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	Inaccessible Island Rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Inaccessible Island Rail, Atlantisia rogersi, is a small bird of the rail family, Rallidae.
		It is found only on Inaccessible Island in the Tristan Archipelago, and is notable for being the smallest extant flightless bird in the world.
		A clutch of two eggs is laid between October and January; chicks are vulnerable to predation by the Tristan Thrush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inaccessible_Island_Rail (309 words)

	Tribuneindia... Nature
		Rails who are also members of the same family, Rallidae, as moorhens, include species which have become rare in last few decades.
		Among the eight of the world’s total number of species of rails which are threatened, guam rail is the only species whose entire population (mere 33 birds in 1986) is confined to captivity.
		Inaccessible Island rail is the smallest flightless bird in the world.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99dec26/sunday/nature.htm (739 words)

	Inaccessible Island - History
		Inaccessible Island was originally discovered by the Dutch ship t'Nachtglas in 1652, and named after it.
		The phrase "inaccessible" was added to the name in parentheses because the sailors who landed on the island were unable to get further inland than the beach.
		The most thorough scientific exploration of Inaccessible Island came in 1982 when a party of schoolboys and their teachers from Denstone College (near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England) sailed from the United Kingdom and landed on October 25th, 1982.
	www.uclan.ac.uk /ldu/resources/accessibility/island/history.htm (410 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Gough Island Wildlife Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Inaccessible Island is a 2-3 million year old remnant of a far larger much eroded volcano, material from which has built up a wide submarine plateau.
		The island is a 5.7 by 4.6km undulating plateau rising from 200m in the east to 500m in the west above a line of steep cliffs punctuated by waterfalls.
		Both Gough and Inaccessible Islands were exploited by sealers in the last decade of the 18th century and early decades of the 19th century.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/gough.html (4413 words)

	History of Inaccessible Island, South Atlantic Ocean
		Inaccessible Island was discovered by the Dutch ship t'Nachtglas in 1652, and named after it, with the phrase "inaccessible" added in parentheses after the name as the sailors who landed were unable to get further inland than the beach.
		Their aim was to make their fortune from sealing on the island, but they had to be rescued by HMS Challenger in 1873, when she called briefly to examine the flora and fauna.
		Attempts to map the island also failed due to cloud cover, and to this day there are few accurate maps of the island.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/inaccessible_island/inaccessible_island_history.html (539 words)

	Inaccessible Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Inaccessible Island was discovered in 1652 during a voyage by t'Nachtglas, a Dutch ship, 146 years after Tristan da Cunha was first sighted by Portuguese sailors.
		Inaccessible Island is perhaps best known for the Inaccessible Island Rail, the world's smallest flightless bird.
		Inaccessible does have guano deposits and eggs, but due to the difficulty of traveling about the island, the islanders have generally chosen to go to Nightingale Island instead.
	inaccessible-island.kiwiki.homeip.net (941 words)

	Inaccessible Island - Wildlife and Plantlife
		Subantarctic Fur Seals and Southern Elephant Seals frequent Inaccessible Island waters and their numbers are increasing.
		Inaccessible Island is home to the world's smallest flightless bird, the endemic Inaccessible Island Rail which measures just 12.5 cm (5 in) and weighs 34.7g (1.2 oz).
		The Rail is rare with a population estimated to be between 1,000 and 10,000.
	www.uclan.ac.uk /ldu/resources/accessibility/island/wildlife.htm (207 words)

	Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean
		The contour of this whole island is steep, rising up almost perpendicularly from the sea in high cliffs, down the fissures of which fall several beautiful cascades.
		Birds such as the rail find flightlessness an advantage as they are less likely to be blown away in the frequent storms on isolated islands such as Gough and Tristan.
		The first comprehensive scientific expedition to Gough Island was conducted by The Gough Island Expedition of 1955, led by Martin Holdgate, John Heaney and Robert Chambers.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/gough_island/gough_island.html (1172 words)

	Inaccessible Island Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi Lowe, 1923 is a small bird of the rail family, Rallidae.
		Unlike many other islands, Inaccessible Island has remained free from introduced predators, allowing this species to flourish while many other flightless birds, including the even smaller Stevens Island Wren, have perished.
		This rail has an average weight of just 30 grams, and a length of 17 centimeters.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/i/in/inaccessible_island_rail.html (198 words)

	Britain's top world heritage sites \| Metro.co.uk
		Gough Island is 350km southeast of Tristan da Cunha, part of St Helena, in the South Atlantic.
		Inaccessible Island is 45km from Tristan and both it and Gough are nature reserves.
		Fascinating fact: The Gough Island flightless rail is one of the rarest birds in the world, while the Inaccessible Island flightless rail is the world's smallest flightless bird.
	www.metro.co.uk /travel/article.html?in_article_id=26702&in_page_id=5 (700 words)

