Flashback…
Here’s a flashback to the 2015 field season studying red-legged kittiwakes breeding on St. George Island, by Rachael Orben: In early May (before the grass had really started to [...]
Plastics in the Ocean activity set
We’ve just added a new set of seabird activities! Marine debris and plastics in the ocean are topics frequently visited during Seabird Camps, Bering Sea Days, and [...]
Bering Sea Days 2015
It’s been a crazy full week. The school on St. Paul Island has been buzzing with activity, learning, and excitement. It’s been really fun to pass doorways, [...]
The Foxinator
The last day of Seabird Camp on St. Paul culminated with two incredible theatre performances. […]
Thick-billed murre video
The last of our videos put together by students on St. Paul during Seabird Camp 2015 The thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)… […]
Black-legged kittiwake video
There are two species of kittiwake, and both breed on the Pribilof Islands. Learn more about the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) with this short video put together during [...]
Least Auklet video!
The second in our series of Seabird documentaries made during Seabird Camp 2015 The smallest seabird species that breeds on the Pribilof Islands- the Least Auklet (Aethia [...]
Crested Auklet video
We’re continuing to learn about the amazing seabirds that breed on the Pribilof Islands. After a great field trip to the cliffs, kids attending Seabird Camp split [...]
That’s all folks!
We are out of candy, so we are heading in to Wainwright. Well, we are out of candy, but that’s not why we are heading in to [...]
Charismatic microfauna
Seabirds are charismatic megafauna—they are large animals that have popular appeal due to their cute or beautiful appearance. So what about all the little critters out there? [...]
At Anchor
Early Tuesday morning, we left our study area to head up to Pt. Barrow. Why? Because the marine forecast for our region was calling for 35 [...]
Walruses, auklets, and brittle stars, oh my!
Walruses are part of that special group of animals that are so ugly they are cute. In more scientific terms, walrus are part of the pinniped [...]
The Night Shift
While the seabird and marine mammal observers sleep at night, other scientists are afoot. At every sample station (red dots on the map), they are on deck [...]
Life on the R/V Norseman II
When you are living and working on a boat, two things stand out—you are stuck on the boat, and that boats can move in multiple directions at [...]
Commander Island wildlife
The kids attending the Commander Island summer camp have just sent some wildlife portraits they've been working on. Horned puffins, fur seals, and a raven. Thank you, [...]
The Wheelhouse Gang
We have been transiting from Prudhoe Bay to our first sample station for the past several days (yellow star in location map above shows current location), and were [...]
Kick-off
What is the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project? The AMBON project is one of three pilot projects whose goal is to help establish a national [...]
Momentum is building
Count Down: Only two days until the start of Seabird Camp! Preparations have been rolling along here on St. Paul. We continued to build paper mache masks [...]
Field season is coming!
I had a great time talking with you all via Skype in April. Thanks for all your awesome questions, and to Ms. Kushin and Mr. Fay for [...]
Seabirds at sea
Catherine looking for seabirds near the ice, photo by Alex Andrews Why study seabirds at sea? Catherine Pham is a student at Hawai’i Pacific University. She [...]
Invasive Species
Least Auklet and Rat (above) © Ian Jones What is an invasive species? An introduced species, also called an alien or exotic species, is any species [...]
Seabird Migration
We hear that Miss. Kushin’s class is learning about migration this week: butterflies; mammals, birds… Don’t forget about Seabirds! Seabirds return to land to build nests, lay [...]
Cold Feet?
Miron, a student on St. Paul Island, asks, “Why don’t kittiwakes get frostbite on their feet if their legs and feet are in the cold water all [...]
Red-legged Kittiwake Ecology
Red-legged kittiwake photo (above) by Caitlin Kroeger There are two species of kittiwake, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and the red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris). The red-legged kittiwake is [...]
Meet the Team
Instead of working independently and alone, it is more and more common for a group of scientists to work together to figure out answers to a question [...]