Sentence examples for major nesting from inspiring English sources

Oman is the other major nesting area.

Birds from all 50 states and every continent but Australia come to the refuge in summer; it is a major nesting site for migratory birds.

Two of Anacapa's islets consist of plateaus bordered by sea cliffs hundreds of feet in height; the cliffs are a major nesting site of the endangered California brown pelican.

These footprints indicate that Alaska served, as it does today, as a major nesting ground for at least the last 70 million years.

The historic data reveal that the green sea turtle originally occupied nine major nesting sites and 50 other beaches in the Caribbean.

By assuming that each of the nine major nesting beaches in Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica were equally large, and that minor sites hosted only 10% as many nesting turtles, the authors conclude that 91 million adult green turtles thrived in the 17th century Caribbean--a figure twice as large as previously estimated.

Other major nest predators may prefer the forest interior and at least partially compensate for the lower abundance of nest predators that depend upon the matrix.

Major nest predators include Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), butcherbirds (Cracticus spp ., laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), currawongs (Strepera spp ., crows and ravens (Corvus spp ., shrike-thrushes (Colluricincla spp).

Major nest predators include Australian magpies (Gymnorhina tibicen), butcherbirds (Cracticus spp ., laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), currawongs (Strepera spp ., crows and ravens (Corvus spp ., and shrike-thrushes (Colluricincla spp ., as well as introduced mammals such as the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), feral cats and black rat (Rattus rattus).

Because of strict protection measures at national parks, northwestern Costa Rica remains one of the last major leatherback nesting sites in the region.

The major resources (nest sites availability, distance to human settlements, suitable perching sites, foraging areas and insect abundance) required for the reproduction of the red-backed shrike were quantified and ranked to offer concrete species-specific conservation management guidelines.