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A Wreck of Prions

July 19, 2011 by Duncan 9 Comments

I’m not sure what the collective noun for a group of petrels is, but the vets and wildlife carers of New Zealand might be...

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Days of Guano

June 22, 2011 by Duncan 8 Comments

There is a very distinctive smell found on seabird colonies, where thousands upon thousands of birds come to breed and, coincidentally, deposit large quantities...

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Behold the Blue-footed Booby

June 15, 2011 by Mike 2 Comments

The order Suliformes holds a lot of special birds from anhingas and darters to cormorants and shags as well as frigatebirds, pelicans, and tropicbirds. But...

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Manx Shearwaters

April 30, 2011 by Redgannet 2 Comments

You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater. As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for...

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Man-o-war Birds

April 27, 2011 by Duncan 5 Comments

Last week I introduced the Great Frigatebird, one of five species of man-o-war bird. I got rather carried away showing all the plumages you...

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The Great Pirates of the Pacific

April 20, 2011 by Duncan 7 Comments

I’ve always thought there is something prehistoric about frigatebirds, as something about their shape evokes in my mind the shape I imagine the later...

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