horned grebe造句

• A horned grebe, with black and russet plumage, looks like a surprised cat.
• The Horned Grebe has a unique adaptation for swallowing fish whole.
• Other similarly sized grebes are very distinct in plumage, i . e . the eared grebe and horned grebe.
• These include black-necked stilts, American avocets, spotted sandpipers, Wilson's phalaropes, red-necked phalaropes, black terns, eared grebes, horned grebes, and cinnamon teal.
• The alternate ( breeding ) plumage of the Horned Grebe has bright erectable  horns, black fan-shaped cheek feathers and an overall red-and-black colour.
• Horned Grebes usually arrive at breeding grounds in pairs or solitarily to seek out a mate, between April and August . which range are coloured white, brownish or blueish green.
• Long-tailed ducks, white winged scoter, common loon and horned grebe spend winter off the refuge shore, while shorebirds, songbirds and common and least terns ( protected by the Endangered Species Act ) as well as sandpiper and other shorebirds.
• Bird species found at the lake may include Pacific loons, ring-necked duck, bufflehead, American wigeon, northern pintail, northern shoveler, green-winged teal, red-necked grebe, horned grebe, Bonaparte's gull, Wilson's snipe, lesser yellowlegs, long-billed dowitcher, red-necked phalarope, pectoral sandpiper and Bohemian waxwing.
• Both species bear much more colorful breeding plumage, with rufous sides, golden crests along the side of the head against contrasting slaty color ( also a rufous neck in the horned ); while in winter, both the eared and horned grebes are pied with slaty and cream color and have red eyes.
• Over 150 different bird species have been reported along the Los Angeles River, including, great egret, great blue heron, snowy egret, black-crowned night heron, red-tailed hawk, prairie falcon, osprey, northern mockingbird, western bluebird, common raven, American crow, double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, Muscovy duck ( introduced ), horned grebe, red-necked grebe, black-necked grebe, pied-billed grebe, American coot, cinnamon teal, western gull, mourning dove, killdeer, etc.