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	REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR AND VOCALIZATIONS OF THE BONIN PETREL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Both petrels ceased activities at their nest entrance and walked 1 m from the petrel burrow entrance, nibbled his fingers and investigated his notebook with the "beak to the ground" pos- ture.
		Petrels lined their nest chambers about 36 days before the single egg was laid and there was a pre-laying exodus of up to 24 days.
		The Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) is an abundant, colonially- breeding seabird in the central Pacific Ocean.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v095n04/p0522-p0539.html (10684 words)

	Midway Birds and Wildlife Photography & Eco Tours
		Bonin petrel: Nesting continues during February, and many nonbreeding birds are visible at night.
		Bonin petrel: Some chicks fledge near the end of May. The presence of adults over the colonies begins to decline.
		Bonin petrel: These birds are not absent from the atoll for long, as they begin returning and renovating their nesting burrows in August.
	www.fishdive.com /midway/Wildlife/wildlife.html (1741 words)

	Body Temperature and Growth of Bonin Petrel Chicks
		The early metabolic and thermoregulatory independence of Bonin Petrel chicks is partially due to the relatively stable micro-environment of the nest-chamber, which is typical of other burrow-nesting procellariiforms (Farner and Serventy 1959; Howell and Bartholomew, Con- dor 63:185-197, 1961; Wheelwright and Boerstoa 1979).
		A recent visit to Midway Islands in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands presented us with an opportunity to measure the growth and fledging period of Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) chicks, the thermal environment of their nest- burrows, and development of body temperature regulation.
		The Bonin Petrel nests in a deep burrow (Grant et al., Auk 99:236-242, 1982); a pre-con- structed shaft provided access to the nest-chamber.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v094n03/p0358-p0361.html (1927 words)

	Gadfly petrel -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The gadfly petrels are (A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.) seabirds in the (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) bird order (Petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels) Procellariiformes.
		These medium to large (Relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land) petrels feed on food items picked from the ocean surface.
		The short, sturdy bills of the 30 Pterodroma ((biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed) species in this group are adapted for soft prey taken at the surface; they have twisted intestines for digesting marine animals which have unusual biochemistries.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/gadfly_petrel.htm (238 words)

	surfbirds.com - The fight to save the Cahow
		No one has of yet studied tissue metal levels in the Cahow, but in a study on the related Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca), the mean values for mercury were higher than the levels known to cause adverse reproductive and behavioral effects.
		N., Smith D, Burger J, 1999, Metals in feathers of bonin petrel, Christmas shearwater, wedge-tailed shearwater, and red-tailed tropicbird in the Hawaian Islands, northern Pacific, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
		Interactions between petrels, rats and rabbits on Whale Island, and effects of rat and rabbit eradication, New Zealand Journal of Ecology.
	www.surfbirds.com /Features/cahow.html (1176 words)

	Gadfly petrel - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The gadfly petrels are seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
		These medium to large petrels feed on food items picked from the ocean surface.
		The short, sturdy bills of the 30 Pterodroma species in this group are adapted for soft prey taken at the surface; they have twisted intestines for digesting marine animals which have unusual biochemistries.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Gadfly_petrel (103 words)

	AVIFAUNA - Picchio verde . . . l'altro web site - Birds: DNA Sibley's list, 24 (Non Passeriformes)
		He proposed that the albatrosses are the oldest group followed by the petrels and allies and the storm-petrels.
		The gadfly petrels (Pterodroma) share a common origin with the shearwaters and these are the sister group of the fulmarines, which includes Halobaena caerulea and Pachyptila.
		W Hawaiian Is. (from Kure and Midway e to Nihoa and Kauai), Izu Is. (Tori Shima I.); formerly n Bonin, Volcano (Iwo Jima), Mariana (Agrihan), n Marshall (Taongi), Marcus, Wake and Johnston islands.
	www.scricciolo.com /classificazione/classification24.htm (6885 words)

	Midway Atoll, Birds of Sand Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Midway's largest Bonin Petrel colony lay just outside our quarters, and each evening just after dark, we eagerly awaited the return of the adult petrels from a day at sea.
		Bonin Petrels possess a well-developed sense of smell which is thought to aid them in locating their burrow.
		Their nesting cavities are not excavated as deeply as the Bonin Petrels and are usually found under tree or shrub roots.
	www.nestbox.com /midway3.htm (1051 words)

