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• n  a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

• None of Nauru's 3,400 inhabitants (194 Europeans) was hurt, but warehouses and platforms loaded with Nauru's main productguano (seabird droppings) for explosives and .
• The connections between the El Nino phenomenon and ecological disruptions like seabird starvation and crop failure are based on solid scientific data and cannot be dismissed as .
• Phillips is awed by the murrelet, a seabird that flies to Washington's forests--farther away every year because of logging--to feed its young.

• sea bird
• seafowl

News & Articles

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• Study Finds Large Seabird Toll From Fishing Nets
  Gillnets snare and drown at least 400,000 seabirds every year, and the actual figure could be considerably higher, scientists said.
  June 12, 2013 - New York Times
• Fish Nets Found to Kill Large Numbers of Birds
  Gill nets snare and drown at least 400,000 seabirds every year, and the actual figure could be considerably higher, scientists said.
  June 12, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Philippe Petit in Bloomberg
  It was theater from another world, what I did in the sky with this ephemeral bridge,Petit said. "I was lying down, dialoguing with a seabird, saluting the sky, listening to the towers, breathing with them."
• Mark Warawa in Environment Canada (press release)
  Through this one million dollars in new funding, we will work to ensure that the seabird populations that use the Scott Islands are protected,said Mr. Warawa. "This is just another example of how our Government's is working hard to ensure...
• Richard Lochhead in Scotsman
  Richard Lochhead, the environment secretary, said: "The proposal to extend these sites out to sea will address local issues that could have an impact on seabird colonies, such as new developments in coastal waters."