A true ocean bird, the murre is usually found anywhere from 10 miles offshore to far out in the Bering Sea, one wildlife expert said.
And from the first notes of the opener, "Harry's Song," which wraps an insinuating piano figure around lyrics that are about the mysterious nature of a love object — along with the ocean, birds, prison, and dinosaurs — the tone is one of gentle darkness.
In the old stories and news accounts, Mr. Clark finds frequent comparisons of surfers to ocean birds, and references to surfing as a sexual dance.
Marshmallow clouds, the powerful force of the ocean, birds of all types squawking overhead, a salamander bobbing its head... nature is all of God's creations wrapped in a chaotic, beautiful bow.
Because of its location amid barrier islands and wetlands, fresh water and ocean, birds come to rest, eat and nest.
Even when it crumbles in the ocean, birds have been known to feed tiny particles to chicks because it resembles fish eggs.
He meant a whole religious world, something from the time before the haoles came — a Hawaiian world with elaborate rules and taboos and secret, hard-won understandings about the land, the ocean, birds, fish, animals, and the gods.
Requires Adobe Flash Player or equivalent: The website features a gallery of photographs, the names of photographers, location of filming, recorded sounds of the the ocean, birds, people, traffic, and other human activities; plus, information about the print publication.
Such dismal findings point to one of the study's patterns: open ocean birds – such as albatrosses, frigatebirds, petrels and shearwaters – are generally faring worse than birds that stick near the coasts.
Birds of the ocean Birds, etc.
Chapter 12 argues that the "pure white" of ocean birds such as gulls and terns equally functions as camouflage.
