rookery
Penguin breeding ground
A rookery is a breeding colony of gregarious birds, especially rooks, or the collection of nests they occupy in a group of trees.
The term extends to breeding grounds of other animals that gather in dense colonies, such as seals or penguins.
Historically, rookery also denoted a crowded, dilapidated urban slum, the image being of cramped, noisy quarters teeming with inhabitants much like a colony of nesting birds.
Flightless aquatic seabirds
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- cormorantsFish-eating diving seabirds
- gannetsLarge plunge-diving seabirds
- pelicansLarge seabirds with throat sacs
herons · puffins · guillemots · terns · shearwaters · murres · kittiwakes · boobies
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- nestingMaking a dwelling
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- communalShared by a community
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
aggregation · assembly · clustering · social · territorial · cacophony · clamor · din
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
- squatterUnauthorized building inhabitant
Hooverville · shanty · poverty · dilapidated · cramped · Victorian · Dickensian · thieves
Edge of steep rock
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- coastalOf the shoreline
- marineRelating to the sea
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
reserve · wildlife · protected · remote · undisturbed · ecosystem · conservation · wetland
Large eared aquatic mammals
- walrusesLarge tusked marine mammals
- elephant sealsLarge pinnipeds with elongated snouts
- fur sealsMarine mammals with dense underfur
- harbor sealsSpotted coastal marine mammals
breeding grounds · bulls · cows · pups · barking · beaches · rocks · territorial
penguins
Flightless aquatic seabirds
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- cormorantsFish-eating diving seabirds
- gannetsLarge plunge-diving seabirds
pelicans · herons · puffins · guillemots · terns · shearwaters · murres · kittiwakes · boobies · frigatebirds
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
congregation · aggregation · assembly · clustering · social · territorial · cacophony · clamor · din · racket
tenement
Multi-unit urban dwelling
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- ghettoSegregated urban quarter
squatter · Hooverville · shanty · poverty · dilapidated · cramped · Victorian · Dickensian · thieves · prostitutes
cliffside
Edge of steep rock
sanctuary · reserve · wildlife · protected · remote · undisturbed · ecosystem · conservation · wetland · estuary
sea lions
Large eared aquatic mammals
- walrusesLarge tusked marine mammals
- elephant sealsLarge pinnipeds with elongated snouts
- fur sealsMarine mammals with dense underfur
harbor seals · breeding grounds · bulls · cows · pups · barking · beaches · rocks · territorial · blubber
- bird habitatsnest, birdhouse, aviary, roost, nesting box
- bird housingaviary, birdcage, bird cage, chicken coop, dovecote
- collective nounsflock, herd, school, pack, swarm
- nestsmud nest, robin nest, owl nest, hummingbird nest, woven
- Penguin HabitatsAntarctica, Southern Ocean, ice floe, sea ice, pack ice
- protected areasnature reserve, wildlife sanctuary, protected area, nature preserve, wildlife refuge