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Rookery (other)
A rookery is a colony of breeding birds and some marine mammals. Rookery may also refer to: * Rookery (slum), a term for a city slum, building, or ghetto frequented by poor people, criminals and prostitutes * Rookery Building, a historic landmark located in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago * Rookery Hall, an Elizabethan-style mansion located near the village of Worleston, Cheshire * Rookery Hill, a football stadium in Thurrock, Essex * Rookery Islands, Holme Bay, Mac.Robertson Land, Antarctica * Rookery Lake, Vestfold Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica * Rookery Mound, an archaeological site near Everglades City, Florida * Rookery railway station, a former railway station in Rainford, Lancashire, England * Rookery, an album by Giant Rooks * The Rookery, Nantwich, a Georgian townhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire * The Rookery, Stoke-on-Trent * The Rookery, Tattenhall, a house in Tattenhall, Cheshire See also * * * * Rockery (other) * Rook (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rookery
A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally gregarious birds. Coming from the nesting habits of rooks, the term is used for corvids and the breeding grounds of colony-forming seabirds, marine mammals (true seals and sea lions), and even some turtles. Rooks (northern-European and central-Asian members of the crow family) have multiple nests in prominent colonies at the tops of trees. Paleontological evidence points to the existence of rookery-like colonies in the pterosaur ''Pterodaustro''. The term ''rookery'' was also borrowed as a name for dense slum housing in nineteenth-century cities, especially in London. See also *Auca Mahuevo, for a titanosaurid sauropod dinosaur rookery *Bird colony *Heronry *Rook shooting Rook shooting was a previously popular sport in the United Kingdom, in which young rooks were shot from tree branches, often using purpose-built rifles known as rook rifles. Rook shooting could serve as a form of pest control, a blood sport ... R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
