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Oct 30-Nov 2: Increasing Gannet and MedGull movement, and a young Cory's

11/12/2015

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Calm days at the headland, with East winds a Larks entering from the sea. Not many birds over the waves, but movement of Gannets kept increasing, reaching over 1.000/h. There were also nice numbers of Mediterranean Gulls, with up to 30/h. Other seabirds on the move were Sooties, Balearics, Great Skuas, a few Kittiwakes and Razorbills, some Puffins and Gillemots...

​ Almost all of the Cory's have already abandoned this area. There are only a few young birds left. A group of 16 were feeding close to the fishing boats on Nov. 1st and 2nd. These are some of them:
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Antonio Sandoval Rey
​The night of Nov 1st, one young Cory's fell on one of the tables of a cafetería at Porto de Bares (attracted to the lights), and was brought to Antonio Sandoval's home. The following day it was feeded and ringed by the Galician expert in the species, Álbaro Barros (Vigo University) and released at sea by Pablo, a local fisherman and a good friend.
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The young Cory's just before been released at sea (Antonio Sandoval)
​Unfortunately, another young was found close to the beach eated by a predator:
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Most surely these birds belong to yhe tiny colony at Coelleira island, very close to Bares, and the most northerly breeding place known for Cory's in the world.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Álvaro Barros López.
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