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rookery

[rook-uh-ree] / ˈrʊk ə ri /
NOUN
breeding ground
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Animal lovers will likely want to make a stop at Piedras Blancas Rookery, which claims to be the world’s only elephant seal rookery that is free and open to the public 365 days a year.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Breathing apparatus was supplied by a Hazardous Area Response Team from South Central Ambulance Service, which was also at the scene in Rookery Avenue in Whiteley.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

Extra attraction: Travel about 10 miles south to the Rookery Building, which Burnham and Root designed in 1888.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019

The two curious penguins in the video filmed themselves at the Auster Rookery, a penguin colony near the Australian Mawson research station.

From The Verge • Mar. 10, 2018

When they moved into the Rookery at La Salle and Adams, a gorgeous light-filled structure of Root’s design, they saw views of the lake and city that no one but construction workers had seen before.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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