WE SAVED THE SCRIPP'S MURRELETS. CAN WE SAVE THE ASHY STORM-PETREL?

SCRIPP'S MURRELETS, father on right, chick on left, as seen on Shearwater Journeys' September 9, 2013 Half Moon Bay pelagic trip. These small alcids breed on Anacapa Island, one of the Channel Islands off southern California. We saved them by eradicating the black rat from this island. 

WE SAVED the SCRIPP'S MURRELET!

For more information see this short video:

CAN WE SAVE THE ASHY STORM-PETREL?

A small flock of ASHY STORM-PETRELS, above. It is thought at approximately 50% of the world's population of Ashy Storm-Petrels breed at the Farallon Islands. This small, swallow-sized seabird is threatened by an imbalance of nature caused by the non-native mice on the Farallon Islands. A program to eradicate the mice has been proposed. Please comment on the EIR no later than September 30, 2013.

YES, WE CAN!

Thank you, and the storm-petrels thank you,

Debi Shearwater

Images, copyright, Steve Tucker. Please do not use without permission.

INVASIVE HOUSE MOUSE ERADICATION PROJECT: FARALLON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CALIFORNIA

COMMENT NOW! TAKE ACTION, PLEASE!

ASHY STORM-PETREL

Image, copyright, Julio Mulero

Howdy, Birders,

As a birder who has had the privilege of visiting many of the world's breeding seabird colonies at islands everywhere, it has become evident to me that the impact of introduced predators at these breeding colonies can be quite substantial. Tremendous successes and strides have been made by eliminating these predators which include rats, mice, cats, goats, pigs and more. Excellent examples such as Campbell Island have shown how not only seabirds can rebound with the removal of rats, but also native vegetation — in this case, the mega herbs.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has announced the availability of a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed project to eradicate non-native, invasive house mice from South Farallon Islands, part of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge off the coast of California. The comment period ends on September 30, 2013.

Please, comment on this draft at this link. Hit the COMMENT NOW! button near the top of the page!

ASHY STORM-PETRELS FOREVER,

Debi Shearwater