sea-bird

Now and then a lonely sea-bird hovers far away, and we

The Voyage of Magellan 2010

Gough Island is the least disturbed major cool-temperate island ecosystem in the South Atlantic Ocean, and one of the most important sea-bird colonies in the world.

Gough Island Wildlife Reserve, United Kingdom 2008

Nothing moved across my vision — not even a lone bird soared up against the dull sky; and, for my hearing, not so much as the cry of a sea-bird came to me — no! nor the croak of a frog, nor the plash of a fish.

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 2007

She had written a long front-page article saying that the CC is getting warmer due to CO2-driven forcing and so the local sea-bird population the Cassin Auklets, mostly was declining.

more bender on Emanuel « Climate Audit 2006

The night was so exquisite that I was content to rest without sleeping; the Babel noises of fowls and men had ceased, and there were only quiet sounds of rippling water, and the occasional cry of a sea-bird as we slipped through the waveless sea.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Shortly afterwards the whole body was transferred to a large lighter, which conveyed them out to Spithead, where the good ship fraught with their destinies lay like a mighty sea-bird asleep on the bosom of the open roadstead.

Ralph Rashleigh 2004

I'd guess that the nature center crew were right to cancel the scheduled sea-bird cruise for this morning, though.

No snow jhetley 2004

Only six months ago my sister16 awoke dreaming that she held a wingless sea-bird in her arms and presently she heard that he had died in his madhouse, for a sea-bird is the omen that announces the death or danger of a Pollexfen.

Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965

Only six months ago my sister16 awoke dreaming that she held a wingless sea-bird in her arms and presently she heard that he had died in his madhouse, for a sea-bird is the omen that announces the death or danger of a Pollexfen.

Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965

Only six months ago my sister16 awoke dreaming that she held a wingless sea-bird in her arms and presently she heard that he had died in his madhouse, for a sea-bird is the omen that announces the death or danger of a Pollexfen.

Collected Works of W. B. Yeats Volume III Autobiographies W.B. Yeats 1965