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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday One of the birding highlights of 2022…I cannot describe the absolute soul-filling, joyful delight of seeing (& hearing) these birds soar overhead once again. Here’s to many more incredible sightings & encounters for 2023! • • • Red-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda), along the cliffs near Makapu’u Point, southeastern shore of O’ahu, Hawai’i, July 2022. (Thank you @breadcoot & @nanea1998 for letting me know they were still being seen at Maks during my visit, & to Valerie Cox for joining me on a bird adventure, despite not being a birder herself. Didn’t get a snap of my favourite lifer of the year, Hawaiian Stilt, though, since I only caught a momentary glimpse at my brother @dpflo33's & @brittani.hi_flo's wedding!) (at Makapu'u) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnsAwOCK54a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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@jenni_pro: For #seabirdersaturday this week I am sharing this recent photo from a colleague in the Baffin Bay region. We have been teaming up to understand how natural oil seeps affect seabirds. The data is being analyzed currently, and we hope to have some papers out soon. https://t.co/pX8GeWJpXV

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(via Martin Berg on Twitter: "Happy #SeabirderSaturday! Here are 4 pics of two of the rarest storm petrels in the world. Can you guess which spp.? #Fantasticfeathers https://t.co/sO07x1hSrD")

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New friends just want to say hi 🐦 #seabirdscott #seabirdstruck #seabird #seabirdnest #seabirddesign #seabirding #seabirddesigns #seabirdsaturday #seabirdconservation #seabirdcentre #seabirdrescue #seabirdsofinstagram #seabirdisland #seabirdscience #seabirdphotography #seabirdwatching #seabirdghana #seabirdsanctuary #seabirdguano #seabirdinternational #seabirdskitchen #seabirdkayak #seabirdscafe #seabirdkajakk #seabirds #seabirddraper #seabirdexpedition #seabirdkajak #seabirdgateway #seabirdersaturday https://www.instagram.com/p/B5UaPZsnxJS/?igshid=nkv87vnnyr6q

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This #SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday commemorates #AfricanPenguinAwarenessDay!! If you’ve ever had the honour of taking care of African Penguins, let alone even been in the presence of them…fear not, they’ll make sure you’re aware of them…in one way or another!! 😹🐧 #penguin #penguins #africanpenguin @avibase #seabird #seabirds #sphenisciformes #spheniscidae #spheniscus #wildliferescue #wildlifecare #wildliferehab #blackandwhite #tuxedo #birdsofsouthafrica (at SANCCOB saves seabirds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGNTJwNgr8G/?igshid=4yffkhrk9he8

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REAL pelicans this time for #SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday...Great White Pelicans roost on the banks of one of the pans of Strandfontein sewage works. #seabirds #pelicans #birding #birdwatching #birdsofsouthafrica #CapeTown (at Strandfontein Sewage Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CTeULgMxA/?igshid=1l9pt1vt3kxh

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Naughty Kelp Gull kiddos causing some dubba trubba on #SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday…just about that time of year again! #seabirds #gulls #TeamGull @avibase #laridae #larids #larus #seagull #nosuchthingasaseagulltho #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #twins #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Robberg Nature Reserve - Plettenberg Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGc86uRAlBG/?igshid=1s1snif05yknj

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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday…One of these things is not like the others…Hartlaub’s Gulls, Swift Terns &…a tortoise in the jetty colony of Robben Island. #seabirds #terns #gulls #tortoise @avibase #fieldwork #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #larids #laridae #robbenisland #birdsofsouthafrica #birdwatching #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Robben Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZT2SdgLim/?igshid=ee2650ac3cxu

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A #SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday that’s a little different…perusing the @pawsplett Charity Shop (as one does after just moving house), I decided to look into their books section (as a minimalist, something I RARELY do, especially in this age of most anything being available digitally). And boy, was I rewarded! How on earth I came across copies of popular ornithological books signed by THE Ralph W. Schreiber (& his wife, Betty Anne) in a small town of South Africa, I don’t know…but having worked in the Ornithology collections at @nhmla, & being an ornithologist in general, these finds were particularly special…as Dr. Schreiber was one of the key players in determining the negative effects of the pesticide DDT on birds, particularly thinning eggshells that led to catastrophic crashes in Brown Pelican populations. #seabirds #pelicans #ornithology #books #thrifttreasures #thriftfinds #thriftshop #ralphschreiber #ralphwschreiber #nhmla #nhmlac #sciencehistory #scicomm #conservation #sciencebooks #popsci #ecology #ecotoxicology #toxicology (at PAWS - Plett Animal Welfare Service (Plettenberg Bay, SA)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHTe1pBg1wI/?igshid=1dlt1fopd5neo

