Alcatraz Hosted Unprecedented Numbers of Waterbirds During 2021 Nesting Season (U.S. National Park Service)
Alcatraz Hosted Unprecedented Numbers of Waterbirds During 2021 Nesting Season (U.S. National Park Service).
Waterbirds, which nested on Alcatraz Island long before people built upon it, have been reclaiming parts of the island in recent decades. But Alcatraz Natural Resources staff hadn't seen anything quite like the 2021 nesting season before.
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- 2026-09-30
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- birds, blog, Brandts cormorants, California, great blue herons, island, monitoring, PCSLC, peregrine falcons, population dynamics, rookery, San Francisco Bay Area, Seabird colony, seabirds, SFAN, species recovery, waterbirds
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