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 [...]
What is a gizzard?
Students at St. Paul have been learning about the physiology of birds by dissecting ducks brought in by a 9th grade hunter. A strange organ was found [...]
Marc Romano, Wildlife Biologist
I am a Wildlife Biologist for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I work at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, which is based in Homer, [...]
Skype Lesson with St. Paul
Tonia Kushin has been introducing seabirds to her 6th/7th grade class over the last week. These sessions have included learning about what makes a seabird a seabird, [...]
About the Pribilof Islands
The Pribilof Islands are a remote group of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea, about 200 miles north of Unalaska, and about 500 miles southeast from the [...]
Preston Zacharof Two
Preston Zacharof documenting seabirds on St. Paul during the Alaska Teen Media visit.
Northern Fulmar
The Northern Fulmar (Fulmaris glacialis) is an abundant seabird found in the subarctic regions of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. Although they look similar to [...]
Horned Puffin
The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is one of four puffin species. Their name refers to the black fleshy "horn" above each eye. They nest in rock crevices [...]
Least Auklet
The Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla) is a small seabird belonging to the alcid family. A family that includes the puffins, murres, and murrelets. Least Auklets usually live [...]
Thick-billed Murre
The Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia) is closely related to the Common Murre, and easily recognized by their white bill stripe. They live in the often vast colonies [...]