“Some of the Dominican martins do not fly away from the island at the end of autumn, but stay for the winter, writes the National Antarctic Science Center. Photo: Anna Soina. National Antarctic Science Center/Facebook These birds are considered the main “gardeners” of Antarctica. For their nests, they use a variety of local vegetation, including Antarctic pike and several types of moss. “They purposefully collect all this and carry it over considerable distances, in such a way”, — write on: ua.news
Some of the Dominican martins do not fly away from the island at the end of autumn, but stay for the winter, writes the National Antarctic Science Center.
These birds are considered the main “gardeners” of Antarctica. For their nests, they use a variety of local vegetation, including Antarctic pike and several types of moss.
“They purposefully collect all this and carry it to considerable distances, spreading the plants in this way,” the post reads.
Dominican martins feed on molluscs and sea urchins.
“Food tables are set up near the hunting grounds among the coastal rocks, where scattered mollusc shells and split urchin shells have been accumulating for centuries,” the National Antarctic Science Center added.
Dominican martins are similar and close relatives of common yellow-legged martins from the banks of the Dnieper and the Ukrainian sea coasts. These species have the same size, white head, neck and body, yellow beak with a red spot and yellow paws. However, in adults of Dominican martins, the tail is white, and the wings and back are mostly black, while in yellow-legged, on the contrary, gray color prevails in these parts of the body.
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