sea bird
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Martin Fowlie, of the RSPB, agreed that the impact of bird flu on sea bird populations this year was "unprecedented".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2022
“They talk about the canary in the coal mine. This is the sea bird in the ocean bringing a message that things are not quite right,” International Bird Rescue Chief Executive JD Bergeron said Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2022
There are a few heavy-handed signposts — it’s bad luck to kill a sea bird — and we couldn’t be more obvious with the juvenile boom up the lighthouse to the Mary Poppins weathervane.
From The Verge ● Oct. 18, 2019
Also at risk is the marbled murrelet, a sea bird that dwells high on heavy branches above the canopy, flying each day to the Pacific to hunt fish.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018
On the beach the hungry dogs and the hungry pigs of the town searched endlessly for any dead fish or sea bird that might have floated in on a rising tide.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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