St. Paul Island student sketches
During Seabird Camp 2019, St. Paul Island students worked on some sketches of their home to share with friends on the Commander Islands. […]
Seabird Report Card 2019
Background Although seabirds spend most of their life out at sea, all seabirds return to land to lay their eggs and raise their chicks. Breeding sites are [...]
Summer 2019 on St. George Island
Erin Lefkowitz was part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge’s field team working on St. George Island this past summer. Many thanks for sharing this report, [...]
Commander Island Summer Camp 2019
The summer ethno-ecological camp 2019 on the Commander Islands was another great success. Students explored Bering island, covering over 130km on foot! […]
St. George, thank you!
The APICDA seabird intern work is coming to an end. Thank you to the community of St. George for your warm welcome, and to all the wonderful [...]
last couple of days on St. George
Friday’s weather was foggy, windy, and wet. A good morning for pancakes and data entry at the hotel for Thomas and Ann! […]
St. George: Kittiwakes, traps, and nest-boxes
A full day. Thomas, Ann and Karin joined the Refuge team for red-legged kittiwake resighting and capture. Wind had dropped, and all the birds were settled and [...]
St. George Island: Day 6
Back to high wind, but no rain. Thomas and Karin kept charging on the rat-trap checks, and they moved some of the far-away stations to more strategic [...]
St. George: Day Five
We woke up to dry weather! St. George is a rat-free island, and we’re working hard to keep it that way. Thomas and Karin spent a chunk [...]
St. George: Day Four
We had a full day on St. George. Thomas started the day learning more about excel and entering the least auklet count data from yesterday. We plotted [...]
Least Auklet Attendance Watch
Seabird biologists use the word “attendance” to describe the amount of time birds spend at the colony. Attendance data can provide insight into how the birds are [...]
Rain, cameras, and masks
Cordell joined us over at the harbor, and we spent a couple of hours figuring out a good plot to do an all-day Least Auklet attendance count [...]
APICDA Seabird internship: Year Two
It’s the end of May, and birds are already starting to nest on St. George Island. The kittiwakes are busy collecting nesting material, stomping on their nests, [...]
Origins of Northern Fulmar bycatch
In the spring, commercial fishing boats spread out in Alaskan waters (all the way from the Gulf of Alaska to the Aleutian Islands to the Bering Sea) [...]
Where have the puffins spent their winter?
The seasons have shifted, and birds everywhere are preparing for the nesting season by migrating back to their breeding grounds. For Tufted Puffins, seabirds of the central [...]
Connecting fulmar bycatch to colonies
Each spring and fall, the North Pacific groundfish and Pacific halibut boats ramp up for their peak seasons at sea. These fisheries catch a variety of fish [...]
Summer 2018 on St. George
Sarah Guitart was part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge’s field team working on St. George Island this past summer. Many thanks for sharing this report, [...]
Seabird Report Card 2018
Background Although seabirds spend most of their life out at sea, all seabirds return to land to lay their eggs and raise their chicks. Breeding sites are [...]
Tufted Puffins
Tufted Puffins spend their winters far from land throughout the North Pacific, but scientists don’t know much about their life out at sea. […]
The point of a murre egg
Tim Birkhead and colleagues have spent the last 6 years examining different hypotheses (possible explanations) for why common murre (also known as the common guillemot in the [...]
Commander Island Summer Camp 2018
The summer ethno-ecological camp “Aglach 2018″ on the Commander Islands was another great success. Students explored Bering island, covering over 130km on foot! Natalia Formina, camp [...]
St. George Intern Program
Ann will be flying to St. George next week to work with three student interns. These intern positions are funded through the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development [...]
Tracing Northern Fulmars back to their colonies: Part 2
Graduate student Diana Baetscher (from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)) has been hard at work this past year. [...]
Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve
Marine Biologist Dr. Olga Belonovich has been using the translated Seabird Curriculum with kids on the Commander Islands. Here’s Olga’s report: […]
Northern Fulmars
Tracing Northern Fulmars caught as fishery by catch back to their colonies. Over the next couple of years, the Seabird Youth Network will be sharing the results [...]