J-P Jeremy and the Cahows would like to wish our followers a Happy Thanksgiving - with a check in from Nonsuch Island.
The CahowCam1 pair returned and started their month of fall courtship early on October 21st, and they are now back at sea until January, so here is a replay of them courting, filmed on October 30th whilst Hurricane Melissa passed outside.
They have been together and we have been LiveStreaming from their burrow for the past 15 years, producing a chick roughly every other year (which is the average for the species). They failed last year, but are hopes are high for this coming Spring!
Here is the LiveStream from CahowCam2 (which as of Nov 27th & 28th had the pair in the nest). They started late again this year, and have been subject to much controversy as Sampson the resident male lost his original mate 3 years ago and is not yet synchronized with his new one, giving her the opportunity to mate with other males when she returns a few days before he does…
Their resulting chick(s) are now all the subject of Paternity Tests with our BioQuest partner as part of a broader ground-breaking genomic population study.
Follow the “Whos the Daddy” drama here, and join us for a talk and reveal at the BUEI on December 9th…
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