skuas in a sentence

1. The 1200 arctic skuas failed to produce any surviving young.

2. More than 6800 pairs of great skuas were recorded in Shetland in 2000.

3. He is discovered by and escapes from a group of hungry skuas, one of which who claims to have been abducted by aliens.

4. The Skuas are extremely aggressive in protecting their nesting sites and will even attack humans by flying straight at their heads.

5. "Discovering that the birds breeding around Rothera represent such large proportions of the world populations of skuas and shags was entirely unexpected.

6. All birds have a common ancestor, but some birds, like eagles and shrikes, now prey on their relatives, while others, like cuckoos and skuas, now parasitize their relatives.

7. Based on the new counts from this study, the south polar skuas and Antarctic shags breeding in Ryder Bay represent 10.3 and 3.5 percent of improved global population estimates.

8. This is shown when he retrieves a fish he caught for Gloria from several skuas, and when he chases an alien ship into the unknown in hopes of finding the fish that are being taken from his home.

9. Although they’re considered a “northern” bird because their breeding grounds are in the north, Arctic Skuas have in fact been spotted as far south as the South Pole during their winter migration period.

10. "This comprehensive population assessment highlights that our proposed ASPA will encompass approximately 80 percent of the south polar skuas and 62 percent of the Antarctic shags breeding within Ryder Bay.

11. Our study highlights the global importance of the south polar skuas and Antarctic shags at Ryder Bay, providing context to the longer-term data on skuas collected from the small population close to Rothera Research Station.

12. One plant species on Heard Island, Poa annua, a cosmopolitan grass native to Europe, was possibly introduced by humans, though is more likely to have arrived naturally, probably by skuas from the Kerguelen Islands where it is widespread.