#Hydrobates pelagicus

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Kuşlar da Boşanıyor?

Kuşlar da Boşanıyor? Bilim insanları çok farlı kuş türlerini kapsayan yeni bir araştırma sonucunda kuşların boşanmalarının ardında yatan iki temel nedeni buldular. Bu nedenlerin ilki erkeklerin her önlerine gelenle gelişigüzel cinsel ilişkiye girmeleri, ikincisi de uzun mesafeli göçler. Kuşlar da Boşanıyor? Kuş türlerinin neredeyse 90’ından fazlasının en azından bir çiftleşme mevsimi boyunca…

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European Storm Petrel - Alma-de-mestre (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Lisbon/Portugal (13/06/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F5,6; 400 ISO]

[itsanauxine]

FINALLY, the mega bird post with the angels (and Crowley!) that I’ve been working on for like a week lmao

Crowley is a European Storm Petrel, (Hydrobates Pelagicus) which in folklore is referred to as Mother Carey’s Chickens. This comes from sailors who would see this bird right before storms and believe that they brought bad luck and cursed them with the storm, and Mother Carey comes from another folk tale where she is portrayed as a siren to lure sailors to sea. I thought Crowley’s demon-ness fit this quite well haha

Gabriel is a Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenaes Nicobarica) which is the closest non-extinct relative of the Dodo bird. I saw an image of this bird in a book and immediately thought ‘oh hey it looks like a pompous jerk’ so BOOM Gabriel lmao

Sandalphon is an Egyptian Swift Pigeon (Columbia Livia?) because Sandalphon the angel in the Bible was a mess anger of God, and Egyptian Swift Pigeons used to be specifically bred to be carrier pigeons. Now they’re mainly bred for show :D

Uriel is a European Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris) which are relatively common in Great Britain and Ireland. They have gold speck-like markings all over their bodies so I thought it fit visually

Michael is a Kori Bustard (Ardeotis Kori) which is the largest flying bird in Africa. I chose this one because Michael the angel is a warrior and probably the strongest of the archangels and the Kori Bustard is carnivorous. And also very strong

Aziraphale is a dove :D

[armatofu]

Montaña Clara

Es la más pequeña en extensión de los tres pequeños islotes que conforman el Archipiélago Chinijo. Se sitúa al norte de Lanzarote, entre La Graciosa y Alegranza. Forma parte del Parque Natural del Archipiélago Chinijo y de la Reserva Integral de Los Islotes.

Su nombre se debe a los tonos claros que toma su cono volcánico, el cual cubre gran superficie de la isla. 

Geografía

El islote tiene una extensión de 1,33 km², y su mayor altitud está registrada en La Mariana, con 256 metos. Su cráter, abierto al norte, está ocupado en su fondo por el mar, formando una pequeña ensenada.

En su cara oeste se aprecia la erosión marina que ha desmantelado buena parte de este edificio, dejando un acantilado de unos 200 metros de altitud.  A lo largo del perfil costero, el mar ha excavado una serie de grutas y piscinas naturales. El Llano del Aljibe, situado al sur, es la parte más llana de la pequeña isla.

Aunque nunca ha estado habitada de forma permanente, no por ello ha dejado de conocer la incidencia de la actividad humana, produciendo sensibles transformaciones.

Flora y fauna

A pesar de su reducida superficie, Montaña Clara, sigue siendo un importante refugio faunístico, sobre todo de aves:

Las aves marinas son las más abundantes, caso de las pardelas, con la presencia, asimismo, de especies escasas dentro y fuera del Archipiélago: paiño pechialbo (Pelagodroma marina), cuya principal colonia de cría en las Islas Canarias está en este pequeño islote, el paiño común (Hydrobates pelagicus), paiño de Madeira (Oceanodroma castro), etc. 

Destacan también, las rapaces, como del guincho o águila pescadora (Pandion haliaetus)  y el halcón de Eleonor (Falco eleonorae) que nidifica en sus acantilados, aprovechando el abundante alimento que suponen las especies migratorias que por aquí pasan.

Otro habitante de este islote, con una presencia bastante común, es la diminuta musaraña canaria (Crocidura canariensis).

