Assertion: island | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: for shore birds
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: strategically
type: DEGREE
value: historically
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Historically, the island was strategically important as it protected Bantry Bay and the bay's deepwater anchorage.
text: The island is an important site for colonial nesting seabirds and shore birds in coastal Alabama and has been the only nesting site for brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in Alabama - first discovered in 1983.
text: The island is also an important breeding site for 12 species of seabirds, including the providence petrel, Kermadec petrel, white-necked petrel, black-winged petrel, wedge-tailed shearwater, Australasian gannet, sooty tern (known locally as the whale bird), red-tailed tropicbird, and grey noddy.