Sentences with phrase «tailed albatross»

The short - tailed albatross whose adult population number only about 3,000 were till recently found only on the Japanese islands of Kure Atoll and on Midway Atoll.

Volunteers have even been responsible for painting the decoys that have helped draw the endangered Short - tailed albatross to nest on Midway for the first time in recorded history.

The Short - tailed Albatross was nearly driven to extinction by the feather trade.

While the feather trade is the main culprit behind the dramatic loss of the Short - tailed Albatross, longline fishing isn't without its harmful effects and it could be slowing the recovery of the species.

And recently the first recorded nesting in modern times of the highly endangered short - tailed albatross has also been recorded on Midway.

However, the consultations initiated after the loss of the short - tailed albatross may change this.

Right now, the Short - tailed Albatross nest on only four islands (up from the single island where 10 pairs were discovered breeding after the species was thought to be extinct).

(Washington, D.C., September 9, 2011) An endangered Short - tailed Albatross was killed by a longline fishing boat off the coast of Oregon in April 2011, according to a report recently released by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council.

This is the first bycatch of a Short - tailed Albatross to be observed in the Pacific Northwest.

According to the USFWS, «The Short - tailed albatross nest was washed over again, but the chick was found unharmed about 35 m away and returned unharmed to its nest area.

There were 482,909 pairs of Laysan albatross, 28,581 pairs of black - footed albatross, and 1 pair of the endangered short - tailed albatross.

Probable extirpation of a breeding colony of short - tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) on Bermuda by Pleistocene sea - level rise

Those successes include the monumental task of eradicating invasive species, establishing a «backup» population of Laysan Teal, a critically endangered species of duck, bringing the threatened Short - Tailed Albatross back to the island through years of playing sound recordings and setting up decoys and conducting scientific research from monitoring carbon dioxide levels in a a world - wide study to analyzing marine debris washed up on the beaches to understand marine pollution.

Our group of a dozen ecotourists was making its way back from visiting the Short - Tailed Albatross chick, only the second of this critically endangered species to have hatched on Midway in modern times.

In other words, it appeared that the Short - tailed Albatross had all of its eggs in one basket — but things are now looking up.

In the middle of the last century, things weren't looking good for the majestic Short - tailed Albatross.

For twenty years, despite searches, no one saw a Short - tailed Albatross.

Early this week I was sent an encouraging update from a conservation group on the status in the Hawaiian Islands of the short - tailed albatross, a remarkable ocean - roaming bird that once numbered in the millions but, devastated by the feather trade and other impacts, nearly vanished early in the 20th century.

The uptick in U.S. sightings conincides with two successful Short - tailed Albatross breeding efforts, one in 2011 and one in 2012, both by the same pair of birds on Midway.

The Short - tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific.

The arrival of ten or so Short - tailed Albatrosses in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, and two successful nestings, is a highly significant development.

Maybe ten rare Short - tailed Albatrosses showing up at several Hawaiian Islands doesn't count as a new population, but those sightings are still causing a buzz in the conservation and birding worlds.

Learn how biologists managed to bring back the endangered Short - Tail Albatross to nest on the atoll; meet Wisdom, a Laysan albatross who has been nesting on Midway for nearly 60 years; find out the strategies being used to eradicate invasive plant and animal species; discover the beauty of endangered Monk seals, sea turtles, spinner dolphins, corals and so much more.

Not exact matches

The distribution of wildlife on Earth is changing with the climate, making conditions more favorable to odd species such as trumpeter swans, beetles, marmots, albatross, killer whales and white - tailed deer

Our study included thirty - three Australian islands, home to 17 species of globally threatened birds, mammals and amphibians including the woylie (or brush - tailed bettong), Tasmania devils, black - browed albatross and Cooloola sedgefrog.

Day 6 Explore Punta Suarez on foot, enjoy its unique sea bird colonies, including Galapagos albatross, Nazca boobies, bluefooted boobies, and swallow - tailed gulls.

Explore Punta Suarez on foot, enjoy its unique sea bird colonies, including Galapagos albatross, Nazca boobies, bluefooted boobies, and swallow - tailed gulls.

I think it would be a good idea to bring back the original «4kids» voice actors such as Jason Anthony Griffith as the Voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Jet the Hawk, Amy Palant as the voice of Miles «Tails» Prower, Dan Green as the voice of Knuckles the Echidna and Storm the Albatross, Lisa Ortiz as the voice of Amy Rose, Rebecca Honig as the voice of Cream the Rabbit, Oliver Wyman as the voice of Big the Cat, Andrew Rannells as the voice of E-123 Omega, Kathleen Delaney as the voice of Rouge the Bat, Jimmy Zoppi as the voice of Vector the Crocodile, David Willis as the voice of Espio the Chameleon, Amy Birnbaum as the voice of Charmy Bee, Bella Hudson as the voice of Blaze the Cat and Wave the Swallow, and Pete Capella as the voice of Silver the Hedgehog.