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The animal kingdom’s longest migration award goes to the Sooty Shearwater

December 10, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Sooty Shearwater in flight in SE Tasmania

Every summer many millions of Sooty Shearwaters arrive off the Californian coast, their huge flocks astonishing observers who often have trouble grasping that the dark swirling clouds over the water consist of seabirds. Scientists have long known that Sooty Shearwaters breed in New Zealand and Chile and migrate to feeding grounds in the Northern Hemisphere. […]

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WORLD FIRST: Spoon-billed sandpiper chicks hatch in captivity

December 10, 2012 By Ken Wilson

Newly hatched hatched Spoon-billed sandpiper chick.

The first critically endangered Spoon-billed sandpiper to hatch in captivity in the world was always going to be a spectacular sight, but when a Heritage Expeditions boat docked in Anadyr last night not one, not two, but an incredible 17 tiny, hatched Spoon-billed sandpiper chicks emerged. The incredibly ambitious mission to collect eggs from the […]

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Critically Endangered Takahe Released onto Auckland Island

October 11, 2010 By Ken Wilson

2006 photo of a pair of Takahe

One of New Zealand’s rarest native birds, the takahē, has been released on Motutapu Island in the heart of Auckland. There are only 260 takahē in the world and nine were released on Motutapu Island. Motutapu is a pest free island half an hour by ferry from downtown Auckland. Takahē were once widespread throughout New […]

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Your Tour Leader

Ken Wilson is the owner of Talon Tours. A native New Zealander, Ken has been leading nature and birdwatching tours worldwide since 1995. Ken has also led focused tours to many national and state parks in the western United States as well as key birding sites during migration. His passion for photography began in the early 1970’s and continues to grow. Ken is known for his easygoing manner and attention to organizational and logistical details.

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