Marine Birds at Race Rocks: Video Clips





			MARINE BIRDS AT RACE ROCKS

	Overwintering Black Oystercatchers. Careful observation of them for 5 minutes shows an interesting pattern of behaviours Haematopus bachmani Taxonomy File
	Black Oystercatcher feeding in the intertidal zone. Taxonomy File
	Black Oystercatcher nesting behaviour Taxonomy File
	Black Oystercatchers on hatching day . Taxonomy File
	Harlequin Ducks overwintering at Race Rocks Histrionicus histrionicus Taxonomy File
	Pigeon Guillemots Cepphus columba Taxonomy File
	Feeding by Guillemot Cepphus columba Taxonomy File Cepphus columba
	Pigeon Guillemot scenes on Land and water. Cepphus columba
	A flock of Pigeon Guillemots on the western side of Race Rocks Cepphus columba
	The Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Taxonomy file
	Black Turnstones Arenaria melanocephala
	Ruddy Turnstone feeding *Arenaria interpres*

	The Glaucous winged Gull, Larus glaucescens is the predominant seabird nesting on Race Rocks. Baby Gull feeding-July4-Day2 Taxonomy File
	Hatching Gull Chicks *Larus glaucescens* Taxonomy File
	David Mesiha and Satoshi Kimura (PC yr 25) made the these first videos of different aspects of gull behavior while they were staying on the island doing a live webcasting project.
	May 1: Breeding in the colony has started and will continue throughout May and June.
	August 2003, A helicopter landing causes gulls to attack scattering chicks causing heavy mortality

	North Western Crow Corvus caurinaus
	Eagles congregate at Race Rocks in January
	QT slideshows of Peregrine Falcon
	Juvenile Eagle eating a harbour seal

There is always a great diversity of birds at Race Rocks, especially in winter.-(See the Christmas Bird Count) . Four species of marine birds nest on Great Race Rocks, with the glaucous winged gull being the most predominant in the summer.
See other references and the species list of Birds at Race Rocks

	Brandt's Cormorants Phalacrocorax penicilatu
	Thayer's gulls over-wintering Larus thayeri
	Great Blue Heron *Ardea herodius*

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