Manx Shearwaters
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2011
A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up. The long shifts before swapping duties reduce the number of times that the birds have to run the gauntlet of the gulls and increase their chances of succesfully raising the chick to the age of abandonment.
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