The shearwater migrates every year 7,000 miles ... often to the same part of the island and sometimes to the same burrow, to breed again in the spring New research suggests they may use a ...
The Newell’s shearwater is a threatened seabird that resides in the tropical Pacific Ocean and is known to breed only within the mountainous terrain of the southeastern Hawaiian Islands. Locally known ...
DESCRIPTION: The Newell's shearwater is a small to medium-sized shearwater measuring 12 to 14 inches with a wing span of 30 to 35 inches. Adults are dark, sooty brown on top contrasted by a striking ...
While chicks wait in the burrow, the parents head out to sea and ... marine biologist Jennifer Lavers who works with the shearwater colony. "They'll eat just about anything they're given.