Bird Island Field Work
Jerry Gillham has recently started a new job studying penguins and giant petrels on Bird Island. Bird Island is a British Territory in South Georgia. Thousands of [...]
Questions.. answers
Answers to a couple of questions asked this week: How many eggs do Fulmars lay? Fulmars lay a single white egg. How long do Least Auklets live? [...]
Foraging Skype Meeting
Today we had our second seabird Skype meeting with St. Paul students. This month’s topic is seabird diet and feeding behavior. The class has been working on their [...]
Marine Important Bird Areas
Bird Life International (a global conservation organization) has recently launched the E-Atlas of Marine Important Bird Areas. Seabirds present tricky conservation problems because many species spend their [...]
How much food do puffins eat?
HORNED PUFFINS deliver food to their chick at the colony by holding the prey cross-wise in their bill. It’s fairly easy for scientists to catch puffins and [...]