Sentence examples for return to breeding from inspiring English sources

Each year, seabirds called Antarctic prions return to breeding colonies on sub-Antarctic islands with their lifelong mates.

First summer birds usually remain in their wintering quarters, although a few return to breeding colonies some time after the arrival of the adults.

Hence, migrants are assumed to be under pressure to return to breeding areas early in spring (Alerstam 2006; Newton 2008).

For example, experimentally increased egg production in wild seabirds is associated with lower rates of postmigratory return to breeding grounds [ 1, 2].

Bramlage made the savviest point: that horse racing, as addicted as other sports to big events, prizes speed, not strength and stamina, "and rewarded huge performance with an early return to breeding farms".

Seven geese returned to breeding locations used the previous year (six to Qinghai Lake and one to Hala Lake).

Instead, seven of the eight (87.5%) waterbird mortality events occurred when waterbirds had already returned to breeding areas.

Migratory birds, in particular, require the ability to return annually to breeding and wintering sites after long journeys, and thus might be predicted to have evolved enhanced spatial memory.

For example eider ducks showing a low humoral immune reactivity have significantly greater return rates to breeding areas than those with high immune activity [ 16].

The following season, they return to the breeding place and lay their eggs.

Ospreys in Britain, that live on average for 10-15 years in the wild, migrate to west Africa for winter and usually return to their breeding areas in March.