rookery

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For the study, scientists collected brain samples from four sea lions, one fur seal and a tern found dead at the most affected sea lion rookery in Argentina.

From Science Daily

In a wildlife camera set up last year near the seal rookery at MacKerricher State Park, ecologist Frankie Gerraty captured a coyote decapitating its prey, confirming many researchers’ hypotheses about the maimed seal carcasses.

From Los Angeles Times

The females, they say, may make lots of connections at the rookeries where they congregate to give birth.

From Science Magazine

Point La Jolla, known as one of California’s prime sea lion rookeries, will no longer be accessible to the public after a unanimous vote by the San Diego City Council.

From Los Angeles Times

The declining water level uncovered a land bridge connecting an island rookery to the shore.

From Los Angeles Times