British Birds Collectables Cigarette Cards 1909 Tawny Owl Ph

Manufacturer: Ogden's or Ogdens Series Title: British Birds, Second Series Year Of Issue: 1909Card Size: normal Complete Set: yes Number of Cards: 50 cards Condition: very good+ http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Creamofcards-Cigarette-CardsIncludes: Fieldfare,Woodcock,Sheld Duck,Partridge,Pheasant,Storm Petrel,Teal,Herring Gull,San...

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I've got Parkinson! Pelagic from Punta Sal, Tumbes - March 1

This was the second pelagic ever organized from Tumbes. The first trip was in July 2008. On this trip Flesh-footed Shearwater was photographed for the first time in Peruvian waters. Other unusual birds on pelagics were Sooty Tern, Parkinson's Petrel, Least and Black Storm-Petrel. This trip was completely different. The sea was compl

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Grand Extermination: Scientists Ridding Whole Island of Rats

Centuries ago, Rat Island was believed to be a virtual paradise for seabirds -- a spongy redoubt for tufted puffins, whiskered auklets, and storm petrels. But then came the rats, brought by a sailing ship, which turned the fecund habitat into a near-dead zone. Now scientists are trying to return the uninhabited island to its original splendor.

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Headshot [intense photo]

In a death shake, the large female shreds a penguin chick by whipping it from side to side. It took 1/2000 of a second to freeze the action; at the time all I saw was a splash and storm petrels and gulls gathering for scraps. This efficient killing machine prizes above all else penguin stomachs stuffed with krill. By Paul Nicklen.

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One adelie penguin collecting stones and another stealing fr

The Ad?lie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a type of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast and nearby islands. They are among most southerly distributed of all seabirds, along with Emperor Penguin, South Polar Skua, Wilson's Storm Petrel, Snow Petrel, and Antarctic Petrel. In 1830, French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named them for his

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Islay Nature Reports Second half of May

Wow – what a week – the weather has been so kind top us and having spent until Friday in short sleeve order it has felt as if summer had come early. The migration has been in full swing: Whimbrel, Gannets, Shearwaters, Storm Petrels and Terns arriving daily.

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Contamiants taint eggs of Maine birds, scientists report

Eggs from an array of Maine birds - from lordly bald eagles to timorous piping plovers; from swallows snarfing insects in suburban backyards to storm-petrels feeding hundreds of miles at sea - contain 100 industrial and household contaminants, scientists will report today.

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Leopard Seal Rips The Head OFF a Penguin (PIC)

In a death shake, the large female shreds a penguin chick by whipping it from side to side. It took 1/2000 of a second to freeze the action; at the time all I saw was a splash and storm petrels and gulls gathering for scraps. This efficient killing machine prizes above all else penguin stomachs stuffed with krill.

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Photo: Leopard Seal rips off a Penguin's head. AWESOME.

In a death shake, the large female shreds a penguin chick by whipping it from side to side. It took 1/2000 of a second to freeze the action; at the time all I saw was a splash and storm petrels and gulls gathering for scraps. This efficient killing machine prizes above all else penguin stomachs stuffed with krill.

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