Manx Shearwaters
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2011
Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. The parents now desert the burrow and the chick, leaving it to the harsh realities of life beyond its sanctuary below the ground.
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