לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

aerie

the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with aerie, each labelled with its topic.

  • Rangers close the cliff path every March so the pair of eagles can raise chicks in the aerie undisturbed.

    Environment

  • He hiked before dawn with a long lens to shoot the aerie on the ledge without frightening the parent birds.

    Photography

  • The falcon's aerie sat in a niche of the cathedral tower, a hundred feet above the traffic and the market stalls.

    Architecture

  • From the ferry deck we watched an osprey return to its aerie on the channel marker with a fish.

    Travel

  • Biologists rappelled to the aerie to weigh the chicks, working fast while the parent eagles circled overhead.

    Science

  • The poem opens at an aerie on a sea cliff, where a young eagle watches the fishing boats far below.

    Literature

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