seabird - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • migrate: Mykines is a tiny solitary retreat, unless you are a migrating seabird!
  • nest: In spring, witness of nesting seabirds on coastal cliffs.
  • breed: Over the next two years, there is to be a full census of breeding seabirds in Scilly.
  • watch: Once on the northern side of the island we watched seabirds soaring around their nest sites.
  • kill: I once suggested to some junior school children that gasoline pumps should show videos of seabirds killed by oil spills as the tank filled.
  • oil: More than 2,000 dead or oiled seabirds were collected.

Preposition: in

  • summer: There are impressive vertical cliffs all along the west coast teeming with seabirds in early summer.

Adjective modifier

  • rare: The Little Tern ( Sterna albifrons ) is one of Britain's rarest breeding seabirds.
  • numerous: We'll also watch for Common Seal, Red Kite, Osprey and numerous seabirds.
  • common: Of all the common local seabirds Fea's Petrel appears to be the one with the most marked tendency to stay clear of land.
  • many: The Drake Passage also marks the northern limit of many Antarctic seabirds.
  • other: They can catch fish up to 30 times faster than other seabirds.
  • few: You can make a cruise into the Beagle Channel and see quite a few seabirds.

Modifies a noun

  • bycatch: Underwater setting funnel or chute, which guides lines down to a certain depth, significantly reduces seabird bycatch.
  • iony: Small were a asiatic seabirds iony port of dubuque statues of soldiers.
  • colony: The size of some seabird colonies on the main island has also declined.
  • sanctuary: Quot family quot also got a seabird sanctuary by the closest guess.
  • breeding: Sandwich Terns exhibit the most erratic population trends and distribution of any seabird breeding in Britain and Ireland.
  • nest: Thousands of seabirds nest on the cliffs in the late spring.

Noun used with modifier

  • breeding: The third breeding seabird species is Newell's Shearwater.

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