Seabird Update- Part 2

A video reporting that fluttering shearwater have not nested this season at our starter colony, with expert analysis from Helen Gummer:

Do feel free to watch Part 1 first (a shorter and less amateurish version than you might have already watched).

***Helen clarifies that when she refers in the video to young birds breeding at 3-4 years, she is talking about them arriving at the colony for the first time to prepare for breeding. They generally start nesting at 4-5 years.

Also, there’s a nice article about seabirds in the September/October New Zealand Geographic (Issue 183, pp 78-89).