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  • Stewart Island penguins fighting to survive | Stuff.co.nz

    Rated Jan 11 2008 • 1 review • birds, penguins • stuff.co.nz

    Just six of 25 yellow-eyed penguin chicks hatched in monitored areas of Stewart Island had survived so far this summer, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust said.

    The island's penguin population faces an uncertain future after a devastating breeding season last summer in which all 33 chicks being monitored died. Breeding rates have been plummeting since monitoring began four years ago.

    The chicks all appeared to be starving, and some had lesions in their mouths, which indicated the disease diphtheritic stomatitis - one of two diseases that killed chicks in the past.
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    Stewart Island penguins fighting to survive | Stuff.co.nz

  • Discovery News : Discovery Channel

    Rated Jan 08 2008 • 1 review • animals, birds, science, penguins • discovery.com



    Humans parade to mark special occasions, and now it's been determined that fairy penguins, also known as little penguins, parade during "good years," meaning years when food is plentiful, breeding rates are up and sea temperatures are stable.

    A penguin parade consists of 5 to 10 individuals that walk together, nearly in sync, while arriving or leaving a colony.
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    Discovery News : Discovery Channel

  • Wow -- A Tuxedo-less Penguin! : Living the Scientific...

    Rated Jan 08 2008 • 12 reviews • birds, penguins • scienceblogs.com


    An individual Adélie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, that lacks all pigment was recently photographed by Australian biologists near Granholm Hut in Antarctica. Penguins and other birds that lack pigmentation are referred to as "leucistic" by ornithologists. These abnormal white birds rarely survive until adulthood because they attract predators and may not be able to find a mate. Amazingly and against all odds, the penguin that was photographed is an adult.

    Image: Brett Jarrett (Mawsons Hut Foundation)
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    Wow -- A Tuxedo-less Penguin! : Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

  • Disappearing blue tits pay the price of soggy summer |...

    Rated Nov 05 2007 • 1 review • nature, birds, science • dailymail.co.uk


    If you're expecting to see the usual crowds of blue tits in your garden this winter, you could be in for a disappointment.

    Wildlife experts say millions of the young birds starved or drowned during the storms and floods of May, June and July.

    Numbers of great tits, whitethroats and reed warblers are also dramatically down after their worst breeding season in a generation, it is claimed.

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    Disappearing blue tits pay the price of soggy summer | Mail Online

  • Penguins at SANCCOB - Southern African Foundation for the...

    Rated Nov 02 2007 • 1 review • birds, advertising, penguins • sanccob.co.za

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    Penguins at SANCCOB - Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds

  • abc13.com: New penguins arrive in Galveston at Moody...

    Rated Oct 21 2007 • 1 review • birds, penguins, zoos • go.com

    Galveston Island is getting some new residents and they showed up all the way from Canada.

    The new islanders are a group of penguins from Biodome de Montreal. They are six Macaroni, five Gentoo and four Rock Hopper penguins.

    "Adding these penguins will make for a more diverse collection, and will bring the total number of birds to 90," said Diane Olsen, assistant curator at Moody Gardens. "Our exhibit will also more closely mimic nature in the sub Antarctic."

    The new penguins have been in a month long quarantine and now will join the penguins already in the South Atlantic exhibit.
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    abc13.com: New penguins arrive in Galveston at Moody Gardens 10/18/07

  • Flying in the face of logic

    Rated Oct 16 2007 • 1 review • bird watching, nature, birds, science • chicagotribune.com


    Bird experts say sightings of the green-breasted mango inside the United States are rare, making the one in Joan Salzberg's yard on a recent warm October morning that much more unusual.

    "Birds from the Yucatan aren't supposed to be in southwestern Wisconsin," said Donnie Dann, a bird conservation expert from Highland Park who recently made the approximately 90-mile trek to see the iridescent green animal. "But that's one of the wonderful things about birds. They fly, and sometimes they act in a bizarre and unexpected way."
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    Flying in the face of logic

  • Penguins fish with friends

    Rated Oct 15 2007 • 1 review • birds, science, penguins • inthenews.co.uk

    Penguins make friends with each other and team up when they go on fishing trips, research has revealed.

    Little penguins, the smallest penguin species, have been observed crossing the beach in groups of about five to ten as they go on long trips to find food for their chicks.

    It is thought this grouping makes them less vulnerable to attacks from predators, but researchers led by Andre Chiaradia of the Philip Island Nature Park in Australia decided to see whether the penguins seek to choose particular fishing partners.

    They found that middle-aged animals did tend to team up with the same penguins on different trips. However when fish were less scarce the birds were not so keen to fish with friends, suggesting they wanted to fish alone to avoid sharing food.

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    Penguins fish with friends

  • abc distributing & - Item Not Available

    Rated Oct 12 2007 • 1 review • shopping, birds • abcdistributing.com


    Funny Faced Pet Bird Feeder

    Just attach ears, eyes, nose, mouth and birdseed-holding paws to any wall, fence or tree!

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  • Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Home

    Rated Oct 07 2007 • 2 reviews • birds • yellow-eyedpenguin.org.nz

    The Yellow-eyed penguin is a black and white bird with distinct yellow eye stripes. It is a very secretive bird that nests away from others amongst dense vegetation normally raising two chicks every year.

    This unique penguin is found only along New Zealands south islands' eastern coastline, as far north as Banks Peninsula and as far south as Stewart Island and beyond to Campbell Island.

    In the 1980s research on the Otago Peninsula showed that the penguin population had declined severely, and that the yellow-eyed penguin was now considered to be an endangered species. This was due to severe predation and loss of habitat.

    In 1987 Dunedin conservationists formed the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust with the aim of saving the penguin by restoring coastal forest and controlling predators. The penguin is the focus but the Trust's efforts also benefit other native species of plant and animal.

    The Trust is based in Dunedin but manages land and penguin interests in the whole of mainland New Zealand.

    The Trust's first twenty years have seen the penguin population increase, yet they are still a long way from being a self-sustaining population.
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    Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Home