	The Lonely Island - Appendix 2
		The diminutive and flightless rail which lives on Inaccessible Island and, as far as is known, nowhere else in the Atlantic, or for that matter in the whole world, is in fact not even generically allied to the moorhen-like gallinules just referred to.
		It is a true rail ; and besides this there is nothing specifically like it known to science, although it may be that certain rails living on islands in the Pacific Ocean may have sprung from the same original stock.
		The protection of all the birds on their islands within practical limits is indeed a trust for which the islanders are responsible.
	www.bweaver.nom.sh /rogers/append_2.htm (912 words)

	How Islands Form--Earth Science lesson plan (grades 6-8)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		If the island forms as a volcano or as a coral reef, there may be no plants or animals living on it to begin with, and any species that does get established there has to have come from somewhere else.
		Inaccessible Island is located in the Tristan da Cunha group of islands in the South Atlantic.
		Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island, is home to some 40 species of lemur, an animal that evolved from what may have been a single pair of mammals that floated to the island 70 million years ago.
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/islands (1867 words)

	Biomes: Islands & Evolution - Ecology/Earth Science lesson plan (grades 6-8) - DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Presentations should include the island's location; a brief description of its geography; how and when the island formed; a description of at least one animal species unique to that island; and an explanation of how the species has adapted to life there.
		Inaccessible Island is part of the Tristan da Cunha group in the South Atlantic Ocean.
		It is home to just one species of bird, the Inaccessible Island flightless rail, the smallest flightless bird in the world.
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/biomes_islands (829 words)

	Rail Trail Report
		Rail trails are created when abandoned rail lines are converted into public trails for use as pedestrian walkways and bicycle paths. These trails provide a safe place for families to ride bikes or walk, and encourage people to exercise outdoors.
		As the owner of multiple rail corridors, the MBTA plays a prominent role in rail trail development in Massachusetts. According to Michael Brennan, Director of Real Estate for the MBTA, the MBTA is also the second largest landowner in the state.
		The surfaces of Vermont’s rail trails depend on the anticipated use and the state is currently working on guidelines to explain to future applicants how surface decisions are made.
	www.mass.gov /legis/senate/railtrail.htm (7497 words)

	Gough and Inaccessible Islands - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		But these remote islands were favoured and remain a remarkable trio - so unlike many of the other WHS which are heavily marketed, subject to high entrance fees and overcrowded with tourists (albeit that WHS recognition also helps stimulate conservation of others).
		The island is not in fact totally uninhabited but has, with UK agreement, since 1956, contained a S African weather station with some 6 staff.
		PS The voyage continues via Tristan da Cunha and, for 3 years now (written 2005), has included a landing on Inaccessible Island which was added to the Gough Island WHS definition in 2004 (Unlike Gough, landings are allowed on Inaccessible if authorised by the Tristan Council and accompanied by local guides).
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/goughisland.html (841 words)

	Inaccessible Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket alluded to Nightingale Island, Inaccessible Island, and Tristan da Cunha.
		One of the sailors recounts the wreck of a whaling ship that he witnessed, drawn to the island in similar conditions and lost with all hands.
		As the ship drifts closer and closer, the boats are put out to tow it away, but it nevertheless continues to draw nearer, especially when it enters kelp beds near the island that make it more difficult to tow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inaccessible_Island (1255 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : A lifeline is in dire straits here
		The safest way to leave the island is by the motorised punt, but that means a 10-km walk to boat jetty.
		The development of this island, with a population of about 4,000, began only after the punt was pressed into operation.
		The development of the island depends on the punt at least until a bridge connects it to the mainland.
	www.hindu.com /2006/04/03/stories/2006040301200200.htm (559 words)

	The Head Heeb: Field trip
		As a matter of fact, it is a first ever landing on that island by students.
		More pictures of the field trip (on which the students were chaperoned by a teacher and a concerned parent) can be found here.
		The Inaccessible Island Rail as smallest flightless bird would have been edged out by the Stephens Island Wren, but for the light house keeper's cat.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/024874.html (641 words)

	i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Antarctica - The World’s Greatest Concentration Of Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Most of the islands are small, barren and uninhabited, boasting an abundance of wildlife (some not found further south), a fascinating history — both ancient and more recent - and wild and wonderful wilderness vistas.
		Rare birds with exotic names such as the spectacled petrel, tristan albatross, ascension frigatebird, Inaccessible Island rail and northern rockhopper penguin, as well as the ultimate ocean travellers, the wandering albatross, are all expected during the journey.
		With humpbacks and orcas alongside the ship as she moves through the ice and possible rare species such as southern rightwhale dolphins, spectacled porpoise, strap-toothed whale, Gray’s and Anoux’s beaked whales and, on previous journeys, in excess of 40 sperm whales in an hour, the potential cetacean sightings are also astounding.
	i-newswire.com /pr49641.html (1010 words)

