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Waterbirds such as the kingfisher suffered very high mortality rates when rivers and streams froze over, while small insect-eating species such as the treecreeper, goldcrest, wren and long-tailed tit died because of widespread "glazed frosts", a layer of ice over the branches of trees which covered up their food supply.
Weatherwatch: 'War winter' took it's toll on Britain's birds 2011
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Waterbirds have similarly been drastically affected, with a loss of breeding and stopover habitats for migratory species in the deltas of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya.
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Waterbirds also migrate within the Peninsula as smaller seasonal wetlands dry out and they return to larger wetlands elsewhere on the Peninsula.
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Waterbirds using the ecoregion include little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), and night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).
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Colonial Waterbirds 18 Special Publication 1: 226-230.
BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002
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Colonial Waterbirds 18 Special Publication 1: 226-230.
Archive 2002-05-01 John L. Trapp 2002
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Waterbirds were skimming the lake, but on the grassy bank where we ... reclined ... we were the only living things.
Alvin Journeyman Card, Orson Scott 1995
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Waterbirds stalk the margin, hunting for schools of young fish that swirl in the shadows.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Waterbirds stalk the margin, hunting for schools of young fish that swirl in the shadows.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Waterbirds stalk the margin, hunting for schools of young fish that swirl in the shadows.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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