Our CahowCam 2 chick is growing well as seen in the update below.
However there is a problem: Due to lack of synchronization between Sampson the resident male and his new mate, over the past 2 breeding seasons she has returned to their underground burrow a few days earlier than him, and the CahowCam has revealed her engaging in ex-pair mating with other males, putting their chick’s paternity into question.
For an otherwise thought to be monogamous species, how prevalent is this?
Thankfully BioQuest comes to the rescue and is conducting ground-breaking Cahow Paternity Tests as part of its ongoing genomic population study.
All will be revealed at a special event at Speciality Cinema on Wednesday May 20th, for which you may purchase tickets here.
Jermey will provide a season update, JP will play CahowCam highlights and Dr. Carika Weldon will give a fascinating Cahow genomics 101 and then the big “Who’s the Daddy?” reveal!