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- noun Plural form of
shorebird .
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Examples
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Do a Google or Yahoo search on the keyword shorebirds, and the top-ranked site you retrieve will be the Home Page of the Delmarva Shorebirds, a Class A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles in the South Atlantic League.
BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002
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Do a Google or Yahoo search on the keyword shorebirds, and the top-ranked site you retrieve will be the Home Page of the Delmarva Shorebirds, a Class A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles in the South Atlantic League.
Archive 2002-06-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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For migrant waterbirds such as shorebirds (waders), and especially those that are long-distance Arctic-breeding migrants, deterioration of critically important coastal spring staging areas (such as the international Wadden Sea, the Delaware Bay in the United States, and the Yellow River Delta in China) are strongly implicated in population declines.
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From shorebirds to pelicans to sea turtles, the list goes on of animals who are in need of a bath after running into oil slicks.
Bird Washing Machine Cleans Oil Covered Birds in 7 Minutes | Impact Lab 2010
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Many of the region's brown pelicans, terns, skimmers and other shorebirds may have escaped direct contact with the oil but are starting to nest in beaches that still have oil lurking just beneath the sand, he says.
Scientists grapple with BP oil spill's cost to bird life 2011
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By now the Osprey should be back in their nests and many other shorebirds are returning to their nesting grounds, such as Piping Plovers, Laughing Gulls and more.
Jakes Branch Park, Beachwood, Opens Sunday « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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By now the Osprey should be back in their nests and many other shorebirds are returning to their nesting grounds, such as Piping Plovers, Laughing Gulls and more.
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They provide extensive coastal marine habitats important to recreational and commercial fish species, nesting habitat for sea turtles and terns, breeding and foraging sites for threatened piping plovers and other shorebirds and nesting and rookery habitats for waders and waterbirds affected by the spill.
Jamie Rappaport Clark: Six Months Later, a Unique Opportunity Emerges for Gulf Refuges Jamie Rappaport Clark 2010
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Cleanup activities on beaches could harm shorebirds directly, by removing materials needed for foraging and roosting.
Susan Buchanan: Gulf Beach Cleaning Slows Though Tar Remains Susan Buchanan 2011
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Out here on the Coast, all my shorebirds are leaving …
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