St. George Day 2
It was a stormy Saturday on St. George Island, with the west wind gusting 40-50mph; too windy for walking and too rough to be safely on the [...]
St. George Island in February: Day 1
This morning I flew from Anchorage to Unalaska, and then switched onto a smaller plane to St. George Island. I was the only one on this second [...]
2022 Seabird Report Card
It’s Fall, and time for the Alaska Maritime Refuge’s annual Seabird Report! Here it is: the 2022 Seabird Report Card. Background Although seabirds spend most [...]
Camp Aglakh 2022
Camp Aglakh is an annual summer camp held on the Commander Islands, where students backpack across Bering Island while learning about the rich local biology and history. [...]
Introducing the Grub Hub!
Many seabirds that breed on both the Commander and Pribilof Islands lay their egg in either a crevice or burrow. These species include the puffins and auklets. [...]
Seabird Modeling and The Fun Game.
We began the final day of Art Camp making seabird models for our Seabird Colony Diorama. We placed each seabird on the cliffs in the appropriate nesting [...]
Murre Chicks Pop-ups and Kittiwake Landings
We started the day by creating pop-up cards. The outside of the cards featured blue or green murre eggs. The eggs cracked and out popped murre chicks! [...]
The Puffin Boat and The Big Float
We kicked of an eventful first day of Art and Seabird Camp by creating puffin-shaped boats. Building “The Puffin Boat” includes origami, coloring, cutting out multiple stencils [...]
The Grub Hub and The Magical Mural
We started the day by gathering flowers, dried grasses and other found objects to finish construction of our artificial seabird nesting cliff. The cliff is full of [...]
St. Paul Island
Today we had a small number of participants come check out some seaduck stomach samples. Thanks to Amos Philemonoff and Anthony Kushin for gathering and keeping these [...]
St. Paul Island
During the misty early morning, Seabird Camp Intern Ashley Kushin joined her cousin Destiny Kushin, who is working with ACSPI’s Ecosystem Conservation Department, under the Reef Cliffs [...]
Colors of the Past
The 2022 St George Art and Seabird Camp will feature several newly-invented paper crafts, a simulated sea monitoring activity and a mural themed “St. George in My [...]
Seabird Camp 2022
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Seabird Camp 2022 has been changed from the traditional all ages kid afternoon day camp followed by a weekend teen overnight camp to [...]
Letters, summer, and ice-cream!
Eighth-grade students (ages 13-14yrs) from St. Paul Island have just sent another round of pen pal letters to their friends on the Commander Islands in Russia. It [...]
2021 Seabird Report Card
It’s Fall, and time for the Alaska Maritime Refuge’s annual Seabird Report! […]
Sea Duck presentation
Brian Uher-Koch is a wildlife biologist with the USGS Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, and his research concentrates largely on Arctic breeding waterbirds. […]
Steller’s Sea Cow
Imagine sitting high on a cliff and looking down through the clear water to watch these huge animals slowly rolling around in a kelp bed below! I [...]
new letters from the Commander Islands
New letters from the Commander Islands, Russia, arrived today and will forwarded on to the students on St. Paul Island. One of the letters included this beautiful [...]
St. Paul Island field sketches
Students attending Seabird Camp 2021 had a wonderful field trip to the seabird cliffs. After identifying different seabird species and trying to [...]
Mini Camp on the Commander Islands 2021
Creative plans for youth activities during COVID times continue on the Commander Islands. Natalia Fomina led a three day hike this summer, and [...]
2021 Seabird Camp Final Day
Seabird Camp 2021 came to a close today with a family hike along the bluff at SW. A fun afternoon was had by all who joined in. [...]
2021 Seabird Camp Day 5
Friday, July 23, 2021 Today was filled to the last moment with a variety of activities. We began the afternoon with a visit from the Unangam Tuunu [...]
Final Day of Art Camp
Art Camp wrapped up on St. George with t-shirts and a puppet show! The Campers used stencils to outline designs that were enhanced with fabric paint, and [...]
2021 St. George Art Camp Day 2
Tuesday: Make Finger puppets (color, cut-out and glue). Allow time for kids to play with new finger puppets.
2021 St. George Art Camp Day 1
Monday: At St. George Seabird Art Camp kids learned about this year’s theme: Every bird has its place. They made seabird figurines out of clay and placed [...]