Before I go further on this, pelagic birds are seabirds
but the catch here is that all seabirds are not pelagic. Pelagic birds are
found in the deeper part of the sea and they rarely venture the coast (except
for breeding). This blogger was part of Pelagic
Bird Survey that was conducted about 40Km into Arabian Sea. We were able to
spot Artic Skua and so on….more about it in my blog www.iseeebirds.blogspot.com.
Seabirds make up just a small proportion (3.5%)
of the world's bird species. I was reading that a study, published in Bird
Conservation International, found that 28% of species are in the highest
categories of risk. The review, carried out by BirdLife International, found
that of 346 species, 47% are known or suspected to be in decline. It says that
seabirds are now more threatened than any other group of birds. Seabirds are an
important indicator of the health of the oceans. Threats to the birds include
commercial fishing and damage to breeding colonies caused by rats and other
invasive species. Conservationists are particularly concerned by the albatross
family.
Short stories on birthdays: Sometime back I was reading
“Birthday Stories” -a collection of some amazing stories edited by Haruki
Murakami…its been working in my mind but couldn't get time to put it, only recently i could. Readers may visit www.depalans.blogspot.com