To see a gannet stealing string from a neighbor, or a skua clucking at its babies?. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
I caught sight of something in the distance one morning and realized it was a skua. From Wordnik.com. [Terra Incognita]
On Christmas Day we took a holiday, and Lindström prepared a banquet of skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey] Reference
Several times Tom swooped low so Dr. Faber could examine flocks of skua gulls and snowy petrels. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Atomic Earth Blaster]
Defining the skua calls as baby-talk and seeing their wings as heraldic really does not suffice. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
Predation by a small but growing number of skuas Catharacta skua (170 pairs) may be partly responsible. From Wordnik.com. [St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom] Reference
Only the marauding subantarctic skua Catharacta antarctica feeds on the island, mostly on spectacled petrels. From Wordnik.com. [Gough Island Wildlife Reserve, United Kingdom] Reference
An hour after breaking camp this morning two snowy petrels came sailing over us; a little while later a couple of skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey] Reference
Bird life on sea and land is fairly abundant, the most common forms being the skua gull, snow petrels, and the various species of penguins. From Wordnik.com. [Perspective of Antarctica in 1911] Reference
A skua is nesting on a rock between the ponies and the dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
His special dish was penguins and skua gulls in cream sauce. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1] Reference
The skua besides eats eggs of other birds, especially of eiders and geese. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
The skua in this way commonly takes part in the plundering of every eider island. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
On this day, Amundsen was back on the Ice Barrier at 84°26'S observing skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Quantities of whale birds about the ship, the first fulmars and the first McCormick skua seen. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
The latter turned and repeated their former tactics until the skua finally flapped away altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
We also saw a variety of seabirds -- gannet, fulmar, petrel, skua, guillemot and many other kinds of seagull. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
The marsh warbler, Arctic skua, fieldfare, turtle dove and golder oriole have seen the worse decline in the last decade. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news] Reference
A skua gull visited us on the march this afternoon -- it was evidently curious, kept alighting on the snow ahead, and fluttering. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
With the first spilling of blood the skua gulls assemble, and soon, for them at least, there is a gruesome satisfaction to be reaped. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
Here we find a mass of 300,000 king penguins sharing the beach with yapping fur seals and giant skua birds trying to steal penguin eggs. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
A holiday, and Lindström prepared a banquet of skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
The skua isn’t just the oceanic corsair, the gannet not just the fisher king. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
Great skua (Catharacta skua) III. From Wordnik.com. [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference
Reach 84°26'S - see two skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [Chronology of Amundsen and Scott Expeditions] Reference
Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) III. From Wordnik.com. [Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic] Reference
Lindström prepared a banquet of skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
One skua seen to-day. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
Glossy the skua of the surf-man. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
Wilson reported skua gull seen Monday. From Wordnik.com. [Scott's Last Expedition Volume I] Reference
This act of piracy has earned for the skua its. From Wordnik.com. [Birds in the Calendar] Reference
Arctic skua. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] Reference
A little while later a couple of skua gulls. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2] Reference
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