Why do many helminth species, apparently grebe specialists, use dragonfly nymphs as intermediate hosts? |
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Smallest of the grebes, the little grebe, or dabchick, is considerably rounder and more dumpy than its congeners. |
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The core of the work is the data set related to parasites recorded from grebe species. |
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A pair of coots, some moorhens, a little grebe and a single Little Egret rounded out the waterbirds. |
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Bird species to be seen include ringed plover, oystercatcher, redshank and little grebe. |
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The Horned Grebe is a small grebe with a straight bill, thick neck, and squarish head. |
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Again the attraction is bird watching, especially pied shags feeding the young birds in their nests, great crested grebe and large numbers of paradise ducks. |
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Recovery plans have already been drawn up for the Beluga, Rainbow smelt, Peregrine falcon, Yellow rail, Horned grebe, and Loggerhead shrike. |
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Nocturnal migrants taken by peregrines include species as diverse as yellow-billed cuckoo, black-necked grebe, virginia rail, and common quail. |
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Bring your binoculars and look out for great crested grebe, tufted duck, pochard, wigeon, teal, goosander and, occasionally, hen harrier. |
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Kingfisher, heron and little grebe are also now a common sight. |
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Listen to a sunset chorus of marsh birds, the eerie cries of rail, coot, grebe, and bittern. |
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Cottages and campers located close to ponds used by the Horned grebe for breeding threaten this priority species. |
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He picked it out amongst its smaller and much commoner relative, the little grebe – also known as the dabchick. |
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Many species of birds like the avocet, black-necked grebe and curlew sandpiper depend upon the saltworks, feeding exclusively on Artemia. |
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Four other animal species included on the list of endangered and vulnerable species in Quebec depend on the St. Lawrence: the copper redhorse, the spiny softshell turtle, horned grebe and piping plover. |
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Cold Lake Provincial Park encompasses one of the largest lakes in Alberta, which makes it an important breeding ground for numerous waterfowl, including colonial nesting birds such as the western grebe. |
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The many priority, threatened or vulnerable species that will be protected by the establishment of these sites include the horned grebe, Anticosti aster and Fernald's milkvetch. |
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Lake Titicaca hosts several endemics, among them the highly endangered Titicaca flightless grebe and Titicaca water frog. |
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The tarn shore supports a population of great crested grebe and the dark green fritillary butterfly. |
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A Blue Peter ornithology handbook is a must-have if you don't know your blacknecked grebe from your red-backed shrike. |
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The nightingale, the woodpecker, the kingfisher, the raven and the great crested grebe all deserve a shout. |
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Other water birds to be found on the Thames include the great crested grebe, coot, moorhen, heron and kingfisher. |
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Harrisson was instrumental in the organization of pioneering surveys of the great crested grebe. |
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Mergansers and scoters commute between feeding and roosting areas on the sea, and occasionally a great crested grebe, or auk batters past. |
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In the reedy borders there are bird species like the grasshopper warbler, the reed warbler, the bluethroat, and the grebe which have their breeding places there. |
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Today, the lakes are home to birds like the moorhen, grey heron, great crested grebe, coot and kingfisher. |
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The grey heron is the collateral damage here: it joins the avocet, little grebe and ringed plover among the birds that would be endangered by a four-runway behemoth appearing off the Isle of Sheppey. |
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The Wildlife in Action prize went to Samuel Hood, of Killingworth in North Tyneside, for his picture of a great crested grebe taken in the town. |
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As spring slowly arrives, snakes come out to bask in the sun, snowdrops emerge, and the great crested grebe does a dance. |
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Like the dabchick, the pied-billed grebe is small, greyish-brown in colour, and with a fluffy rear end – in this case showing a quick flash of white as it dives beneath the water to find food. |
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The dabchicks and the pied-billed grebe are most numerous on small waters with much emergent vegetation, the western grebe on large bodies of open water. |
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All together there were identified about 200 different species. Among the 24 water bird species there are the little grebe, the great crested grebe, the black-necked grebe, the gray heron and the cormorant. |
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The presence of the fauna is linked to the Valle Bertuzzi lagoon nearby: among the most common species we find the little grebe, the mallard, the coot and the kingfisher. |
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On hatching, the downy young are marked with bold longitudinal stripes, though such stripes are rarely visible on the gray young of the western grebe. |
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Watch for barred owl, pied-billed grebe and Barrow's golden eye. |
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Anglesey continued to host Slavonian grebe at Beddmanarch Bay and black-necked grebe at Cefni Reservoir. |
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Species allegedly include osprey, roseate tern, black-throated diver and black-necked grebe. |
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But concerns have been raised that the plan could affect the breeding grounds of rare Slavonian grebe birds. |
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Barry Sheavills' haul included 52 extremely rare examples, including three from the Slavonian grebe of which there are only 30 known pairs. |
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But the Slavonian grebe, whose range extends at its southernmost margins to Scotland and breeds on only a few lochs, is less frequently seen. |
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However what we have planned will make this site a haven for breeding birds like lapwing and water rail, pochard and the iconic great crested grebe. |
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Among them are the small bordered fritillary butterfly, polecats and birds like the grasshopper warbler, great crested grebe and several species of owl. |
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The two birds are the American bittern, and the Pied-billed grebe. |
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Andrew Seed, 45, was caught when police, acting on a tip off, raided his home and found 2,500 eggs, including osprey, golden eagle and black-necked grebe. |
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In Scotland, eggs of rare birds, such as the white-tailed sea eagle, golden eagle, chough, osprey and slavonian grebe, are highly prized by egg collectors. |
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