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Snow petrels are seabirds. They hunt fish in the icy ocean.Snow petrels build their nests in a place called Antarctica. Find Antarctica on the map on the back page.Sometimes, a petrel will fly over the sea to hunt. It hovers just above the water.Other times, the petrel stands on the edge of the ice.Then the bird nabs fish with its beak. Now the petrel has a full belly.Chicks live in nests high up in cliffs.CHICKSnow petrels also eat shrimp-like animals called krill.PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR) [Extracted from the article]

An island located between South Africa and Antarctica, known for breeding half of the world's wandering albatrosses, is facing a serious threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu. The high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) has potentially caused the death of birds from multiple species on Marion Island, including brown skuas, wandering albatrosses, and southern giant petrels. The virus likely arrived on the island through migrating birds, prompting efforts to slow its spread by training personnel to identify the disease in birds and seals. This outbreak adds to existing challenges faced by the diverse bird population on Marion Island, which is also undergoing the world's largest mouse-eradication project to protect the birds from predation. [Extracted from the article]

A map shows where places are. This map shows countries where some of the animals in your magazine live.MORE FUN: Which animal here can fly?SNOWSHOE HAREWALRUSMARKHORZEBRAMAP: SNOW PETRELPHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR)PHOTO (COLOR) [Extracted from the article]

The article informs about the distribution of Pelagic birds in Germany and the occurrence of tubenoses in the German North Sea. Topics include areas of occurrence and migration behavior of the species in the German Exclusive Economic Zone; and the exception of the cuttlefish shearwater Calonectris diomedea, and the fulmar Fulmarus glacialis.

A recent study published in Current Biology has found that the Desertas petrel, a rare seabird, actively seeks out hurricanes, unlike other seabirds. The petrels, which are about the size of pigeons, leave their nesting colony off the coast of Portugal during their breeding season and fly up to 12,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean in search of food. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discovered that the petrels follow storms for thousands of kilometers because the storms churn up prey from deep within the water column, providing an easy meal for the birds. Surprisingly, none of the tracked birds were harmed by the storms and there was no nest desertion. [Extracted from the article]

The Desertas petrel, a black-and-gray seabird that lives on Portugal's Bugio Island, has been found to track hurricanes instead of avoiding them like most birds. Biologist Francesco Ventura and his team discovered that the petrels follow hurricanes for up to five days over long distances because the storms churn up the ocean, bringing their prey to the surface. This behavior was revealed through the use of GPS trackers on 33 petrels. The findings highlight the petrels' willingness to travel far in search of food and provide an exciting moment for researchers. [Extracted from the article]

After more than 40 years, Peruvian diving petrels have returned to Pajaros Uno island in Chile. The rare seabirds left after rats preyed on their eggs and chicks. Conservationists eliminated the rats and played bird calls to attract the petrels back.● LIFE SPAN: Up to 15 years● HABITAT: Cold waters west of South America● SIZE: Between about 8 and 10 inches● DIET: Plankton, fish larvae, and anchovies● FUN FACT: Peruvian diving petrels use their wings as paddles to swim underwater. [Extracted from the article]

The document titled "Taverner Award Report - Taylor Brown" discusses two separate studies conducted by Taylor Brown. The first study focuses on measuring shipping intensity and underwater noise levels near Cape Graham Moore in Nunavut from 2014 to 2024. The second study examines the phenomenon of fledgling seabirds becoming stranded in well-lit coastal areas, specifically focusing on Leach's Storm-Petrels and Atlantic Puffins in Newfoundland. Brown conducted experiments using 3D-printed decoys to assess the detection probabilities of stranded puffins in varying levels of artificial light. The results of these studies will contribute to understanding the impact of climate change on thick-billed murres and improving rescue efforts for stranded seabirds. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses how Fulmarus glacialoides is the southern sister species of the similar Northern Fulmar distributed around the Antarctic coasts and islands. Topics include migrating across the southern seas as far as the subtropical zones of South America after the breeding season; and fulmar is of Antarctic origin that has successfully occupied an ecological niche in Arctic seas.

