Sentences with phrase «seabird habitat»

Santa Barbara Island: On Santa Barbara Island, efforts are underway to restore seabird nesting habitat for Scripps's murrelets and Cassin's Aucklets by removing non-native plants and planting native vegetation to improve seabird habitat.

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Additional presentations will range from the navigational challenges seabirds confront within the «hook» of Cape Cod Bay and how to identify Massachusetts species to habitat issues on the continental shelf and across the Gulf of Maine.

This project will address these threats by adopting a holistic approach to the protection of marine life, seabirds and alluvial forest habitats.

As a bird habitat, Skellig Michael is home to a large population of gannets — 27,000 thousand pairs — as well as the storm petrel, the smallest seabird in Europe.

I got to the beach really early and found a great spot where I could watch the penguins, who have been rescued and looked after by SANCCOB (An organisation who primarily save African Penguins and other threatened seabirds), finally released back into their natural habitat after the terrible ordeals they had experienced.

Viewing Seabirds and Shorebirds The islands are particularly important for seabirds, offering critical nesting Seabirds and Shorebirds The islands are particularly important for seabirds, offering critical nesting seabirds, offering critical nesting habitat.

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.

Anacapa Island, located only about 11 mi (18 km) from the urbanized coast of Southern California, provides critical habitat for seabirds, pinnipeds such as California sea lions, and several endemic plants and animals.

Monitoring and Restoration Through monitoring and restoration programs, the park and its partners are working to conserve critical nesting habitat and to protect the integrity of island and marine ecosystems that support seabird populations in southern California.

Cuyler Harbor offers exceptional seabird viewing thanks to Prince Island that hosts 13 nesting seabirds, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America.

On land, predation and habitat disturbance by invasive species have impacted seabirds.

At Santa Barbara Island, seabirds were decimated by cats and habitat has been marginalized by years of over grazing by introduced livestock and rabbits.

Seabirds soared overhead, drawn to the rich sea life in Buccoo Reef, a protected habitat where star coral, elkhorn coral and brain coral thrive.

With this murre colony, Prince Island now hosts 13 nesting seabird species, making it one of the most important and biologically diverse nesting habitats on the West Coast of North America, according to a USGS statement.

Mitlenatch is the habitat of a huge, three thousand pair seabird colony on the Strait of Georgia.

Upon request, Artisans of Leisure can arrange additional activities such as playing golf, biking through the vineyards, visiting a colony of gannet seabirds, a tour of the Cape Kidnappers sheep and cattle ranch, fly fishing on local streams and visiting a kiwi habitat in search of New Zealand's famous flightless birds.

The island provides habitat for thousands of nesting seabirds including white - capped noddy terns, bridled terns, black - naped terns and silver gulls.

These small, tropical islands protect nesting and roosting seabirds and shorebirds and their habitat.

Both Santa Barbara and Sutil Island provide nesting habitat for Scripps's murrelets, a rare seabird.

Selected for its outstanding nature conservation values, Lady Elliot Island is one of the most important sites in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area for seabird nesting and an important habitat for marine turtles, manta rays, dolphins, sharks and coral reefs.

The State of Hawai`i and the Kure Atoll Conservancy have been engaged in an active campaign to rid the island of the invasive weed golden crownbeard so that it offers higher quality habitat for nesting seabirds.

In 1969 a Union Oil Co. oil rig blowout gushed 80,000 barrels of oil into the ocean, covering shorelines and critical habitat for fish, marine mammals and seabirds.

The study, A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight, was supported by various academic bodies and state agencies.

Papahānaumokuākea is a vital feeding, nesting, and nursery habitat for many other species, including seabirds, sea turtles and cetaceans.