Located at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida, the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve represents one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America.
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Rookery
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German
2 entries- Kolonie noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
- Krähenkolonie noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
Irish
2 entries- adhbha rón noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
- garrán préachán noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
Italian
2 entries- colonia noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
- zona di nidificazione noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
Russian
1 entries- ле́жбище noun (a colony of breeding birds or other animals)
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Parties of penguins from Cape Royds rookery frequently landed here, and almost invariably the first thing they did on seeing our tents, was at once to walk up the slope and inspect these, walking all round them, and often staying to doze by them for hours.
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It was a rookery which had never been raided by the hunters, and in consequence the seals were mild-tempered and at the same time unafraid.
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In winter rooks roost together in large numbers, and the roost may or may not be a rookery, but almost daily the local residents pay visits to the nesting trees, and about this time often begin playing at nest-building.
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