Why is bird island white?

Why is bird island white?

Why is bird island white?

Birds have nested on the cliffs and plateau for so long that the rock is permanently white from the layers of guano coating the island. Historically, this guano was infrequently mined, once in 1851 and then in the 1920s, but this was a short-lived practice.

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