10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
It is listed as vulnerable, though its rather rigorous treatment of the second, smaller chick in a clutch (it starves to death within 1 week, rarely a month, according to the HBW) offers the potential for collecting second-hatched chicks for reintroduction programs. When breeding, the female finds a cavity in a tree and seals the entrance.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2015
The magnificent view from the Cliff House includes the Seal Rocks just offshore. Heermann’s Gulls form large breeding colonies on arid islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from March through July. Heermann’s Gulls form large breeding colonies on arid islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from March through July.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2016
You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. Government officials estimate that thousands of them are badly sealed.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2011
The highlight of the weekend was seeing a pair foraging on a beach, searching the sand and tide strands for various morsels like a turnstone, and approaching the dozing New Zealand Fur Seal without the slightest sign of fear. At the same location it was possible to watch Spotted Shags collecting nesting material and try and get airborne.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2012
Here one is close to the scenically impressive Cape of Good Hope National Park as well as the Boulder’s Coastal Park, home to hundreds of breeding African Penguins. Wilson’s Storm Petrel Within the storm petrel collective, Black-bellied Storm Petrel migrate northwards through the trawling grounds during the September to October period.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
The early threats of guano harvesting and egg collecting have been replaced by the more ominous threats of oil pollution and overfishing of their favorite food source – pilchards. The only other significant mainland breeding colony is based about an hour out of Cape Town on the east coast at a place called Betty’s Bay.
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