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𝗥𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗿 - El Hierro ₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪ Situado entre los municipios de Frontera y Valverde, este espacio de 3,5 hectáreas está constituido por dos pequeños roques, el Roque Grande, de 100 metros de altura y el Roque Chico, de paredes escarpadas y plataforma en la cúspide, y por varias bajas marinas, donde nidifican especies en peligro de extinción, como el petrel de Bulwer (Bulweria bulwerii) o el paiño común (Hydrobates pelagicus). Desde 2014 tiene la protección adicional de zona de especial protección para las aves (ZEPA).[ En el pasado estos dos roques estaban habitados por la subespecie simonyi de los 𝗹𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼, que desaparecieron porque eran pocos y fueron expoliados. En la actualidad, desde 2014, están siendo reintroducidos ejemplares de la subespecie machadoi criados en el centro de recuperación del Valle de El Golfo. ₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪ #roquesdesalmor #elhierro #lagartogigantedelhierro #islascanarias #canaryislands #canarias #turismocanarias #islas #islands #hotelpuntagrande #turismoelhierro #canaryislands #chusayinka #loves_canarias #addicted_to_canarias #fever_canarias #igerscanarias #ig_canarias #ok_canarias #laisladelmeridiano #lafrontera #puntagrande #elhierroisland #hotelpuntagrandeelhierro #elhierrocanarias #elhierroturismo #puntagrandeelhierro #laspuntas #laspuntaselhierro #elgolfodeelhierro (en El Hierro, Islas Canarias) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7hddzMGgK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[birdstudies]

October 24, 2018 - European Storm-petrel, British Storm Petrel, or Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Breeding in the northeast Atlantic, these storm-petrels can be found as far south as the waters off of South Africa at other times of year. They feed mainly on small fish, squid, and crustaceans, along with some jellyfish, scooping prey from the water’s surface. Breeding in colonies, monogamous pairs stay together for life. Females lay a single egg in a burrow or rock crevice where both parents share incubation duties. Eggs hatch after 41 days and chicks take four or five years to reach breeding age. Their lifespan is over 20 years.

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hydrobates pelagicus | uwhe-arts

[yo-sostenible]

El paíño europeo de la cuenca mediterránea, migra al Atlántico

Los datos de geolocalización revelan que el océano Atlántico es la principal área de invernada de los paíños nidificantes en el Mediterráneo occidental. El estudio lo lidera el Instituto de Investigación de la Biodiversidad de la Universidad de Barcelona.  Siempre se había pensado que la población mediterránea del paíño europeo (Hydrobates pelagicus), el ave marina más pequeña de todo…

[frankwallace]

A Distant Wind - romance for guitar now published by Gyre

A Gift to Bo and Chris

A Distant Wind is now published by Gyre Music. I wrote the piece as a gift for Bo Isholm, his wife Hanna and Connecticut guitarist Christopher Ladd. Bo and Hanna live in Torshavn, Faroe Islands and Chris traveled there in July of 2018. They performed new works by Kristian Blak and myself with Ragnar Olsen, guitar and Angelika Nielsen, violin at the SUMMARTÓNAR 2018 Festival.

Bo is a guitarist, lutenist, teacher and former music school administrator. I met him in the summer of 2011 on a tour he helped organize in the Faroe Islands. The region is a small wonder of nature—home to grass, sky, ocean, humans, sheep and birds! The appearance is stark, but the amazing variety of color and light through clouds and mist is captivating.

Chris is a long time friend who teaches at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford CT. He and I share a deep love of chamber music, Chris performs in various ensembles with other guitars, flute, violin and more. I have written music for Chris in the past and he has performed several of my solo works as well as ensemble pieces, most notably As It Could Be, commissioned by the Hartt School for their 50th Anniversary commemoration of the guitar department and its founder Richard Provost.

Click on image to watch Nancy Knowles’ photo slide show of the Faroes during a 2011 concert tour.

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Romance with the past

The term romance has many meanings: excitement in love; a dream come true, a ballad in ancient literature, lush music or painting. I refer to A Distant Wind as a romance for all these reasons. The Distant Wind refers to the past coming back to life with new meaning for now. The piece develops from a starkly medieval style to a romantic ending. Bo and I share many paths on the course of life, and one is a romance with ancient music as well as modern. We have had romances with both lute and guitar at various periods in our lives. And so the transformation in the music represents our own love of all life and times.

