American Bird Conservancy Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 The sci-fi world of high tech devices such as night vision goggles, thermal imaging readers, and portable radar systems is finding a new and unusual application - helping to save the Black-capped Petrel, an endangered bird so rare and reclusive that conservationists have a hard time even figuring out where its nesting areas are. Its known nesting range on Hispaniola in the Caribbean, its nocturnal habits, and the strange sounds it sometimes makes have conjured devilish associations, and provided it with its local name, "Diablotin," or Little Devil. View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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