The office building where I study at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has become a home for a pair of mourning doves. The male dove had failed to build a full nest last week since he chose a space that was to narrow to hold a full one. This week he found another place that...
While spending 3 weeks on a oceanographic research vessel in the Tasman Sea, Australia, the crews and research team encountered various species of birds. There are a few species of albatrosses that are localized to the Southern Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Albatrosses are known as big sea bird with large wingspans. They usually can...