Examples of waterbird in a Sentence
gulls, ducks, and other waterbirds
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Many of these waterbirds are migratory, traveling from as far afield as Siberia and Japan.
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Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
Midwestern birders are rejoicing after a rare and conspicuous waterbird touched down in Wisconsin.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
The Okavango becomes a network of emerald-green islands and narrow channels filled with hippos, fish, and waterbirds.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
When an infected waterbird dies, a raptor may make a meal of it and become infected in the process.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
Back at the harbor, another small waterbird — an eared grebe — was released alongside the ruddy duck Wednesday.
—Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
While patrolling the beach on September 5, observing terns, the 18-year-old spotted what initially looked like a great blue heron, a waterbird commonly seen there.
—Maureen Seaberg and Douglas Main, National Geographic, 21 Sep. 2020
This is in part because of the management strategy in place for protecting nesting and breeding areas for waterfowl, shorebirds and waterbirds.
—Joseph Albanese, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2020
The shells also provided a home for invertebrates to colonize—a bobbing waterbird buffet.
—Priyanka Runwal, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2020
Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
Midwestern birders are rejoicing after a rare and conspicuous waterbird touched down in Wisconsin.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
The Okavango becomes a network of emerald-green islands and narrow channels filled with hippos, fish, and waterbirds.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
When an infected waterbird dies, a raptor may make a meal of it and become infected in the process.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
Back at the harbor, another small waterbird — an eared grebe — was released alongside the ruddy duck Wednesday.
—Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
While patrolling the beach on September 5, observing terns, the 18-year-old spotted what initially looked like a great blue heron, a waterbird commonly seen there.
—Maureen Seaberg and Douglas Main, National Geographic, 21 Sep. 2020
This is in part because of the management strategy in place for protecting nesting and breeding areas for waterfowl, shorebirds and waterbirds.
—Joseph Albanese, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2020
The shells also provided a home for invertebrates to colonize—a bobbing waterbird buffet.
—Priyanka Runwal, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2020
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waterbird
noun
wa·ter·bird
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌbərd 
: a swimming or wading bird
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