Foggy Start
Seabird Camp on St. George had an unplanned start. The plane carrying Ann and Peter circled the island a few times, but it was too foggy to [...]
Seabird Camp on St. George had an unplanned start. The plane carrying Ann and Peter circled the island a few times, but it was too foggy to [...]
Kids participating in the recent Seabird Camp on St. Paul Island have created some beautiful portraits of the local seabirds to share with the students on the [...]
Where are the Commander Islands? The Commander Islands are located at the end of the Aleutian Islands, and about 110 miles east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Funded [...]
The wrap-up for this year's camp started with finding a place for all of our big animal masks. We can thank Mr. Mac at the St. Paul [...]
The day of the plays! Even with the extensive prep work we had done, everything came down to the wire Saturday. Masks, props and the background mural [...]
The last day of this year’s seabird camp! Our plays and goodbyes will happen tomorrow at 7:30 at the Rec Hall. We started the day by hearing [...]
We started another big day at Seabird Camp with a presentation on “Seabird Capture: How and Why. “ Some of the students, including Chauncey and Ethan, were [...]
Day three of Seabird Camp started in the microscopic world as we looked at slides of zooplankton. Some kids had studied plankton the night before and found [...]
Thirty three kids packed the science room as Kendra started the day by talking about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and what it does on the [...]
Seabird camp on St. Paul started with a bang! Teams of campers raced to collect all of the things that seabirds need to raise a chick. The [...]
Veronica Padula and Misty Libby from the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) are on St. Paul this summer studying contaminants in birds. Chauncey (one of our Seabird [...]
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 [...]
St. Paul Seabird Camp starts next week, and students and leaders are busy preparing. The two interns have started work, and Ram and students have been busy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Pribilof Islands are an important site for many seabird species, including 70% of the world’s red-legged kittiwake population. The Refuge’s annual seabird monitoring program provides essential information [...]
Veronica Padula (University of Alaska, Anchorage) recently traveled to St. Paul to teach students about seabirds and marine pollution during Bering Sea Days (above photo shows students learning [...]
The Colville River Teen Video Crew (left to right): Sam Bernitz (Anchorage), Sam Tocktoo (Shishmaref), and Andrew Kennedy (Fairbanks). The trio wrapped up filming yellow-billed loons last week [...]
Students attending Seabird Camp set-up a plastic pellet experiment. Trevor Haynes explains more… University of Alaska Scientist Veronica Padula had a challenge for the seabird camp students [...]