The snow petrel is one of the most beautiful seabirds in Antarctica. With a wingspan of about 80 cm, it belongs to the family of petrels and has a pure white plumage, a black beak, and black feet. The breeding sites are located on steep cliffs on the Antarctic mainland and some islands. The snow petrel feeds on plankton, small fish, and carrion. Due to climate warming and microplastics, this species is threatened. There is the possibility to observe the snow petrel on a ship trip to Antarctica. [Extracted from the article]

Discusses perceptive networks made up of pillbox-size computers with sensors that run on an operating system called TinyOS. How the devices can be used to monitor factories and stores and read radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags; Linking of the computers to radio transceivers and sensors, by research groups at the University of California, Berkeley and Intel, to form autonomous nodes called "motes"; Use of the wireless gadget as a "macroscope" to record environmental data; Idea that motes are not miniaturized personal computers; Challenge of designing perceptive networks to be economical; Details of a pilot project doing research on petrels on Great Duck Island off the coast of Maine; The mote system's design and power source; Percentage of time a mote spends in a standby mode; How the mote compares to the handheld PDA; The self-organizing aspect of perceptive networks; The challenge of iMotes; The constraints on power use and processing speed; Purpose of software called TinyDB; Outlook for wireless sensor nodes and perceptive networks. INSETS: Overview/Perceptive Networks;MORE TO EXPLORE.

COOK'S PETREL Migration routes matter: Two nearby breeding populations of this species spend the nonbreeding season in different ocean regions. To calculate a "plastic exposure score" for each species, they first overlaid all the petrel routes with existing data on ocean plastic concentrations. SPECTACLED PETREL Ranked among the 10 birds in the study most exposed to plastic, this petrel is especially vulnerable: It breeds in only a single location, called Inaccessible Island, within a plastic exposure hotspot in the south Atlantic Ocean. [Extracted from the article]

The article "Madeira Storm Petrels ... From one species to three, at least ..." deals with the different species of storm petrels, especially the Madeira Storm Petrel. It is mentioned that the family of tube-nosed birds includes the largest and smallest seabirds. Two species of Madeira Storm Petrels have been identified in the Azores, which differ in their breeding and molting times. It is suspected that there are also other species or subspecies of Madeira Storm Petrels on other islands such as St. Helena, Hawaii, and the Galapagos Islands. These birds have small populations and are vulnerable to threats. To observe them, the article recommends traveling to the respective islands during the breeding season and participating in special seabird-watching tours. [Extracted from the article]

This bird attracted many more birders and was last reported on 29/9 (TP) Red-necked Phalarope - A bird still present at Kliphoek Salt Pans on the Berg River, 12/9 (LG), 22/9 (PV), 21/10 (MP), 1/11 (DC). A bird on the grass bank opposite the tea room at Rondevlei NR, 13/11 (DaG, GS) Green-backed Heron - The bird at Texel Court, Marina da Gama, was still there 11/9 (AD). 8 birds at De Mond Veld Cottage/NR boundary, 2/1 (AK) White-fronted Bee-eater - About 10 birds seen flying west, near Worcester Railway Station, 12/9, (NM) European Roller - at Springfontein Dam, near Beaufort West, 13/12 (ST). [Extracted from the article]

While the fate of the condor chick isn't certain, Aigner is hopeful that this is just the beginning of the young bird's journey: "She's such a badass little girl". The pressure on California Condors from an unprecedented avian flu outbreak is especially intense. WHEN PHOTOGRAPHER KARINE Aigner got the text that the California Condor egg was hatching, she dropped everything and drove straight from High Island, Texas, to the Houston airport. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the significant impact free-roaming cats are having on bird and other wildlife species in the U.S. Topics include how cat advocacy groups oppose any attempts to use lethal control on cats, statistics on the number of birds killed by free-ranging country cats, and the threat posed by cats to other endangered species such as the woodrat and the Hawaiian petrel.

The article presents an overview of the multimillion pounds worth of campaign of the British organization the British Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to terminate thousands of mice and to save the Tristan Albatrosses and Atlantic Petrels. The topics discussed include the number of bird species at Gough Thymes that are in danger of predation by mice and the methods they used in exterminating the mice.

In summer 2022, a translocated Newell's Shearwater came back as an adult to prospect for a nesting site for the first time, and in fall 2022, a Hawaiian Petrel chick hatched by translocated parents successfully fledged. A Hawaiian Petrel chick (left) rests in its nest burrow on Kaua'i in 2015, and at right, a Newell's Shearwater chick sits in a recovery worker's hands. By Rachel Fritts, American Bird Conservancy Conservationists in Kaua'i's Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge celebrated exciting milestones for two endangered seabird species in 2022, and they're looking forward to more good news this year. [Extracted from the article]