When Jeremy and JP returned to Nonsuch on World Oceans Day after a weekend of bad weather they found that Zephyr the CahowCam2 chick had not fledged yet and were able to give her perhaps her final health check before she fledges out to sea.
As a positive World Ocean Day news story, this season Jeremy has logged a record number of 134 Cahow breeding pairs and a near record 68 fledged chicks, but more importantly virtually all of the chicks throughout the Colony have been heavier and healthier than usual. This has resulted in, for the first time in 16 years, that Jeremy has not had to rescue or take any of the chicks in for extra or supplemental care.
Apart from when they were nesting on Nonsuch Island the Cahows spend their entire lives over the high seas where they are a true Sentinel of the Ocean. Stay tuned for the results of ongoing and upcoming research with our partners as we use GPS tags to log their travels.
Throughout the 2020 Oceans Week our Team will be highlighting some of the many Ocean Conservation projects that we are involved with, for more details sign up for our Newsletter.