Help please for our Brazil Rep Caio Carlos
I’d like to ask the help from you, and all members of RNBWS. We have recently found a near-fresh pigeon (Columba cf. livia) in the stomach contents of a Blue Shark (Prionace glauca). The shark was caught by long-line c.200 miles off the coast of Santa Catarina state in south Brazil.
I know of some published land-birds observations at sea (mainly herons and raptors). Did you know of any dove species observed in the Atlantic or elsewhere? Published records would be very welcomed. Any help to the Gen Sec who will pass it on (That which is published in Sea Swallow already is not required).
Renata Floriano-Cunha is a young Brazilian artist, with passion for nature and wildlife. She graduated in Arts (2003) from the School of Music and Fine Arts of the Sate of Paraná, and currently is also a graduate student studying Geology at the Federal University of Paraná. Renata has been working as a scientific illustrator since 2004. Renata has a very special interest for special interest for seabirds and I invite readers of Sea Swallow to enjoy her beautiful drawing of Black-browed Albatrosses Thalassarche melaniohrys. More of Renata’s work can be seen at her we-site (in Portuguese): http://rfcunha.multiply.com/ (contact: bio_recunha@yahoo.com.br)
Caio J. Carlos
RNBWS Brazilian Representative
