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Leatherback sea turtles also inhabit sanctuary waters. Cordell Bank is also a major foraging ground for passing seabirds. Known as the "Albatross capital of the world," five of the 14 major species of albatross have been documented there. The two most common are the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) and sooty shearwater (Puffinus ...
Some seabirds, principally those that nest in tundra, as skuas and phalaropes do, will migrate over land as well. [ 4 ] [ 68 ] The more marine species, such as petrels, auks and gannets , are more restricted in their habits, but are occasionally seen inland as vagrants.
Eleven species of seabirds, one shorebird (the black oystercatcher) and two pinnipeds are documented to breed on Castle Rock. [2] Castle Rock is the northernmost breeding colony of northern elephant seals, which like harbor seals breed on the island; California sea lions and Steller sea lions use the island as a haul-out [3] but do not breed ...
Loggerheads, leatherbacks and green sea turtles still left nearly 15,000 nests this season along the beaches of Tequesta, Jupiter and Juno Beach. Loggerheads, leatherbacks and green sea turtles ...
The term seabird is used for many families of birds in several orders that spend the majority of their lives at sea. Seabirds make up some, if not all, of the families in the following orders: Procellariiformes, Sphenisciformes, Pelecaniformes, and Charadriiformes. Many seabirds remain at sea for several consecutive years at a time, without ...
The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
The Convention on Migratory Species works for the conservation of loggerhead sea turtles on the Atlantic coast of Africa, as well as in the Indian Ocean and southeast Asia. [100] [101] Throughout Japan, the Sea Turtle Association of Japan aids in the conservation of loggerhead sea turtles. [102] Greece's ARCHELON works for their conservation. [103]
Individual nesting sites at seabird colonies can be widely spaced, as in an albatross colony, or densely packed like an auk colony. In most seabird colonies several different species will nest on the same colony, often exhibiting some niche separation. Seabirds can nest in trees (if any are available), on the ground (with or without nests), on ...