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Covid-19 Kept Tourists Away. Why Did These Seabirds Miss Them? When travel restrictions stopped bird-watchers from visiting a Swedish island, hidden ecosystem dynamics were revealed. Video Common murres disturbed from their ledges by a hunting white-tailed eagle. Video by J. Dentati-Sundberg et al., Biological Conservation 2021 By Cara Giaimo When tourists come to Stora Karlso, a limestone-ledged nature reserve off the coast of Sweden, they keep a respectful distance from the many seabirds that call the island home. Like most visitors to wild places, they aim to leave only footprints and take...

Aron Hejdstrom The birds were behaving strangely. Normally, the summer months would be a productive breeding season for the seabirds known as guillemots or murres living on the island of Stora Karlsö in the Baltic Sea. But, of course, 2020 wasn’t a normal year. The guillemots don’t seem to be one of them. Jonas Hentati-Sundberg at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and his colleagues say … Continue reading Subscribe now for unlimited access App + Web