shearwaters
Wave-skimming tube-noses
Shearwaters are seabirds that skim low over ocean waves, their stiff wings nearly touching the water as they glide.
They spend most of their lives at sea, coming to land only to breed.
Related to petrels and albatrosses, shearwaters are found in oceans worldwide: We spotted shearwaters cutting through the spray off the coast.
Massive saltwater body
- pelagicOf the open sea
- offshoreAway from land
- open seaWaters beyond coastlines
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
squid · krill · fish · diving · plunge · trawler · bycatch · longline
Tube-nosed ocean bird
- seabirdOcean-dwelling winged creature
- ManxTailless domestic cat breed
- sootyCovered in black residue
- greatLarge or excellent
short-tailed · Balearic · streaked · fluttering · Christmas · pelagic
Engineless aerial movement
- wingtipPerforated dress shoe
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- arcingMoving along curved trajectory
- effortlessRequiring no strain
uplift · aerodynamic · undulating · swooping · ocean surface · thermal · airborne · graceful
Animal's dug dwelling
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- islandWater-bounded land mass
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- eggReproductive cell in shell
chick · fledgling · mate · vocalizations · wailing · caterwauling · eerie · underground
Earth's vastest ocean
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
- breeding groundsSites where species reproduce
- winteringPassing the cold season
navigation · endurance · long-distance · flyway · staging · hemispheric · seasonal · journey
ocean
Massive saltwater body
fishing · squid · krill · fish · diving · plunge · trawler · bycatch · longline · Pacific
petrel
Tube-nosed ocean bird
great · short-tailed · Balearic · streaked · fluttering · Christmas · pelagic
gliding
Engineless aerial movement
- wingtipPerforated dress shoe
- bankingFinancial institution transactions
- arcingMoving along curved trajectory
effortless · uplift · aerodynamic · undulating · swooping · ocean surface · thermal · airborne · graceful
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
egg · chick · fledgling · mate · vocalizations · wailing · caterwauling · eerie · underground · tussock
Pacific
Earth's vastest ocean
- AtlanticOcean bordering Europe
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
- breeding groundsSites where species reproduce
wintering · navigation · endurance · long-distance · flyway · staging · hemispheric · seasonal · journey · route
- island wildlifemarine iguana, Darwin's finches, Galapagos tortoise, giant tortoise, giant tortoises
- seabirdspenguin, penguins, pelican, pelicans, seagull
- waterbirdsducks, auk, geese, bittern, swans
- bycatchsea turtles, dolphins, sharks, porpoises, seabirds
- marine ecosystemsphytoplankton, oceans, zooplankton, marine life, krill
- seabird cliffspuffins, gannets, guillemots, kittiwakes, murres