Bermuda Petrel Hatch Highlights - Mar. 3, 2017

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Recap the 24 hours surrounding the Bermuda Petrel chick's hatch from the egg. Enjoy moments from the first signs of pipping on the egg, the male's return to the burrow, the hatch, the chick's first solo bout on the nest, and the chick reaching full fluffball status. The CahowCam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Nonsuch Expeditions. You can watch the cam live at http://allaboutbirds.org/cahows and learn more about Nonsuch Island's environs (including the cahow) at http://nonsuchisland.com ****************** We're excited to share a brand new live viewing experience featuring the critically endangered Bermuda Cahow, a kind of gadfly-petrel that nests nowhere in the world except rocky islets off the coast of Bermuda. In the early 1600s, this once-numerous seabird was thought to have gone extinct, driven out of existence by the invasive animals and habitat changes associated with the settlement of the island. In 1951, after nearly 300 years, a single bird was rediscovered, and since then the species has been part of a government-led conservation effort to revive the species. Much of this conservation work by the Bermuda Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has centered on the creation of manmade burrows to increase nesting habitat, and to create new colonies on larger islands that are more robust to the increasing threats of hurricanes. The Cornell Lab entered into a partnership with the innovative Nonsuch Expeditions,

Published 2017-03-03 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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