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RE: The Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow) was believed to have gone extinct in the 1620s, but was rediscovered 330 years later
great news about reappearance of extincted bird Bermuda Petrel. Frankly it's hard to believe the reappearance of bird after 33 decades. Simple logic say that we have these bird at some unknown place we rediscovered them. Birds love to migrate when they find unfavorable conditions.
English settlers along with rats,cats, pigs and dogs really destroyed these beautiful bird. From 500,000 to get extinct in 20 years means killing 2,000/month which is huge. Great news is that series efforts are made for the conservation of bird. Hopefully with the availability of modern facility we have enough bird in 2 decade from a pair of 117 birds. Thanks for sharing @valth
Interesting though, but I think that they hae simply been hiding on some of the more remote Bermuda islands. Some of them are pretty difficult to reach, and the birds are also mostly out at sea. Petrels are some of the best flyers in the entire world, and can actually go many months without landing on land, so it could have been really easy for them to stay hidden for such a long time.
But it would certainly be very cool if they somehow found a new, hidden area where they bred!
Yeah, absolutely. Apparently it was often difficult to get real meat on the Bermuda islands during these times, so the birds would get killed by hungry people who wanted meat.
What an amazing quality they have
It is really cool that scientist find the area where they bred. It will help them for the growth of bird. However it is scary if Hunter find these area. Just like if you find your hidden wealth yourself you feel happy and if the same hidden found by your wife. You will feel yourself in trouble :p