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	Manx Shearwater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.
		The prefix Manx, meaning from the Isle of Man, originated owing to the once large colony of Manx Shearwaters found on the Calf of Man.
		A Manx Shearwater breeding on Copeland Island, Northern Ireland, is currently (2003/2004) the oldest known wild bird in the world: ringed as an adult (at least 5 years old) in July 1953, it was retrapped in July 2003, at least 55 years old.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manx_Shearwater (517 words)

	New England Seabirds - Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
		Manx Shearwater does not exhibit a fl capped appearance as the head and back are the same color.
		In April of 2002, a Manx Shearwater banded in 1957 when it was approximately 5 years old, was recaptured and found to be breeding on Bardsey, an island off the Lleyn peninsula in north Wales.
		Manx shearwaters, whose scientific name is Puffinus puffinus, are shy of the mainland where danger lurks in the form of predators like stoats, rats and birds of prey, the RSPB said.
	www.neseabirds.com /shearwatermanx.htm (1509 words)

	Manx Shearwater
		Manx Shearwater: Small shearwater with brown-fl upperparts and white underparts, underwings and undertail coverts.
		Manx Shearwater: One white egg is laid in a burrow or rock crevice.
		Manx Shearwater: Feeds on small fish and shellfish; forages on the surface and by plunge diving.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/637/_/Manx_Shearwater.aspx (315 words)

	SHEARWATER - LoveToKnow Article on SHEARWATER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Shearwaters are found in nearly all the seas and oceans of the world,3 generally within no great distance from the land, though rarely resorting thereto, except in the breeding season.
		Four species of Puffinus are recorded as visiting the coasts of the United Kingdom; but the Manx shearwater is the only one that at all commonly breeds in the British Islands.
		In this condition they are thought to be good eating, and enormous numbers are caught for this purpose in some localities, especially of a species, the P. brevicaudus of Gould, which frequents the islands off the coast of Australia, where it is commonly known as the Mutton-bird.
	www.1911ency.org /S/SH/SHEARWATER.htm (327 words)

	Manx Shearwater
		Manx Shearwaters were believed to have been exterminated from their eponymous colony on the Calf of Man by the introduction of rats from a wrecked ship in the late 18th Century.
		Manx shearwaters' nocturnal and subterranean habits have caused problems for surveyors in the past.
		Unfortunately not all shearwaters present at a colony will respond to the taped calls, thus counts of responses will underestimate the number of AOSs and have to be adjusted by a response rate measured at the colony.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /page-2869 (622 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Manx shearwater
		Shearwater, common name for about 20 species of large petrels (Petrel).
		Manx (cat), breed of shorthaired cat whose most distinctive features are a rabbitlike gait and the absence of a tail.
		Manx Literature, Celtic writings of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man. It consists mainly of ballads and Christmas carols.
	encarta.msn.com /Manx+shearwater.html (110 words)

	Copeland's oldest Manx Shearwater
		On checking in the shearwater book, he discovered that it had originally been ringed in 1953, on an exploratory expedition just one year before the observatory was established.
		The shearwater study is one of the most important parts of the observatory's activities.
		The previous longevity record for Manx Shearwater was set two years ago by Bardsey Bird Observatory, a sister organisation in West Wales where a similar long term study of the species has been taking place.
	www.habitas.org.uk /cbo/oldestmanxie.html (884 words)

	Manx Shearwater
		Shearwaters are a group of about fifteen species of large sea birds and the Manx Shearwater grows to about fourteen inches long.
		Boaters see the shearwaters often in small groups gliding over the water with occasional wing beats tipping their body side to side as they follow the wind currents.
		The Manx Shearwater's main feeding area is in the Bay of Biscay on abundant sardines.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/92409 (487 words)

	Manx Shearwater
		The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a member of the shearwater family that has over twenty different species of birds amongst it.
		All the Shearwaters are expansive travellers, with their exhaustive journeys often leading to their doom as they die either mid-flight or when they get to their destinations.
		It is not rare to see dead shearwaters washing up on the beaches in great numbers, especially in Spring when the birds have just finished their migration.
	www.wildlifebritain.com /manxshearwater.php (482 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Manx Shearwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In July 1978 it was the most common shearwater off Sable Island on calm days; no fewer than 125 birds were seen there on 24 July, and it occurred regularly up to 28 August.
		Manx Shearwaters have colonized eastern North America since then; a single nest was discovered in Massachusetts in 1973 (Bierregaard et al.
		The discovery of Manx Shearwaters breeding in Nova Scotia is probably only a matter of time.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0016.htm (387 words)

	pp259-270 Birds of the Isle of Man -The Manx Shearwater
		Townley, on his arrival in the island, desired to see something of the ornithological curiosity of which he had heard, and was told at Douglas that for this purpose he must go to the Calf.
		Woods(1811) states that rats, escaping from a wrecked Russian merchant vessel, 'some years ago' almost exterminated the Puffins; he confuses 'puffins' and 'sea-parrots,' and his visit to the Calf was too late in the year (September) for him to see the various birds at their breeding places.
		On 9th August 1885 'a large number of Manx Petrels' is reported at Langness at 3 P.M. A few nest on the Wicklow and Dublin coasts and very many on Rathlin Island.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/bd1905/p259.htm (2517 words)

