Remove Collecting Remove Fur Remove Protection Remove Whaling
article thumbnail

African Penguins in Peril

10,000 Birds

An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. The early threats of guano harvesting and egg collecting have been replaced by the more ominous threats of oil pollution and overfishing of their favorite food source – pilchards. Sharks, Cape Fur Seals and even Killer Whales will prey on them in the ocean.

Penguins 222
article thumbnail

Seabirding off Cape Point

10,000 Birds

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.

Albatross 186