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THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Should more shearwaters be listed by the Agreement?
A Flesh-footed Shearwater at sea; photograph by Kirk Zufelt NOTE: ACAP Monthly Missives are more personal than those news articles that are regularly posted in ACAP Latest News. The new series offers the opportunity to go behind and beyond factual...
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Seabirds’ feather integrity compromised by just a small amount of oil
An image from the paper: Figure 4. Amalgamation annotation of Manx shearwater feathers. Left: the distribution of barbules along the barb at increasing levels of oil treatment. Oil treatments are (a) control, (b) trace colour sheen – 0.1 µm, (c) dark...
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Shining a light on the value of the dark. World Migratory Bird Day puts light pollution in the spotlight
A still from an Australian Government's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water animation raising awareness of the imapcts of light pollution by Redboat Animation and Video (animation below) World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)...
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World Migratory Bird Day set to "dim the lights" to mark October bird migrations
World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is set to mark the second of its twice-yearly celebratory days on 8 October under this year’s theme, “Light Pollution”. Adopting the catch cry, “Dim the Lights for Birds at Night”, WMBD is raising awareness of the impact...
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Light pollution affects ACAP-listed Pink-footed Shearwaters on Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island. What is being done about it?
Shearwater species that breed on inhabited islands or mainland sites are affected by light pollution, notably fledglings leaving their breeding sites and heading out to sea at night for the first time. These naïve birds can become dazzled, lose their...
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Featuring ACAP-listed species and their photographers: the Pink-footed Shearwater by Héctor Gutiérrez Guzmán
Pink-footed Shearwaters near a fishing vessel, waiting for a meal. Coastal Marine Protected Area, Mar de Juan Fernández Fardela blanca cercana a un bote de pesca, esperando algo de comida. Área Marina Costera Protegida Mar de Juan Fernández NOTE: This...
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World Migratory Bird Day, light pollution and ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels
A fledgling Cory's Shearwater is grounded by street lights; photograph by Beneharo Rodríguez Today (14 May) is the first of the year’s two World Migratory Bird Days, both with the theme of light pollution under the slogan “Dim the Lights for Birds at...
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An ACAP Species Summary for the Balearic Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater, mixed media by Catarina Vitorino; after a photograph by Pep Arcos Note: The illustrated Species Summaries have been written to help inform the general public, including school learners, of the biology and conservation needs of the...
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater groundings caused by street lights in Hawaii
A Wedge-tailed Shearwater in its burrow, Kaena Point, Oahu; photograph from Pacific Rim Conservation Jennifer Urmston (Migratory Bird Permit Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon, USA) and colleagues have published in the online...
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Too much down? Shining a light on fledging Cory’s Shearwaters with GPS trackers
A Cory's Shearwater grounded by artificial lighting; photograph by Beneharo Rodriguez Airam Rodríguez (Canary Islands’ Ornithology and Natural History Group, Buenavista del Norte & Department of Ecology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) and...
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