The Island is beginning to pick up volume with the influx of Lesser and Brown Noddy’s. Both the North Rock and South Rock on each tip of the island each have 40-50 Brown Noddy’s sunning themselves on a daily basis. The Lesser Noddy’s prefer the corrugated iron roofs. When we are hovering under the shade [...]
How lovely it is to see the arrival of migratory & vagrant birds every year & the excitement of not knowing which species may or may not visit the island each year! After looking through the Cousine records we can see that we will always be surprised with the variety and number of migrants visiting [...]
2011 was a great year for conservation on Cousine island, with a few special highlights which come to mind! – The 14th May signified the release of the last Hawksbill Turtle hatchlings of our record year of 230 nests! We released 25044 hatchlings into the sea over a period of 5 months. – [...]
Cousine Island is abuzz with all the babies in nests everywhere. Even though some species are still on eggs, chicks can be found almost everywhere. All Lesser Noddy chicks have now hatched with some chicks starting to practice flapping their wings. The Brown Noddies that have made a late start this year have mostly got [...]
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Tagged brown noddy, chicks, fairy terns, hatched, hawksbill turtle, lesser noddy, nests, seychelles magpie robin, sooty tern, Tropic Birds
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The new nick name for the conservation office, AAA (Avian Alcoholics Anonymous). In the last 2 weeks 2 “drunk” blue pigeons have been found and were “rehabilitated”. At certain times of the year pigeons are sometimes found on the ground intoxicated by Ficus berries. It is believed that some of the figs ferment while still [...]
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