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Kinderchick:
Very interesting!
The Peregrine Chick:
Tropical booby bird found in St Leonards flown back to the Caribbean in time for Christmas
Siobhan Ryan / The Argus / 18 Dec 2016
A TROPICAL bird found washed up on a Sussex beach has been flown 5,000 miles back home in time for Christmas.
The red-footed booby bird was discovered underweight and dehydrated in St Leonards in September by volunteers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service.
The bird, nicknamed Norman, underwent intensive care at the RSPCA's Mallydams Wood in Hastings, where he spent time under a heat lamp to ward off the cold and ate sprats to build up his strength.
Mystery surrounds how the young bird managed to be blown off course and end up on the beach.
He is now settling in at a nature reserve in the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean following a 12 hour British Airways flight.
Mallydams wildlife rehabilitation team manager Richard Thompson said: "It is just fantastic to see Norman make his way home after the team here have worked so hard nursing him back to health and full strength.
"We are used to dealing with native seabirds here - like gulls and terns - but he is the first booby bird we have ever seen here at the RSPCA and the UK.
"It is amazing to think we've had a hand in his care."
RSPCA wildlife vet Barbara Watson flew alongside Norman to keep an eye on his progress and carry out vet checks before and after the flight.
She said: "I never imagined in my career I would be asked to treat a booby bird as they have never been seen over here before. It is incredible to think how he got to the south coast of England."
source: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14973657.Tropical_booby_bird_found_in_Sussex_flown_home_in_time_for_Christmas/
Alison:
Wisdom is home!
Laysan Albatross Wisdom has once again returned to Midway, and she is incubating an egg! Her mate, Akeakamai, has also returned.
Their chick from early this year, Kūkini, left Midway in the middle of July to spend the next four or five years at sea.
Photo by Kristina McOmber/Kupu Conservation Leadership Program & USFWS
Many more great photos with the article:
http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/154164722795/wisdom-returns-to-midway-atoll-andshes
Alison:
Nigel the Lonely Gannet
On Mana Island, off the coast of New Zealand, a colony of decoy gannets made of concrete was installed 40 years ago in the hope of attracting gannets to nest on the island.
After all these years, a single male gannet arrived on the island last November. He has chosen one of the concrete decoys for his mate, and has even built a nest of dirt and seaweed.
I hope that next year Nigel will be lucky enough to find a real mate.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/84011123/nigel-the-lonely-gannet-finds-love-with-a-concrete-decoy-on-mana-island
burdi:
--- Quote from: Alison on July 28, 2016, 15:15 ---Laysan Albatross Wisdom and the man who banded her 60 years ago, Chandler "Chan" Robbins
Two remarkable lives intertwined. May they both have many more years to come.
--- End quote ---
Alison, thank you for sharing this wonderful and very touching story about Wisdom and Chan Robbins.
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