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Weddell spent some time at the mission of Guanay and has given us a good description of the Indians as he found them.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Over the past 50 years, Guanay cormorants have dramatically decreased from c. 21 millions birds to 2 millions, whereas Peruvian boobies have remained relatively stable at 2 millions birds
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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The photograph shows part of the seabird aggregations dominated by Guanay cormorants (black plumage), with Peruvian boobies (white plumage) on the edge of the mains groups of cormorants.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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Over the past decades Guanay cormorants have declined ten times whereas Peruvian boobies have remained relatively stable.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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Changes in the bearings according to the centre of the island of the compass raft (circle) and of the departing (▴) and returning (▾) groups of Guanay cormorants during two consecutive days.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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(Left) Fine scale movements of a Guanay cormorant tracked by GPS at 1 sec interval in the vicinity of Isla Pescadores (in grey).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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After a few days of observation we discovered that Guanay cormorants form rafts, i.e. cluster of individual on the sea surface, when departing.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service. 350 p. Zavalaga CB, Paredes R (1999) Foraging behaviour and diet of Guanay cormorants.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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Movements of a Guanay cormorant in the vicinity of the colony and view from the sea of a compass raft.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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We found that the Guanay cormorants use social information to select their bearing when departing the colony.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Henri Weimerskirch et al. 2010
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