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10,000 Birds

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

It’s September and time for birds to start their southerly journeys. The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Please remember to give migrating birds the space that they need. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 28 May 2018.

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