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Mayor emphasized that the researchers selected the 48 songbird species to study because they were commonly spotted.

Turbidite layers, formed by submarine avalanches and later pushed by tectonic forces above the sea, are commonly spotted in rocky outcrops of the Apennines and are thin at the bottom and thick on the top, a result of the different rates of sedimentation under water.

Other whales, including the fin and sperm, also are commonly spotted off Long Island.

Killer whale pods migrating along Canada's West Coast are commonly spotted during the months between April and November.

Television footage showed the shark attacking, its fin visible above the swirling water, in seas where great white sharks are commonly spotted.

An active species that swims with a strong undulating motion, the leopard shark is commonly spotted cruising in or just beyond the surf zone.

Flies are pretty gross things to begin with -- they feed on fecal matter and the oozing bits of wounds, for example -- and it's no shocker that they're commonly spotted in and around restaurant dumpsters.

But it is on the state and federal endangered-species lists, and Mr. Di Giovanni said it was not commonly spotted in winter.

The Chinese character tattoos, which have been popular for more than a decade, are as commonly spotted on college students from the heartland as they are on baristas in Berkeley.

Whales and great white sharks are most commonly spotted off the Massachusetts and Maine coasts in summer and have been increasing there in recent years.

They are more commonly spotted at night, as they tend to hide during the day.