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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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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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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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- Author: John Cooper
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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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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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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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Street lights down ACAP-listed Westland Petrel fledglings in New Zealand - resulting in road kills from traffic World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an annual awareness-raising campaign highlighting the need for the conservation of migratory birds and...
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A Manx Shearwater rests among flowers on a breeding island, photograph by Chris Perrins Msrtyna Syposz (Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK) and colleagues have published in the open-access journal Scientific Reports on laspects of ight...
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- Author: John Cooper
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Tracking the Yelkouan Shearwater from Croatia Seabirds in the Mediterranean are increasingly threatened by climate change, depletion of sea food resources, and other human related impacts (by-catch capture, artificial light pollution, habitat...
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- Author: John Cooper
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Pink-footed Shearwater at sea, photograph by Kirk Zufelt Writing in Spanish, Rodrigo Silva (Programa Aves Marinas, Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile) and colleagues have reviewed the impacts of light pollution on 17 species of...
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- Author: John Cooper
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