Goodbye to St. Paul
After the thick fog of the last couple of days, we anxiously peeked out of the windows this morning… and the skies were clearer. Natalia went to [...]
Grand Finale
Saturday was foggy. St. Paul Tribal Government generously took the St. George kids back on the Lunax because the forecast for flying to St. George tomorrow was [...]
Last Day of Camp 2017
We had a morning of preparation, mixed with a few field trips. The Commander Island team went to observe the fur-seal harvest so that they can compare [...]
Seabird Camp 2017 Day 4
Our Commander Island friends had a fun morning with Sasha and Artem playing basketball in the beautiful school gym. Another incredible turn-out for camp, with 55 kids [...]
Seabird Camp 2017 Day 3
Another full day, with around 50 kids! Our Commander Island friends started off the day by teaching campers the Russian words for “puffin” “kittiwake”… and “car”. We [...]
Seabird Camp 2017 Day 2
It was a wild Tuesday on the water at Seabird Youth Network's Seabird Camp today. Just over 20 middle schoolers, high schoolers, SYN camp instructors, and adult [...]
Seabird Camp 2017 Day 1
We had amazing turnout of over 40 students at Day 1 of Seabird Youth Network's 2017 Seabird Camp! The afternoon started with a glance at what to [...]
Fantastic creations
Ram Papish and kids have been busy experimenting with new materials to make realistic teeth, whiskers and other details for this year's masks. We will have plenty [...]
Seabird Camp starts tomorrow!
Seabird Camp starts tomorrow.... Putting on the camp requires a huge team effort, and would not be possible without the support of our many partners (see below). [...]
Least Auklet capture
Seabird Camp interns joined the USFWS crew to collect least auklet diet samples. Here's the report from Destiny (age 13yrs): Today on Friday 14, 2017 Seabird interns, [...]
Population Counts
Thursday (July 13th) was spent learning about seabird population counts being conducted on St. Paul Island. Student intern, Destiny, and Ms. Kushin accompanied USFWS biologists Ryan Mong [...]
Seabird Camp interns
The week before Seabird Camp 2017 has begun in full force! On Tuesday July 11th, our student interns, Destiny Kushin and Maurice Lekanof along with Mrs. Kushin [...]
Art preparations
Seabird Camp is next week, and the team on St. Paul are busy with preparations. Here's their first report: Today (Wednesday July 12) our student interns and several other [...]
Welcome!
A huge welcome to Natalia, Aleksandr, Polina, and Artym from the Commander Islands! They've made it to Alaska! Even though the Commander Islands in Russian are only [...]
Waiting for eggs…
Rachael and Abram are on St. George Island studying red-legged kittiwakes. Even though field biologists can be totally organized with all the details for camp-life, they can’t [...]