roosts in English

noun

1

a place where birds regularly settle or congregate to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day.

The average pet bird roosts on the same plastic or wooden dowel every night and most of the day.

verb

1

(of a bird or bat) settle or congregate for rest or sleep.

migrating martins and swallows were settling to roost

verb

rest, perch

Use "roosts" in a sentence

1. One of the main starling roosts is on top of the Town Hall.

2. Bestiary can be found inside chests in Dragon Roosts and Dragon Caves

3. The pigeons are all asleep upon their roosts -- no flutter from them.

4. Keep your Anconas entertained with dust baths, roosts, straw and hay, treat dispensers and toys

5. In fact, Rydell says, attics and Belfries make excellent roosts for the flying mammals

6. In the evening, they return to their roosts, chirp a little more, and go to sleep.

7. The crows’ loud Cawing and calling at roosts tend to be noisiest right before dawn—even on weekends

8. As soon as the adventurers stop moving, the Harpies will swoop down from their roosts in the rock.

9. They eat their prey at their roosts, littering the cave floor with the broken up remains of their meals.

10. Grackles, brown-headed cowbirds, red-winged Blackbirds and starlings form large roosts which create a nuisance in urban areas

11. Blackbirds and starlings often establish roosts in areas where they are unwelcome because of the economic damage and potential health problems they cause

12. Scientific name: Myotis Bechsteinii The Bechstein's bat is a very rare bat that lives in woodland and roosts in old woodpecker holes or tree crevices

13. (Chihuahuan Ravens and Fish Crows are common in western states, but they're a whole different ID headache.) Look for ravens foraging in pairs; Crows are highly sociable and will hang out in murders and communal roosts.