	Beechey's Discovery of the Bonin Islands June 1827 - from: F. W. Beechey. Narrative Of A Voyage To The Pacific And ...
		Beechey's Discovery of the Bonin Islands June 1827 - from: F. Beechey.
		On the 3d of June we regretted exceedingly not having clear weather, as the appearance of plover, sandlings, flocks of shearwaters, and several petrel and albatrosses, created a belief that we were near some island.
		We were almost on the point of declaring them invisible also, when, after having stood to the eastward a few hours, we had the satisfaction to descry several islands, extending in a north and south direction as far as the eye could discern.
	www.du.edu /~ttyler/ploughboy/beecheyv2.htm (3359 words)

	Bonin Islands 1999
		For the gadfly petrels flitting over the waves, with fast banking in the swell, have clear M marks on the upperparts, appear all-white below, do not have a noticeably dark cap, and have no white in the tail.
		I did not get the Bonin Islands Petrel, which breeds in the interval Nov.-Feb. (Harrison, 1983), although Brazil (1987) does say that it is to be expected only in "summer".
		Brazil (1987) observes that Bulwer's Petrel may be had "all year", though Harrison (1983) would not expect it in winter, as it returns to its breeding grounds only in Apr.-May. Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel should be present Jan.-June (Harrison, 1983), but Brazil (1987) notes it as a summer (only) bird.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Ogasawara99.html (2357 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- June 1999, week 4 (#118)
		This was to be a pelagic extravaganza, an ultimate pelagic trip with a minimum of 50 birds in view at any given time (usually in the hundreds or thousands).
		Probably most of the unidentified dark rumped petrels were Sootys but I was conservative with the ids.
		It reminded me of storm petrel study tours with large groups on the water with other large groups flying in the background.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9906d&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=12181 (1072 words)

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		Petrel nests on Kaua'i, Maui and Hawai'i and Moloka'i.
		The petrel does not have any natural defenses against predators such as rats, feral cats, and mongooses, and their burrows are very vulnerable.
		Newell's Shearwaters nest high in the mountains like Hawaiian Petrel, although usually at slightly lower elevations, but as with that species it is very hard to witness birds on the nesting ground and the best way to see the species is to watch the sea from a prominent headland.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /Annotatedlist2.htm (7695 words)

	Hawaiian Petrel
		In flight, the Hawaiian Petrel's erratic, high-arching and swooping behavior identifies it as one of the Pterodroma petrels; and this is one of the larger species in the group, with longer, more pointed wings and tail, and a dark rump.
		The strikingly white forehead, less contrasting upper parts, and relatively larger size distinguish it from the Bonin Petrel, which is found in the same waters.
		The most similar-looking species is the Juan Fernandez Petrel which has only an indistinct or partial dark stripe on the underwing and a definite "M" across its upper parts.
	www.oahunaturetours.com /pelagic/spc11hipetrel.html (468 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
		These seabirds -- the dark-rumped petrel and the Newell's shearwater -- breed only in the main islands and are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
		Also called Hawaiian storm petrels and Harcourt's storm petrels, this species is rare in Hawaiian waters but is widespread throughout the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
		Storm petrels are hard to identify at sea.
	starbulletin.com /2004/06/05/news/story3.html (1021 words)

	Bonin Petrel
		Only breeds in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or the Bonin and Volcano Islands of Japan.
		Bonin Petrels nest in burrows that can be as long as three meters and one meter deep, usually in sandy areas.
		A single, white egg is laid in the nesting chamber at the end of the burrow.
	www.fws.gov /midway/wildlife/bope.html (285 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Compared to the means for metals in other birds generally (after), Christmas shearwaters had higher levels of lead, white terns, brown noddy, Christmas shearwater, frigatebirds and Laysan albatrosses had higher levels of cadmium, and bonin petrel, wedge-tailed shearwater, tropicbirds, frigatebirds, red-footed boobies, and both albatrosses had higher levels of mercury.
		Whereas the means for lead and cadmium were below the known effects levels, some individuals had levels high enough to cause adverse effects in the birds.
		The mean values for mercury in Bonin petrel, red-tailed tropicbird, and fl-footed albatross were higher than the levels known to cause adverse reproductive and behavioral effects.
	www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/00489697/articles/257/1/S004896970000496.abstract.en (251 words)

