Watch little penguins and short - tailed
shearwaters return to their burrows from the ocean after dusk on an evening tour with Inala Nature Tours.
Sooty
shearwaters return in floods; Leach's and fork - tailed storm - petrels are common, as are surf and white - winged scoters.
Not exact matches
Though it looks chaotic at first glance, this migration map, which shows the electronic tracks of 19
shearwaters created by UC Santa Cruz biologist Scott Shaffer in 2005, color - codes the various legs of their trek: light - blue lines track the birds during breeding season, yellow lines represent the northward journey, and orange lines show the winter feeding grounds and southward
return.
The Neck is an important habitat for native wildlife, so keep your eyes peeled for short - tailed
shearwaters and little penguins
returning to their burrows at dusk.