleep Loggers, Take Two 2011-05-18T15:56:04Z Two days after the sleep logger is attached to the first female frigate bird, she returns after a foraging flight. Scientist at Work: Return of the Frigate Bird 2011-05-05T16:26:40Z The data from the loggers should help us answer the question of whether sleeping on the wing is possible for frigate birds. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z All day they skimmed like a frigate bird across the face of Canada, at an altitude of about two thousand feet. Doctor Jones' Picnic He concluded the lesson by descending a dizzy flight of ledges to rob the nest of a frigate bird. Into the Primitive Unfortunately for me, the second frigate bird capture of the night does not go as smoothly. Scientist at Work: Sleep Loggers, Take Two 2011-05-18T15:56:04Z Even though previous work on frigate birds shows that the birds would not be spooked off their nests, seeing this confirmed the morning after is a welcome sign. Scientist at Work: Return of the Frigate Bird 2011-05-05T16:26:40Z That wouldn’t be an issue in a laboratory, but frigate birds fly around catching fish in saltwater. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z On the fore-topgallant yard a frigate bird and his mate stood, oblivious of our presence, and looking shoreward at the long, long line of verdure clothing the islets four miles away. The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton 1902 But from these Blake had recently culled out all the fresh settings of the frigate birds, and none of the other eggs equalled them in delicacy of flavor. Into the Primitive The next morning, Sebastian carefully checks on the two female frigate birds. Scientist at Work: Sleep Loggers, Take Two 2011-05-18T15:56:04Z From the field tent, Sebastian and I crawl through the thorns in the direction of the female frigate bird. Scientist at Work: Return of the Frigate Bird 2011-05-05T16:26:40Z On our recon earlier in the day, Sebastian and I found a female frigate bird nesting on a knee-high bush, not too far from the tent. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z When another bird has caught a fish the frigate bird attacks him, and takes away his prize, catching it in the air as it falls from the victim’s claws. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent A frigate bird had from afar espied the combat, and, flying like a flash of lightning, downward he darted and seized the snake by the back. A Voyage round the World A book for boys Sometimes frigate birds and other sea birds were snared. A Son Of The Sun 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 After a few sweeps of the area, I spot a female frigate bird quietly sleeping on her nest; it could be the one from earlier. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z We were doomed to disappointment, as the albatross, that was then flying with the ship, refused to touch the bait, and it was taken up by a frigate bird. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The voracious crab held on, not liking to lose his prey, till he found himself borne upwards from the ground, and in unpleasant propinquity to the frigate bird’s sharp beak. A Voyage round the World A book for boys There were also frigate birds which had built their nests, in the lower trees, of a few sticks roughly put together. The Three Admirals The albatross cannot but notice the frigate bird. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People We’re looking for the classic “deer caught in the headlights” effect with this frigate bird, giving us time to swoop in and simply catch it by hand. Scientist at Work: To Catch a Frigate Bird 2011-04-15T17:11:36Z It is proper to say that this bird is not at all courageous, and often gives up the fish that he catches to the piratical frigate bird. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Also one or two frigate birds were caught. South with Scott When we returned to the village our spoils included besides a great number of fish, a few turtle and some young frigate birds. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories Could they enjoy the satisfaction of the fact the little fish might snigger when the terns are called upon to exert all their agility and tricks, vainly endeavouring to elude the long slim-winged frigate bird. Confessions of a Beachcomber Always before, I had looked on with the unselfishness of a pelican, to see others eat candy; but now I strove with them, like a frigate bird, and made them give up some of it. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) Besides dolphins in the water, frigate birds in the air are characteristic of this lower part of the Tocantins. The Naturalist on the River Amazons You are like a frigate bird swooping down upon the boobies and robbing them of the fish they have caught. The Sea Wolf Always before, I had looked on with the unselfishness of a pelican, to see others eat candy; but now I strove with them, like a frigate bird, and made them give up some of it. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) |
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