Comments on: The Fiji Petrel went extinct 130 years ago. But then it got better. https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Rosalind Aveling https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544729 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:30:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544729 “Chumming” eh? Fair enough. When first re-discovered on the 1984 expedition the petrel flew into Dick Watling’s head while they were spotlighting. Dick was a university chum of mine and at the time had a head of wild curly hair so at least it would have had a soft landing.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544728 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:03:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544728 What a beautiful wingspan.

]]> By: Gunnar Engblom https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544727 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:47:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544727 Great title Greg. I have followed this story how it has evolved for some time via the Seabirds News list.
Here is a summery of the team’s quest for the Fiji Petrel. It was no accident.

http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/index.php/fiji-petrel-photographed/

Saludos

Gunnar Engblom

]]> By: Monado, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544726 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:13:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/11/the-fiji-petrel-went-extinct-1/#comment-544726 Wonderful. Here’s a bird that I knew nothing about. I guess there have never been very many of them. I hope that one or two nesting grounds can be discovered and protected. Or maybe it’s better if we don’t know where they nest. When I heard about the new species discovered in a volcanic crater, I wondered if the people living around there will now bother to go in and hunt them. Their days could be numbered.

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