"mountain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Baird's sparrow, for example, requires long grass that has not been grazed, while the mountain plover lives on grazed land or in a prairie dog town where the grass is a quarter of an inch tall.
- Threatened species, endangered species, and species of concern in the refuge include the black-footed ferret, black-tailed prairie dog, burrowing owl, gray wolf, grizzly bear, least tern, mountain plover, northern leopard frog, pallid sturgeon, piping plover, greater sage-grouse, sicklefin chub, and sturgeon chub.
- Along the way, we keep a lookout for wildlife - bears, deer, perhaps a rare bobcat - but since this is winter, we see only birds: hawks, eagles, falcons, condor, California quail, mountain plover, owls.
- These include the burrowing owl, which lives in prairie-dog burrows; the mountain plover, which prefers the close-cropped surface growth of prairie-dog towns, and, most notably, the black-footed ferret.
- Other species, such as the mountain plover and the burrowing owl, also rely on prairie dog burrows for nesting areas.
- Prairie falcons, northern harriers and other raptors soar along mountain ridges and canyon rims looking for feed such as migratory mountain plovers, a small ground bird.
- The mountain plover is one of three species protected by the Endangered Species Act present in the Red Desert.
- On June 29, 2009 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a proposed rule to list the mountain plover as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
- He'd spotted a mountain plover, a long-billed curlew, a burrowing owl and a horned lark, plus the usual assortment of lark sparrows, yellow warblers, western meadowlarks, red-winged blackbirds, crows, black terns and mourning doves.
- The only sounds here are the low notes of the river's constant chatter against rock, and the higher calls of mountain plover, killdeer and the throat-clearing rasps of Clark's nutcrackers.
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