Happy Bermuda Day (and Memorial Day to our American Friends) from the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources and Nonsuch Expeditions Teams on Nonsuch Island!
There is great Conservation News once again from Nonsuch Island where one of our most culturally significant species, the Critically Endangered Bermuda Petrel or Cahow, is in the middle of a record-breaking nesting season on Nonsuch Island to which it was successfully translocated starting less than 20 years ago. This year we have a record 25 chicks from 39 eggs (1 per pair) that were laid from the confirmed 41 Nonsuch Translocation Colony pairs. The Nonsuch-born chicks are now returning, having chicks of their own and recruiting mates from the outer Islands, the final stage in determining Translocation success!
Watch the video below as our star CahowCam1 chick gets banded during her May 10th health check. Keep watching the CahowCams after dark as she (Jeremy has predicted her sex based on her bill size) explores the colony at night exercising and imprinting on her surroundings so that she can make her way back after her initial few years at sea.