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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday…Queen Rocky, on her rightful tuffet throne! 👑🐧 #penguin #rockhopper #rockhopperpenguin #northernrockhopperpenguin #wildliferescue #wildlifecare #wildliferehab #sanccob #spheniscidae #sphenisciformes #eudyptes #madam #queen #princess #throne #cute #funny #silly (at SANCCOB saves seabirds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHk21lugpk0/?igshid=nzqsbe2ed28r

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@uct_biosci_postgrads #UCTBioBLC2020 #Challenge6, & for #SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday…I must give a shoutout to the wonderful Beth Flint, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist & Seabird Coordinator for the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex / Marine National Monuments of the Pacific, who has been my project supervisor during my @USFWSPacific / @hispanicaccess / @usfws_dfp Directorate Fellowship. Under her tutelage (& alongside our great teams of colleagues!), I’m wrapping up development of a (hopefully effective) plan for protecting migratory shorebirds during mouse eradication on Midway Atoll…In addition to her mentorship, it's great to hear stories from her varied career in the field. Last year, Beth received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Seabird Group, & this year, an award from the US Department of the Interior! 👏🏆👏🌟👏 (& as for UCT degree-related academics…not everyone can see their postgrad supervisor on the back of a book they use nearly every day! 😹) #postgradlife #supervisors #gradschool #usfwsdfp #usfws #research #conservation #WomenInSTEM #pacificislands #seabirds #wisdom #albatross https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUzZVmAXTc/?igshid=j7nnpsq28sub

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@uct_biosci_postgrads #UCTBioBLC2020 #Challenge6, & for #SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday…I must give a shoutout to the wonderful Beth Flint, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist & Seabird Coordinator for the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex / Marine National Monuments of the Pacific, who has been my project supervisor during my @USFWSPacific / @hispanicaccess / @usfws_dfp Directorate Fellowship. Under her tutelage (& alongside our great teams of colleagues!), I’m wrapping up development of a (hopefully effective) plan for protecting migratory shorebirds during mouse eradication on Midway Atoll…In addition to her mentorship, it's great to hear stories from her varied career in the field. Last year, Beth received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Seabird Group, & this year, an award from the US Department of the Interior! 👏🏆👏🌟👏 (& as for UCT degree-related academics…not everyone can see their postgrad supervisor on the back of a book they use nearly every day! 😹) #postgradlife #supervisors #gradschool #usfwsdfp #usfws #research #conservation #WomenInSTEM #pacificislands #seabirds #wisdom #albatross https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUzZVmAXTc/?igshid=j7nnpsq28sub

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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday...Calling Tippi Hedren / Melanie Daniels! 😹 #thebirds #seabirds #gulls #TeamGull #alfredhitchcock #taxidermy #amnh #naturalhistorymuseum @avibase #nevernotbirding #birdtherapy #birds #laridae #larids #specimens (at American Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDAokBgjxD/?igshid=138h8223l9wa2

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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday Bulwer's Petrel says…EXCUSE ME, HOW IS IT SEPTEMBER ALREADY?! 2020, you need to just chill, OK? #seabird #petrel @avibase #birdtherapy #birds #birdsofthepacific #birdsofhawaii #procellariidae #procellariiformes #bulweria #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildliferescue #wildlifecare #wildliferehab #animalcare (at Sea Life Park Waimanalo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEyFxSIH21k/?igshid=1btwbc69unhat

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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday...Chilly winter temps have me wishing I had warm down feathers, like this fluffy little baby pingu's "scarf"… ❄️🐧🧣 #penguin #seabird #sanccob #conservation #wildliferescue #wildlifecare #wildliferhab #birdtherapy #animalcare #babypenguin #africanpenguin #spheniscidae #cute #warm #winter #brrr #scarf #floof #fluffy #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #downfeathers #babybird (at SANCCOB saves seabirds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEfOh5Jg8kl/?igshid=3astmj8v2vnz

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#SeabirdSaturday / #SeabirderSaturday, Hidden Details of Cape Town version, Part 24...Local pelagic seabird mount display at the Iziko South African Museum. I will never shake my love for natural history museums & specimens...😻 Missing having the time (& consistent weather) to do my own prep! #seabirds #albatross #giantpetrel #petrel #skua #jaeger #prion #taxidermy #museum #naturalhistory #specimens #articulations #mounts #display #iziko #birdsofsouthafrica #details #hidden #secret #CapeTown #TravelChatSA #southafrica (at Iziko South African Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDEk69PAVua/?igshid=10tb9ie0a886a