	Review of my Manx Shearwater Stamps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		My first "stamps" showing Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, were local issues from UK islands, Lundy and Canna.
		I assumed that this was showing a bird from the Atlantic coast of France, but today, I discovered that the National Park commemorated by this stamp, Port-Cros, is actually towards the eastern end of France's Mediterranean coastline.
		Clements has recently recognised the split of the Mediterranean Shearwaters, which means that this Spanish bird is representing the Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus).
	www.bird-stamps.org /query/manxsh (277 words)

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		MANX CAT The charming Manx cat is a breed that is ever friendly, intelligent, and easy to train.
		The Manx is a breed of cat with a naturally occurring mutation of the spine.
	www.cats.petsculture.com /manxcat (1450 words)

	Manx shearwater - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Manx shearwater - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		A small shearwater, it has long straight slim wings, and is fl above and white below.
		It flies with a series of rapid stiff-winged flaps followed by long glides on stiff straight wings over the surface of the sea, occasionally banking or 'shearing'.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/m/manxshearwater/index.asp (238 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World -- Manx Shearwater
		Less "contrasty" species such as Black-vented Shearwater also need to be considered out of range.
		Murphy, R.C. (1952) The Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, as a species of world-wide distribution.
		Roberson, D. (1996) Identifying Manx Shearwaters in the Northeastern Pacific.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /ManxShear.html (391 words)

	mikebirdart - manx shearwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Always a popular bird to watch and paint, this is almost an exact copy of the previous Manxies, this time with various colours of shading under the body, a slightly lighter blue sea, and, more evidently, the subject gliding in the opposite direction!
		Manx Shearwaters are the most commonly seen shearwaters in British waters, this shearing individual was placed over a seascape created by thinly overpainting a light blue and white mosaic with a dark blue.
		This time, I increased the size of the birds, and gave the sea three levels to give the vividness of the background a depth of field.
	basic1.easily.co.uk /05700B/044004/manx.html (151 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Nature 21/06/2004
		A Manx shearwater in the capable hands of researcher Jane Mathews
		Lionel Kelleway travels to Skomer, a small island off the Pembrokshire coast, to celebrate the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Manx shearwaters.
		These enigmatic seabirds migrate thousands of miles from South America to breed on the few islands around the UK that remain free of ground predators like rats, cats and foxes.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/science/nature_20040621.shtml (221 words)

	Puffinus puffinus
		This combination of fl-and-white eliminates the browner Cory's and Mediterranean Shearwaters and the all-fl Sooty Shearwater.
		Great Shearwaters can look fl and white but they are larger asnd have a distinct dark-capped appearance.
		Characteristically, Shearwaters flap busily on stiff wings, then glide for a while, occasionally tilting to show first their all-dark upperparts, then their mainly white underparts.
	www.birdguides.com /html/vidlib/species/Puffinus_puffinus.htm (239 words)

	2nd International Manx Shearwater Workshop
		Studies on the Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus and related Petrel species
		This workshop follows on from the highly successful Manx Shearwater Workshop that took place in Madeira in 2000.
		Although the focus will be on the Manx Shearwater and related Puffinus species, by widening the scope of the workshop slightly we hope to attract workers from a broader range of studies.
	www.habitas.org.uk /cbo/workshop.htm (867 words)

	spacebar :: manx shearwater: nightfeedings :: August :: 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		spacebar :: manx shearwater: nightfeedings :: August :: 2005
		To avoid seagulls, who relish its tasty flesh, the shearwater feeds it young at night.
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	spacebar.blogsome.com /2005/08/10/manx-shearwater-nightfeedings (86 words)

	The Blasket Islands on the Southwest Coast of Ireland - Historical Information
		Seabirds which never frequented the coast of the mainland were abundant there, and they are still to be found, though not in such numbers since their food supply decreased.
		These include the storm petrel (breeding in thousands in the island wilderness), guillemots, puffins, razorbills, the Manx shearwater, and the fl guillemot.
		Their fledglings provided many a juicy mouthful for the Islanders when hunger stalked the countryside.
	www.dingle-peninsula.ie /blaskets.html (2609 words)

	Manx Shearwater - Puffinus puffinus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	www.birdforum.net /bird_view.php?bid=5005 (174 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Manx Shearwater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Manx Shearwater
		World Bird Guide :: Shearwaters and Petrels :: Manx Shearwater
		Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec11-63.html (71 words)

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