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A rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals, generally gregarious [1] birds. [2] Coming from the nesting habits of rooks, the term is used for corvids and the breeding grounds [3] of colony-forming seabirds, marine mammals (true seals or sea lions), and even some turtles.
Nesting colonies are very common among seabirds on cliffs and islands. Nearly 95% of seabirds are colonial, [3] leading to the usage, seabird colony, sometimes called a rookery. Many species of terns nest in colonies on the ground. Herons, egrets, storks, and other large waterfowl also nest communally in what are called heronries.
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Cleeve Heronry (grid reference), in a woodland near the village of Cleeve in North Somerset, UK.; Hilgay Heronry (grid reference) is in Norfolk.It is situated in a small copse on the edge of The Fens in the UK.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...
Hawaiian monk seals grow to be 6-7 feet long, weigh 400-600 pounds, and can live more than 30 years. Males and females are generally the same size — the only way to tell them apart is to look at ...
Klum gave birth to daughter Leni in May 2004, and Seal adopted the little one five years later. The singer and Klum went on to welcome Henry, Jonah and Lou in 2005, 2006 and 2009, respectively.
Fur seal rookery during the non-mating season at St. Paul Island, Alaska. Male fur seals, as a family, commonly live in bachelor herds during the non-breeding season. [8] During the breeding season (April–September in the Northern Hemisphere, September–January in the Southern Hemisphere), the size of herds greatly diminishes. [3]