Roosting in a sentence

By cross-referencing the vultures’ ages with the GPS data on their roosting sites, the researchers discovered that as the vultures aged, they increasingly preferred to stay at the same roosting site.

It went on to say that the roost count confirms that Valletta remains by far the largest roosting site for White Wagtails in the Maltese Islands, with smaller roosting sites found elsewhere, such as Bugibba and Victoria in Gozo.

An ecological report considered it “unlikely” that the building would support roosting bats but their presence “could not be completely ruled out”.

Faculty at UW Bothell suspect the 58-acre site on campus became a roosting area for crows around 2009 because trees in the nearby wetlands were tall enough, at last, to provide nighttime protection.

Mr Prescott's report said: "Regarding bat roosting potential, a Preliminary Roost Assessment has been submitted in support of the application.

One million birds were also shown roosting in Bodmin Moor, one of Cornwall’s designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The restaurant/lounge has 80 seats and the bar has 14, and the menu will be similar to Roosting Co., with shareable appetizers.

Councilwoman Wickizer said the town will need to board up the broken windows in the crow’s nest announcer’s booth to prevent roosting birds from damaging the movie screen.

It was also anticipated that the proposed development would likely have resulted in the loss of roosting features for bats.

Mapping and allocation of feeding and roosting of shorebirds in the coastal zone is also necessary,” said Cabanban.

Vast wetlands were once common here, offering important foraging and roosting areas for east Asian waterbirds preparing for the next leg of their journey to the high Arctic.

One of the reasons I love starlings is the incredible murmurations they create in autumn, just before roosting in the evenings.

A family of black-necked cranes, a pair and two juveniles, were spotted roosting in an artificial pond in Uruk, Bumthang.

Any trees suitable for roosting by the Indiana brown bat must be downed before nesting season begins.

Scientists and wind energy companies are researching why wind turbines are such a threat to migratory and tree roosting bat species.

Steep masonry chimneys, like the one at Chapman, have become popular substitute roosting spots for the birds, who are named for William Vaux, a scientist and friend of John Kirk Townsend, who discovered the species.

These include, but are not limited to, a vintage pulp fiction chicken, a Dia de los Muertos chicken, and a Chicken Betty, which is “currently roosting at Roscoe’s Pizza in Takoma Park,” she pointed out.

This past winter, I had a Downy Woodpecker roosting in my Western Bluebird nesting box.

Water settles at the entrance and chickens are roosting out front creating a “fowl” odour.

At roosting sites, few plants grew for years after the pigeons left.