	Rail Australia - THE TRANSCONTINENTAL - Downunder and the South Pacific - Goway Travel Experiences
		We will also visit the old rail station - the first failed attempt to span the north to the south.
		An alternative afternoon option is to take a cruise to the Murray River mouth and Coorong National Park, known for its bird life and resident pelican colony.
		We drive to Jervis Bay for the ferry to Kangaroo Island, and a day of wildlife and fresh air.
	www.goway.com /downunder/australia/rail_transcontinental.html (2493 words)

	Metra - Accessibility Information
		Metra has modified rail cars and made accessible most of its busiest train stations along the lines to accommodate individuals with hearing, vision, and mobility disabilities.
		As a result, the Rail Corridor Accessibility Program (RCAP), which was instituted as a temporary measure until the rail system accessibility was achieved, was discontinued in May 1999.
		We are hopeful that the provision of accessible commuter rail service will provide a superior substitute for our past RCAP riders, and will attract new riders from a market that we have been previously unable to serve.
	metrarail.com /ADA/index.html (882 words)

	Albania Interesting Facts - Places - Things
		Also, the government is moving slowly to improve the poor national road and rail network, a long-standing barrier to sustained economic growth.
		On the positive side: growth was strong in 2003 and 2004, the nation has important oil and gas reserves, and inflation is not a problem.
		The Baptistry, with a floor of colourful mosaics, is not to be missed.
	www.travel-island.com /interesting.places/albania.html (2064 words)

	Palo Alto
		At 1.8 miles, Hooks Island appears, and the trail runs next to the channel between the island and the shore.
		Hooks Island is a small triangular pickleweed marsh, criscrossed by sloughs and channels.
		North of the tidal dam are the west end of Hooks Island, the Sailing Station docks, and the mouth of the channel for what used to be the Palo Alto Yacht Harbor.
	www.abag.ca.gov /bayarea/baytrail/vtour/map3/access/Btpalto/Btpalto.htm (5277 words)

	Bird Bibliography Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Spatial organization of the North Island brown kiwi Apteryx australis mantalli: sex, pairing status and territoriality.
		Diamond, J. A new species of rail from the Solomon Islands and convergent evolution of insular flightlessness.
		Hachisuka, M. The dodo and kindred birds, or the extinct birds of the Mascarene Islands.
	www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /birds/birddivresources/bibliog2.html (9177 words)

	GOVERNOR, MAJORITY LEADER OPEN SCHODACK ISLAND STATE PARK
		The first phase of the Master Plan for Schodack Island State Park is complete and includes the installation of a double-lane boat launch with a riverside promenade, the construction of a new bridge, and the creation of an access road on the island to the developed area.
		Schodack Island State Park will provide New Yorkers and visitors to the region expanded access to the Hudson River, and will help preserve the area's unique environmental and historic assets, as well as provide interpretive information of these lands, habitats, and waterways.
		The Schodack Island Bird Conservation Area announced today is located on an 864-acre portion of the state park and is a concentration site for a variety of wading bird species and home to a number of bird species that are at risk.
	www.state.ny.us /governor/press/02/june19_02.htm (1350 words)

	Birds to Watch 2 - References (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dowding, J. and Murphy, E. (1993) Decline of the Stewart Island population of the New Zealand Dotterel.
		Everett, W. and Anderson, D. (1991) Status and conservation of the breeding seabirds on offshore Pacific islands of Baja California and the Gulf of California.
		Komdeur, J. (1994) Conserving the Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis by translocation from Cousin Island to the islands of Aride and Cousine.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/birdlife/btwrefs.htm (12640 words)

	Borax King at Shelter Island
		Borax is a naturally occurring compound that is found in the most inaccessible and unfriendly environments throughout the world.
		Mining borax was just one aspect of the business; it had to be transported over long inhospitable distances to rail heads; and it needed to be marketed.
		He rode out in the mornings, and, according to Gertrude Tuthill Robinson, maintained a “tally-ho, drawn by four fine horses, with coachmen and footmen in livery [that] was a delight to see, and children who raced to the roadside for a glimpse were never disappointed as a bugle call saluted every child waving a hand.
	www.shelter-island.org /smith/frank_pursuits.html (1476 words)

	trivia
		The inaccessible Island Rail, which lives in remote islands in the Atlantic weighs 34.7g (1.2ozs) the size of a newly hatched domestic chick with similar fluffy feathers.
		Sharp Beaked ground finch of the Galapagos Islands is a seed-eater, but is known to behave like a vampire.
		Using its sharp beak, it pecks holes in the wings of nesting masked boobies and drinks their blood.
	www.ozbird.com /birdtrivia.htm (659 words)

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