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Observations of Breeding Success in White-faced Storm-Petrel at a Newly Established Colony


The establishment and decline of a breeding colony of White-faced Storm-Petrels Pelagodroma marina at Fisher Island in the Furneaux Islands, Tasmania was observed from 1973 to 1977. An attempt was made to follow the success of breeding in the colony in its first years and also to gather information to compare this colony with long established colonies of the same species elsewhere. The information collected showed that the breeding birds at Fisher Island were less faithful to their mates and nesting sites than was reported for this species by Richdale (1965).

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