Leach’s Storm Petrel in Atlantic Canada: Status, Research, and Conservation
NATURE MONCTON APRIL MEETING
April 19th, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Virtual Meeting
Leach’s Storm Petrel in Atlantic Canada: Status, Research, and Conservation
Presenter: Laura McFarlane Tranquilla
Leach’s Storm Petrels are robin-sized, dusky-grey seabirds that spend nearly all their lives far out to sea, coming to offshore colonies during the summer months to lay eggs and raise chicks. This seabird has a global distribution, occurring in both Pacific and Atlantic oceans; and we can be proud that the world’s largest colony, at ~2 million pairs, is in Atlantic Canada, on Newfoundland’s Baccalieu Island. However, despite being one of the most common seabirds in the North Atlantic, Leach’s storm petrel populations are in trouble. Declines on Baccalieu Island (estimated ~ 42% decline, from 3.4 to 1.9 million pairs over 29 years) and at other colonies in the North Atlantic have caused the species to be listed in 2016 on the IUCN red list as “vulnerable”, and as “threatened” in 2019 with COSEWIC (2020). The trouble is, though the species faces a number of threats, there is no single threat that stands out to explain this dramatic decline. This talk outlines the biology of Leach’s Storm Petrels, the conservation threats they face, and ongoing efforts in Atlantic Canada to study and monitor this interesting seabird.
Join at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86309429728?pwd=R2dRZkxscnA2MEdBd2lWcUxiWTBlQT09
All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
April 19th, 2022 at 7:00 PM
Virtual Meeting
Leach’s Storm Petrel in Atlantic Canada: Status, Research, and Conservation
Presenter: Laura McFarlane Tranquilla
Leach’s Storm Petrels are robin-sized, dusky-grey seabirds that spend nearly all their lives far out to sea, coming to offshore colonies during the summer months to lay eggs and raise chicks. This seabird has a global distribution, occurring in both Pacific and Atlantic oceans; and we can be proud that the world’s largest colony, at ~2 million pairs, is in Atlantic Canada, on Newfoundland’s Baccalieu Island. However, despite being one of the most common seabirds in the North Atlantic, Leach’s storm petrel populations are in trouble. Declines on Baccalieu Island (estimated ~ 42% decline, from 3.4 to 1.9 million pairs over 29 years) and at other colonies in the North Atlantic have caused the species to be listed in 2016 on the IUCN red list as “vulnerable”, and as “threatened” in 2019 with COSEWIC (2020). The trouble is, though the species faces a number of threats, there is no single threat that stands out to explain this dramatic decline. This talk outlines the biology of Leach’s Storm Petrels, the conservation threats they face, and ongoing efforts in Atlantic Canada to study and monitor this interesting seabird.
Join at the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86309429728?pwd=R2dRZkxscnA2MEdBd2lWcUxiWTBlQT09
All are welcome, Nature Moncton member or not.
Event Information
| Event Date | 19 April, 2022 7:00 pm |
| Location | Online |
| Categories | Webinars |
