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Larus hartlaubii. |
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Hartlaub's
Gulls in motionless flight. These birds are masters at flying and are
always a pleasure to watch. All the photographs of the Hartlaub's Gulls
were taken in Houtbay Harbor. March 1999. Most citizens of Cape Town are surprised to learn that Hartlaub's Gull is about the 10th rarest of the world's roughly 50 gull species. |
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| Hartlaub's gulls is found in a narrow range - restricted to the coast between Cape Agulhas and Swakopmund. The best estimate of the total population size of Hartlaub's Gull is 30 000 birds. About one half of the total world population, are within the Greater Cape Town area. Professor Les Underhill is undertaking a massive ringing project. The primary objectives being to estimate the survival rates, movement patterns and age at first breeding of Hartlaub's Gull (Larus hartlaubii.) |
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| The project consists of ringing gulls with individually engraved colour rings, and undertaking intensive follow-up observations of these birds. What makes it even more interesting is that the breeding site of the bird changed at the exact time that the study was due to start. | ||||||||
| Continue the Bird Watching Tour to find out more about Hartlaub's Gull and their adaptation to City life! |
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Information
on Sea Gulls from http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/seabirds.htm
with kind permission. (c) L. Underhill. Avain Demography Unit. |
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