Bo and I also have romances with our wives. Recent struggles with health issues for all four of us have made those relationships even deeper and more important. I pray for Hanna and Bo in their difficult time, and I hope this small offering may be of spiritual delight to them. I will mention as well that I know Chris also shares a deep connection with his wife and family.

Romance with the Islands

Having performed there in 2011, I was invited to return to the Faroes in the fall of 2017 to play with Bo and present music of fellow Faroese musician Kristian Blak and myself. Kristian is the director of Sumartonar Festival, a summer long celebration of life, art and music in the Faroes. The deep spirituality of the people is evident from the minute one sets foot in a home . Art work covers the walls and homemade  weavings and pillows adorn couches and chairs. Everyone seems to be an artist and the festival reflects this deep connection to human creativity.

Life interrupted my plans. Serious illness forced me to cancel my trip. Bo told me then that major health issues were effecting a close member of his family. But the show goes on, and so I completed Gryphon for violin and guitar this past winter. I finished my arrangement of an earlier song for three guitars and violin called Woolgathering and I found a dear friend to substitute for my presence—Christopher Ladd of the Hartt School in Hartford CT. The second movement is dedicated to Chris in thanks for his loyalty and adventuresome spirit.

The music

A Distant Wind hearkens back to medieval times with the use of parallel fourths and fifths. These open harmonies were the harbinger of polyphony about a thousand years ago. I performed this music in the 1970’s and 80’s with Trio LiveOak. in the Middle Ages beautiful resonances were achieved by very simple harmonic means with two or three voices and the same approach is vibrant on the guitar. I enjoy working in this archaic style and have done so before, most notably in Fünf Kleine Stücke, which I wrote while visiting Basel Switzerland in spring 2017. In the past I penned Cunctipotens Genitor and Nuevas Cantigas.

Two movements

I have written several solo works for both guitar and mandolin in two sections, always with a dramatic slow first movement and a fleet presto to follow. Each has been named after an iconic bird: White Albatross, Blue Heron, Caracara, Black Falcon. This piece fits the mold and so I name each movement for two great sea birds of the Faroes.

I) Tjaldur The Faroese people celebrate the annual arrival of the Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) around March 12 as the start of spring. For this reason, the tjaldur (pronounced [ˈtʃaldʊɹ]), is recognized as the national bird of the Faroes.

II) Drunnhvíti The biggest colony of the European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus), or drunnhvíti, resides in the Faroese Island Nólsoy.

Copyright ©2018 Frank A. Wallace Cover photography and design by Nancy Knowles All rights reserved.

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[naturalsciencesbelgium]

Two of our colleagues, Henri Robert en Yves Laurent, are currently in the Celtic Sea on board of our research vessel Belgica. Their job: identifying and counting seabirds and marine mammals! They observe continuously from the spot that offers the clearest and widest visibility on board. The aim is to monitor marine top predators - the RBINS’ Conservation Biology Unit does the same in the Southern Ocean, the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and in the central Pacific Ocean - in order to detect possible shifts in wildlife population presence and/or densities. On the medium to long term these field data allow us to assess the effects of anthropogenic pressure and climate change on the species and can serve as a lever for conservation measures. 

The first half of the cruise is nearly over and results have been very satisfying. Besides the very common Gannets (Sula bassana) and Northern Fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) Henri and Yves also encountered locally less widespread species such as the gorgeous Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), the Black Guillemot (Cepphus grille), many European Storm-petrels (Hydrobates pelagicus) and few Common Loons (Gavia immer). Near the southern coast of Ireland, large groups of Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) were observed along with fewer Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).

[blogbirdfeather]

European Storm Petrel - Alma-de-mestre (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Lisbon/Portugal (13/06/2024)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/2500s; F5,6; 400 ISO]

[armatofu]

Montaña Clara

Es la más pequeña en extensión de los tres pequeños islotes que conforman el Archipiélago Chinijo. Se sitúa al norte de Lanzarote, entre La Graciosa y Alegranza. Forma parte del Parque Natural del Archipiélago Chinijo y de la Reserva Integral de Los Islotes.

Su nombre se debe a los tonos claros que toma su cono volcánico, el cual cubre gran superficie de la isla. 

