2021 Seabird Camp Day 4
Thursday July 22, 2021 Today was an afternoon full of Plankton and Food Chain activities. headed to the floating dock to do our own plankton tows. Thanks [...]
2021 Seabird Camp Day 3
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 This afternoon of Seabird Camp was spent on the Ridge Wall/ Southwest Point side of the Island. We were able to meet with [...]
2021 Seabird Camp Day 2
Tuesday July 20, 2021 A 2nd successful day of Seabird Camp! Today began with an activity tye-dying face masks to wear to prevent the spread of Covid [...]
First day of Seabird Camp 2021!
What a great first day of Seabird Camp 2021! We started off with some “I spy” to help focus in on the physical characteristics that help us [...]
Bird Day
Natalia Fomina recently hosted a Bird Day at the Aleutian Museum in Nikolskoye, the Commander Islands, Russia. Thank you for sharing the description [...]
Trip to the Pribilof Islands
Natalia Fomina recently hosted an event at the Aleutian local museum in Nikolskoye on the Commander Islands. Students (age 11-15) were invited to the event, and Natalia [...]
Letters from the Commander Islands
Students on St. Paul Island have just received wonderful replies to their letters they wrote to friends on the Commander Islands. Here are a few excerpts to [...]
Pen-pal letters
Students (age 11-17yrs) from St. Paul Island have been busy writing letters to kids on the Commander Islands. We’re excited to hear back! […]
Science Spies
Trail Cameras (also known as game cameras) are small, motion-triggered, weatherproof cameras. They can detect wildlife while you’re not around! […]
Volcanoes and Seabirds
Volcanoes can be disruptive, but they can also create new nesting habitat for crevice nesting auklets, like the Least Auklet, that breed on the Aleutian Islands. Watch [...]
Flashy for the summer
Have you ever wondered why some seabird species look different in the winter? Some seabirds have bright and flashy plumage in the summer breeding season, but change [...]
What Do Seabirds Eat?
Ranger Kendra at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge explains why biologists are interested in learning what seabirds eat in this great video. […]
How much do you know?
The Seabird Fun Game features challenges in six categories: Squawk Talk, Kittiwake Shuffles, Do you know Guano?, What Bird?, Where in the World?, and Seabird Search. [...]
Seabird Fun Game!
Introducing the Seabird Fun Game! It is a seabird game like no other. […]
Keep Our Ocean Healthy!
Ram Papish has been designing a series of laminated educational posters that will be used on both the Commander Islands (Russia) and the Pribilof Islands. Ram worked [...]
Outreach and Education activities at the Alaska Maritime Refuge
Kendra Bush, Education Specialist at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, shares this report about outreach and education in this incredible Refuge: […]
Northern Fur Seals on the Commander Islands
The majority of Northern Fur Seals breed on the Pribilof Islands (Alaska, USA) and the Commander Islands in Russia. Marine biologist Olga Belonovich, PhD, shares this report [...]
Researcher spotlight: Dr. Alexis Will
Hello! My name is Alexis Will, I grew up in Sitka, Alaska and now live in Fairbanks, Alaska. I am a post-doctoral researcher at the University of [...]
Tourism on the Commander Islands in 2020
The Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve was created in 1993, and it is the second largest reserve in Russia, with a total area of over three [...]
The Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve
The Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve (CINBR) is the largest marine reserve in Russia. Many thanks to Anastasia Barsukova, Head of Development Department for CINBR for [...]
Seabird Spotlight: Least Auklet
Latin: Aethia pusilla Unangan: Chuuchkiî Russian: Конюга-крошка Least auklets are the smallest member of the Alcid family (the Auks), a family that includes the puffins, auklets, murres, [...]
2020 Post Camp
Credit: St. Paul Island Productions Thank you again to everyone that made virtual seabird camp a success - Mylisa Zacharof, Tonia Kushin, Kendra Bush, [...]
2020 Seabird Camp Day 5
Our final Seabird Camp activity was making Tufted Puffin Planes! We talked about how the puffin swims easier in the water than it flies in the air. [...]
2020 Seabird Camp Day 4
Thanks to previous years’ Seabird Camps and other science-promoting programs like the Youth Conservation Corps., we have some homegrown seabird experts. The kids who come out of [...]
2020 Seabird Camp Day 3
Wednesday July 15 Today I had one student show up at 1. As I was setting up a video on the big screen, the room quietly filled [...]