Chris Hamilton

@wanderinglapwing.bsky.social

Birding through the hellscape. Antrim: 167 World: 496 Increasingly concerned about AI https://ebird.org/profile/MjMzNDk1NA

A 12-year programme mapping Fiordland Penguin nests has recorded 1,200 breeding sites across nine fjords in New Zealand, suggesting the population may be about three times larger than earlier surveys had indicated:

Fiordland Penguin surveys reveal surprisingly large population

Twelve years of nest mapping in New Zealand have recorded 1,200 breeding sites across nine fjords, suggesting the population had been undercounted by earlier surveys.

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