Geografía

El islote tiene una extensión de 1,33 km², y su mayor altitud está registrada en La Mariana, con 256 metos. Su cráter, abierto al norte, está ocupado en su fondo por el mar, formando una pequeña ensenada.

En su cara oeste se aprecia la erosión marina que ha desmantelado buena parte de este edificio, dejando un acantilado de unos 200 metros de altitud.  A lo largo del perfil costero, el mar ha excavado una serie de grutas y piscinas naturales. El Llano del Aljibe, situado al sur, es la parte más llana de la pequeña isla.

Aunque nunca ha estado habitada de forma permanente, no por ello ha dejado de conocer la incidencia de la actividad humana, produciendo sensibles transformaciones.

Flora y fauna

A pesar de su reducida superficie, Montaña Clara, sigue siendo un importante refugio faunístico, sobre todo de aves:

Las aves marinas son las más abundantes, caso de las pardelas, con la presencia, asimismo, de especies escasas dentro y fuera del Archipiélago: paiño pechialbo (Pelagodroma marina), cuya principal colonia de cría en las Islas Canarias está en este pequeño islote, el paiño común (Hydrobates pelagicus), paiño de Madeira (Oceanodroma castro), etc. 

Destacan también, las rapaces, como del guincho o águila pescadora (Pandion haliaetus)  y el halcón de Eleonor (Falco eleonorae) que nidifica en sus acantilados, aprovechando el abundante alimento que suponen las especies migratorias que por aquí pasan.

Otro habitante de este islote, con una presencia bastante común, es la diminuta musaraña canaria (Crocidura canariensis).

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The Wikipedia article of the day for October 30, 2020 is European storm petrel. The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small, square-tailed seabird with a fluttering flight. It is black except for a white rump and a white band under its wings. Most birds breed on islands off western Europe, with a separate subspecies occurring in the Mediterranean. The storm petrel lays a single white egg in a burrow. The adults share incubation and feeding the chick. This bird is oceanic outside the breeding season, wintering off the western coasts of Africa. It feeds on small fish, and can find oily edible items by smell. The chick is fed with an oily liquid regurgitated by the adults. Silent at sea, the storm petrel has a chattering call given during courtship, and the male has a purring song. The storm petrel cannot survive where rats or cats have been introduced, and it is killed by large birds such as gulls. It is classified by the IUCN as being of least concern. Folklore claiming that the bird can foretell or cause bad weather has led to its use as a symbol by some revolutionary groups.

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Wikipedia article of the day for October 30, 2020

The Wikipedia article of the day for October 30, 2020 is European storm petrel. The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small, square-tailed seabird with a fluttering flight. It is black except for a white rump and a white band under its wings. Most birds breed on islands off western Europe, with a separate subspecies occurring in the Mediterranean. The storm petrel lays a single white egg in a burrow. The adults share incubation and feeding the chick. This bird is oceanic outside the breeding season, wintering off the western coasts of Africa. It feeds on small fish, and can find oily edible items by smell. The chick is fed with an oily liquid regurgitated by the adults. Silent at sea, the storm petrel has a chattering call given during courtship, and the male has a purring song. The storm petrel cannot survive where rats or cats have been introduced, and it is killed by large birds such as gulls. It is classified by the IUCN as being of least concern. Folklore claiming that the bird can foretell or cause bad weather has led to its use as a symbol by some revolutionary groups.

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The Wikipedia article of the day for October 30, 2020 is European storm petrel. The European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a small, square-tailed seabird with a fluttering flight. It is black except for a white rump and a white band under its wings. Most birds breed on islands off western Europe, with a separate subspecies occurring in the Mediterranean. The storm petrel lays a single white egg in a burrow. The adults share incubation and feeding the chick. This bird is oceanic outside the breeding season, wintering off the western coasts of Africa. It feeds on small fish, and can find oily edible items by smell. The chick is fed with an oily liquid regurgitated by the adults. Silent at sea, the storm petrel has a chattering call given during courtship, and the male has a purring song. The storm petrel cannot survive where rats or cats have been introduced, and it is killed by large birds such as gulls. It is classified by the IUCN as being of least concern. Folklore claiming that the bird can foretell or cause bad weather has led to its use as a symbol by some revolutionary groups.