rookery

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For the study, scientists collected brain samples from four sea lions, one fur seal and a tern found dead at the most affected sea lion rookery in Argentina.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

The declining water level uncovered a land bridge connecting an island rookery to the shore.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023

The expedition was the first to sight an Emperor Penguin rookery and obtain an egg of the species.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2022

Wes piloted the boat across the Maryland state line and into Virginia and rounded a bend partially obscuring the rookery on Chesapeake Bay Foundation land.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

At last the woods rose; the rookery clustered dark; a loud cawing broke the morning stillness.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë