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Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several times, including an animated short film in 1973 (with an updated version in 1988); a 1980 opera ; and a live ...
In most seabird colonies several different species will nest on the same colony, often exhibiting some niche separation. Seabirds can nest in trees (if any are available), on the ground (with or without nests), on cliffs, in burrows under the ground and in rocky crevices. Colony size is a major aspect of the social environment of colonial birds.
Some seabirds, principally those that nest in tundra, as skuas and phalaropes do, will migrate over land as well. [ 4 ] [ 72 ] The more marine species, such as petrels, auks and gannets , are more restricted in their habits, but are occasionally seen inland as vagrants.
The Hebrides (Outer Hebrides in orange). The flora and fauna of the Outer Hebrides in northwest Scotland comprises a unique and diverse ecosystem.A long archipelago, set on the eastern shores of the Atlantic Ocean, it attracts a wide variety of seabirds, and thanks to the Gulf Stream a climate more mild than might be expected at this latitude.
The Wild Things (ISBN 1934781630) is a novel written by Dave Eggers, released on October 13, 2009, by McSweeney's. [1] The book is a novelization inspired by the screenplay of Where the Wild Things Are, which Eggers co-wrote with Spike Jonze. The film itself is based on Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book Where the Wild Things Are. [2]
Furthermore, it has been proposed that birds that nest in high densities, as seabirds do in breeding colonies, have higher rates of EPCs and EPFs than birds that do not nest colonially. [46] Despite this, Westneat and Sherman (1997) [49] found no significant correlation between nesting density and EPFs in a meta-analysis. Many seabird species ...
Prior to helming Wild Things, McNaughton had made a name for himself as the director of acclaimed but little-seen films like 1986's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and 1993's Mad Dog and Glory ...
Where the Wild Things Are at Metacritic; Murphy/, Mekado (13 September 2009). "Magical Mystery Tour". The New York Times interactive feature. "Jonze's Wild Things, A Splendidly Different Animal" (mp3). NPR audio report. National Public Radio. "We Love You So: The blog of Spike Jonze and the film Where the Wild Things Are".