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		Monk Seals pup in the clear waters around the islands and can be found lazing on the sandy beaches of some of the low-lying islands.
		The finches also concentrate at the edge of tern colonies and take advantage of any disturbances by flying in and attacking the eggs whilst the adult birds are in flight.
		The finches are not fussy about which eggs they eat and many species have lost eggs to them including Bulwer's Petrel, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Sooty, Gray-backed and White Terns and Black and Brown Noddies, although presumably any species is at risk.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XNWEndemics2.htm (2425 words)

	Cook's Petrel - educational resources
		De Filippi's/Masatierra Petrel: Prior to our paper, this species was considered essentially "identical" to
		OBIS-SEAMAP - Species Profiles: Pterodroma cookii (Cook's petrel).
		BIRDNET: Procellariiformes species list:...cervicalis Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca
	animals.mongabay.com /iucn/C/Cook's_Petrel.html (167 words)

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		This presentation discusses the response of a native ground nesting seabird, the dark-rumped petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis), after predator
		There was also a paper that came out of similar work done on Midway Atoll, Hawai'i for a Master Theses.
		"The effects of rat (Rattus rattus) predation on the reproductive success of the Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)" by Nanette W.H. Seto.
	indaba.iucn.org /archives/aliens-l/2002-04/00002092.htm (443 words)

	Western Pacific Odyssey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The majority of the world's Gould's Petrels breed on Cabbage Tree Island and nearby Boondelbah Island, off the coast at Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia.
		Over 30 species of cetacean occur in the waters we will be travelling through, and there is always the real chance of new discoveries, especially in the toothed whale department.
		Once considered conspecific with Juan Fernandez Petrel of the eastern Pacific, this impressive Pterodroma is distinguished by the larger size, obvious white hindneck (collar), stronger contrast between the dark cap and the mantle and also the bolder markings on the leading edge of the underwing.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /WPO.html (1677 words)

	Japan 1999
		We woke at a leisurely hour and headed for the hotel restaurant for a grand western style breakfast buffet the likes of which I would be dreaming about for days.
		Scoping the distant waters revealed large flocks of dark-rumped storm petrels, 300-400 at a time which reminded me of storm petrel study tours.
		Dark-rumped storm petrels were very common during the morning of day 1.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Japan99.html (14874 words)

	Bonin Petrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Once upon a time about 500,000 Bonin Petrels nested on Midway.
		However, the rats introduced during World War II almost wiped them out.
		Fortunately the rats have been almost entirely exterminated, and the Bonin population has climbed up to more than 60,000.
	homepages.wwc.edu /staff/nestja/Midway/bope.htm (62 words)

	Kure Expedition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They successfully attack and destroy most other insects, and are often successful in killing new-hatch chicks and possibly other juvenile megafauna.
		In addition, by supporting the scale insects that attacks the flora, the ants facilitate destruction of habitat used by other fauna such as the Bonin petrel (BOPE).
		The following pictures show the ants attacking a sooty tern chick.
	www.cordell.org /htdocs/KURE/KURE_pages/KURE_Ants.html (256 words)

	Hawaii
		Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) PROCELLARIIDAE [Petrels and Shearwaters] ___ 61.
		Ua'u - Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) ___ 68.
		'Ou - Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) ___ 74.
	www.swamphen.net /birds/lists/usa/hi.htm (759 words)

	Surfbirds.com - World Life List Rankings
		Bonin Petrel, Bonin Honeyeater, Japanese Night-Heron, Fork-tailed Petrel in Japan.
		Sharpbill in SE Brazil (Sept 04) completed all the families
		Other recents, Japan: Pleske's & Middendorff's Groppers, Bonin Petrel, Swinhoe's & Tristram's S-P. Taiwan endemics.
	www.surfbirds.com /cgi-bin/surfbirds/display.cgi?highVal=49&list=list1 (1151 words)

	SimpleTransform, by doug@mscs.mu.edu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(N) Northern Fulmar. Kermadec Petrel.
		(A) Bermuda Petrel. Black-capped Petrel. Juan Fernandez Petrel.
		(N) Dark-rumped Petrel. White-necked Petrel.
	spectral.mscs.mu.edu /XML2003/examples/JAXP/SimpleTransform/SimpleTransform.html (295 words)

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