Sentences with phrase «of seabirds»

Several species of seabirds including Kittiwakes, of which there are several thousands of pairs at Troup Head, have had a hard time in recent years, as Dominic continues:

We often encounter a variety of seabirds including, Cassin's Auklets, Scripps's Murrelets, Common Murres, Rhinoceros Auklets, and Black - vented Shearwaters.

Thousands of seabirds call this area home and fill the skies and sea rocks.

Coastal islands provide critical nesting, breeding and feeding habitat for endangered seals and provide nesting habitat to the largest population of seabirds in North America.

KILAUEA POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE is a regular stop on the flight path of the largest colony of seabirds on the main Hawaiian Islands.

Large numbers of seabirds congregate here for the annual herring spawn in March.

Ocean Plastic Will Be Found in 99 Percent of Seabirds by 2050 Plastic pollution in the ocean is like a floating minefield to marine life, from microscopic plankton to giant whales.

The nearby Scott Islands are a protected area, and are considered critical habitat for breeding seabirds, including the tufted puffin, and acts as primary habitat for more than 70,000 species of seabirds including several species Auklets and Petrels.

The Midway Atoll lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is the nesting ground of millions of seabirds, including many endangered species.

Some 700 species of marine wildlife are estimated to have ingested plastic; plastic will be found in 99 percent of seabirds by 2050.

The resulting data is used to compare relative abundance of seabirds over time — to help us understand populations within the sanctuary and their possible impacts on local ecosystems and as a barometer for other changes in the environment.

The Channel Islands are vital habitat for seabirds and shorebirds, providing essential nesting and feeding grounds for 99 % of seabirds in southern California and important wintering areas and stopover points for shorebirds.

The findings demonstrate the widespread reliance of seabirds on small forage fish, she says.

The Southern Eyre Peninsula is home to 270 species of birds and 1,900 native plant species, providing abundant opportunities to spot western grey kangaroos, koalas, emus, threatened southern hairy - nosed wombats, Port Lincoln parrots, rock parrots, golden whistlers, white - browed babblers, various waterfowl at Big Swamp and an array of seabirds including cormorants, terns oystercatchers, black winged stilts, osprey and white - bellied sea eagles.

Above the high tide line, Haystack Rock is protected as part of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, providing habitat and viewing of a wide range of seabirds including the most accessible colony of Tufted Puffins in the Northwest.

Imagine the serenity of watching the evening come to a close as you cuddle in your loved one's arms, looking out over the serene waves and hearing the calls of the seabirds and the gentle splash as you drift across the bay.

However, ongoing studies indicate that DDT continues to persist at higher than expected levels in several species of seabirds nesting on the islands, including cormorants and petrels.

To look for a general relationship between the abundance of forage fish and birds» breeding success, Cury and an international team of researchers examined data on fish and 14 species of seabirds from seven ecosystems around the world.

In Antarctica, too, the IAATO guidelines ensure that visitors remain on the edge of penguin rookeries, while in Galapagos some well - frequented trails meander through the middle of seabird breeding colonies.

Once in a while you will hear sounds of seabird which entertain your lonely.

Come and learn about beautiful pelagic birds, and see if you might want to join the crew of seabird monitors she sends out every year to keep track of them!

But Dr. Rob MacAulay has followed it instinctively all his life, as he has followed the flight of seabirds over the island on which he was born.

In the distance flocks of seabirds sailed through the sky like shattered clouds.

We will motor along the coast of Anacapa Island and look at the groups of seabirds congregating for the nesting season.

Strategies like this could help reduce the amount of seabird bycatch — if they're used.

Observe a variety of seabirds at work and marine creatures like the Leafy Sea Dragon in their natural environment.

For example, on Cooper Island near Utqiagvik, where a colony of black guillemots has been monitored since 1975, researchers found that the timing of the seabirds» egg laying correlates with Utqiagvik's snowmelt, so earlier melt means earlier egg laying.

By analyzing 130 years of seabird feathers, researchers determined that food webs are losing complexity in the Pacific — meaning less - resilient ecosystems.

Pellets are often found in the stomach content of seabirds like fulmars, which feed from the surface of the sea.

Stella Maris could, for example, monitor the habits of seabirds as they fly, then plunge into water and capture prey.

At the south end of Tallow Beach, the rocky outcrops that give Broken Head its name are home to dozens of seabirds, while the waves that break around them host intrepid surfers.

Speakers will address the remarkable characteristics and behaviors of seabirds, the challenges they face in a changing world, and some of the factors that influence their distribution and ecology, including right here in New England.

For the fourth time, Shedd Aquarium, a leader in animal care and conservation, has teamed up with the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Costal Birds, SANCCOB, a non-profit that works to reverse the decline of seabird populations through the rescue, rehabilitation and release of ill, injured, abandoned and oiled seabirds.

«Our team compared the precision of drone - derived image counts with those made at the same time by human counters on the ground for colonies of three types of seabird: frigatebirds, terns and penguins.

Published today in the journal Scientific Reports, the research found that drones are much more precise at monitoring the size of seabird colonies in tropical and polar environments than more traditional ground counts.

The achievements of COASST, which currently has about 850 volunteers, include documenting the world's single largest die - off of seabirds from a harmful algal bloom as well as contributing to many analyses of the potential impacts of resource development on coastal ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.

That would have been this «Birdlantis» — a lost, big island that probably would have been chock - full of seabirds.

These populations, Polis and Hurd found, feed almost exclusively on parasitic flies called bobitos, which suck fluid from the eyes and wounds of seabirds (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol 92, p 4382).

[Tyler O. Gagne et al., Trophic signatures of seabirds suggest shifts in oceanic ecosystems]

Perhaps a female, full of eggs, had made the 14 - mile journey from Lord Howe Island clinging to the legs of some seabird, or floating on some vegetation after a storm.

The dangers that fledglings of certain species of seabirds face when they emancipate themselves from their parents by launching themselves towards the sea at night are caused by light pollution: collisions, being run over and greater vulnerability to predators when they fall to the ground.

Now, new findings published this month in Marine Ecology Progress Series estimate that the number of seabirds lost as a result of the spill may number well into the hundreds of thousands.

From that, scientists can infer the health of the seabirds» food chains as well as observe how rookeries are faring in the face of invasive predators and climate change.

Although the number of seabird mortalities from the spill likely centers around 700,000, sources of uncertainty in the estimates indicate the number of deaths could actually lie anywhere between 300,000 and 2 million.

Some of the most devastating pictures after big oil spills are of seabirds coated in black sludge.

This has allowed us to track the changing fortunes of seabirds.

A classic example of seabirds that suffered from overfishing is the Atlantic puffin in Norway.

This, the researchers say, is consistent with recent studies into the feeding behaviour of seabirds and suggests marine life might be increasingly attracted to marine debris as a source of food regardless of the potential harm caused.

A remote atoll within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is home to an extraordinary collection of seabirds.

They lie halfway between one shore and the other, each with a wimple made of seabirds» wings.