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National Geographic : 1947 May
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The National Geographic Magazine Dainty Kittiwakes Cling Like Leeches to the Sheer Face of Their Granite Gully Three thousand nesting pairs were counted on Lundy in 1939. They crowd dark, rock-ribbed northern gullies and rarely visit the island's top. Any narrow ledge on vertical or overhanging cliffs makes a suitable nesting site. Occasionally a bird alights on the wrong nest, or an unattached male intrudes. A noisy but harmless fight follows, and owner expels interloper. Kittiwakes fish in tide races and over reefs and rocky islets off the island's northern tip. At home on the waves, they often rest on the sea far from land (page 683). 688
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