Far From Land The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds

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24; survival of, 14; wind patterns,
exploitation of, 121– 22; wingspan of, 3
warblers: Blackpoll, 53; Golden- winged,
128– 29
Watanuki, Yutaka, 25, 167
Watts, Bryan, 129– 30
Waved Albatrosses, 5, 125n
weather: detection of oncoming,
infrasound and, 129– 30; rain, effects
of, 127; wind, effects of, 126– 27;
wrecks from, 127– 29
Wedge- tailed Shearwaters, 147– 48, 154
Weimerskirch, Henri: Black- browed
Albatrosses, study of, 141; Great
Frigatebirds, study of, 34– 35; Guanay
Cormorant, study of, 145; Red- footed
Boobies, study of, 115– 16, 156; Short-
tailed Shearwaters, study of, 15;
Wandering Albatrosses, study of,
19– 20, 38, 50, 115, 157, 166
Westland Petrels, 68

Wheatears: Northern, 99

Whimbrel, 129– 30

White- capped Albatrosses, 192

White- chinned Petrels: activity patterns

during breeding and non- breeding

seasons, 76; diving depths of, 190; first

journeys of, 40; foraging for chicks,

length of trips for, 102; long- line

fishing vessels and, 190– 91, 193– 94;

navigation by, 83; time on the water,

day and night, 168

Whitehead, Thomas, 108

Wienecke, Barbara, 171– 72

Willett, George, 32

Wilson, Rory, 24, 166– 68, 176, 178

wing loading, 9

Woehler, Eric, 121

wrecks, 127– 30

Yelkouan Shearwaters, 196

Yoda, Ken, 34, 112