rookeries
Penguin nesting grounds
Rookeries is the plural of rookery, a breeding colony of birds—originally rooks, the crow-like birds that nest communally in treetops.
The term extends to colonies of other gregarious animals: seal rookeries along the coast, penguin rookeries in Antarctica.
Historically, rookery also meant a crowded, run-down urban tenement, suggesting the dense, noisy character of bird colonies.
Flightless aquatic seabirds
- cormorantsFish-eating diving seabirds
- gannetsLarge plunge-diving seabirds
- puffinsStocky seabirds, bright bills
- guillemotsNorthern diving seabirds
albatross · kittiwakes · fulmars · shags · terns · auks · petrels · frigatebirds
Animal-built shelters for young
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
clutch · fledglings · hatchlings · laying · rearing · aerie · burrows · guano
Steep natural rock walls
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- islandsLand surrounded by water
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
estuary · mangrove · sanctuary · refuge · protected · conservation · wildlife · ecosystem
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- povertySevere lack of resources
- VictorianOf a prim era
Dickensian · London · urban · crime · thieves · dilapidated · slums · dense
Seeking another's romantic favor
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- displaysVisual presentations or screens
- offspringBiological descendants produced
generations · fledging · rearing · territorial · seasonal · annual · return · natal
penguins
Flightless aquatic seabirds
- cormorantsFish-eating diving seabirds
- gannetsLarge plunge-diving seabirds
- puffinsStocky seabirds, bright bills
guillemots · albatross · kittiwakes · fulmars · shags · terns · auks · petrels · frigatebirds · pelicans
nests
Animal-built shelters for young
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- chicksNewly hatched birds
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
brooding · clutch · fledglings · hatchlings · laying · rearing · aerie · burrows · guano · cliffs
cliffs
Steep natural rock walls
wetlands · estuary · mangrove · sanctuary · refuge · protected · conservation · wildlife · ecosystem · remote
tenement
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- povertySevere lack of resources
Victorian · Dickensian · London · urban · crime · thieves · dilapidated · slums · dense · warren
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- displaysVisual presentations or screens
offspring · generations · fledging · rearing · territorial · seasonal · annual · return · natal
bulls
Adult male cattle
beaches · breeding-grounds · walruses · harems · territories · molting · basking
- bird habitatsnest, birdhouse, aviary, roost, nesting box
- Victorian LondonLondon, Thames, Big Ben, Westminster, East End
- wildlife habitatswildlife refuge, breeding grounds, nesting sites, forests, game reserve
- birding spotsbird sanctuary, bird blind, bird hide, blind, hide
- Coastal Preservessalt marsh, sea turtle nesting, mangrove forests, seagrass beds, habitat protection
- pelican habitatcoastal waters, estuaries, lagoons, mangroves, marshes
rookeriesaviaries
Enclosures for keeping birds
dovecotes · birdhouses · henhouses · coops · bird sanctuaries