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Flesh-footed Shearwaters found breeding at a new locality on Phillip Island
A pair of Flesh-footed Shearwaters, photograph from the Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden The Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden reports on Facebook that the Near Threatened Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carnepeis has...
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A new video from Australia features the Kermadec Petrel on Phillip Island
Kermadec Petrel and chick on Phillip Island, photograph from the Norfolk Island National Park "Veteran conservation biologists" Nicholas Carlile and Terry O'Dwyer are featured in a 28-minute video by writer, photographer and videographer Stuart Cohen...
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From 2.5% to 67%! Breeding success of Black-winged Petrels has increased dramatically after removal of rodents on Lord Howe Island
Black-winged Petrel ashore Terence O’Dwyer (Conservation and Restoration Science, Department of Planning and Environment, New South Wales, Australia) and colleagues have published in the journal Bird Conservation International on breeding recovery of...
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Giant centipedes prey upon Black-winged Petrels on Australia's Norfolk Islands
Black-winged Petrel Luke Halpin (School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia) and colleagues have published in the journal The American Naturalist on endemic giant centipedes preying upon chicks of the Black-winged...
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Plans to control Norfolk Island’s rats and cats set to help both parrots and shearwaters
The Australian Government’s Threatened Species Commissioner has made AUD 300 000 available to expand rodent control (which commenced in 1992) in and outside of Norfolk Island National Park on Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean (click here). This...
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