“In this picture, I watch the gulls near Sandgerði, a small hunting village in southwest Iceland. This area is a volcanic peninsula, and although there is a lot of rain, most of the water passes through the rocks and flows under the ground. So the places where fresh water, such as the lake in Sandgerði attracts many birds.
Our project is to examine the bird flu breeds (bird flu) to study how it is spread. We focus on certain types of seagull with the migration paths that interfere here.
Less than black -backed gulls (Laros BrownIt is born in Iceland during the summer, and in the winter they migrate to Europe or West Africa. In contrast, Iceland Nawras (Larus GlaucoidesIt is born north, in Greenland or Canada, but returns to Iceland for the winter. Then there are local, such as the Great Black Nawras (BlackLaros Marine) And the Burg (Hyperboreus), Which is here throughout the year.
All this confusion means that Iceland is a major location for influenza viruses from Europe to move to North America, and vice versa.