Summer 2018 has started full swing for the Youth Conservation Corp (YCC)
Our crew consists of Sonia Merculief, Courtney Lestenkof, and Maxim Zacharof working under the supervision of crew leaders Kendra Bush and Tonia Kushin. Our crew has been [...]
St. George: paper plate art, nest boxes, and garden club
Friday was beautiful weather. We had two pre-schoolers for the morning art session. We talked about puffins and red-legged kittiwakes, and then got creative with paper plates. [...]
St. George: monitoring and kittiwakes
We all met at the Rec Hall on Thursday. Thomas led everyone through some stretching, before a short run around town. Warmed up, we talked about seabird [...]
St. George: Rat Traps and Soil
There are no rats on the Pribilof Islands, and we need to keep it that way! Rat trap stations are set-up all around the harbor on St. [...]
St. George intern work begins
Maurice and Thomas are signed up as APICDA interns, and we started work today. The day was a little windy, but we had some great spells of [...]
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 [...]
Story of the Commander and Pribilof Islands
One of the highlights at the last Bering Sea Days was learning more about the historical link between the Commander and Pribilof Islands from Aquilina Lestenkof, director [...]
Last Day of Camp
Makayla and Ann got up early and joined Jason for kittiwake resighting at the village cliffs. The Refuge monitor about 200 individual color-banded black and red-legged kittiwakes [...]
Fourth Day of Camp
Red-legged kittiwakes Today we started off camp brainstorming about the seabird breeding season. We talked about what birds do during pre-lay, incubation, chick rearing and fledging. Then [...]
Third Day of Camp
Today was action-packed. Till, Bianca and Maurice get the early-bird award for waking up this morning in the rain. We headed over to Zapani and found new [...]
Cross Winds on St. George
Penair cancelled the flight because of strong cross-winds at the airstrip, so I ended up having a bonus extra two days on St. George. The younger kids [...]
Bering Sea Days 2015
It’s been a crazy full week. The school on St. Paul Island has been buzzing with activity, learning, and excitement. It’s been really fun to pass doorways, [...]
October on St. George Island
After a busy week on St. Paul with Bering Sea Days, I flew over to St. George Island. Winds had been high for the last week, and [...]
No Seabird Camp on St. George This Year
No Seabird Camp on St. George this year, but the kids have still been busy. The least auklet nest boxes that were made and installed during camp [...]
After Seabird Camp
Work on St. Paul continued for a few days after Seabird Camp. Our intern, Diamond, joined USFWS crew to capture Least Auklets and collect the food they [...]
A big day on St. Paul Island.
Garbie was safely installed in her new home in the lobby of the Tribal Office. Here she is getting her photo taken with Paul and Dallas from [...]
Meet Garbie!
Garbie the trash bird was completed today and is looking for a (large) burrow to call home. She already has many friends! Here she is posing with [...]
Day After Camp
Camp is officially over, but work continues on t-shirts and finishing the fishing line recycling containers (made from recycled Folger coffee cans).
Seabird Camp Day 5
The final official day of Seabird Camp 2014. We started the day with a conference call with Sean Russell of the “Stow-It-Don’t –Throw-It” project. It was good [...]
Seabird Camp Day 4
Another busy day at Seabird Camp! The campers finished painting their bright blue or green murre eggs to start camp today. We will use them for games [...]
Day 2 of Seabird Camp
After doing some research, Campers were surprised to find out how long waste items take to biodegrade. We took in the “Stow-It-Don’t-Throw-It” program’s presentation on marine debris, [...]
First day of Seabird Camp
We had a very busy, active and messy first day in Seabird Camp! During “Bird Beak Buffet” students learned which “beaks” work best for which food items. [...]
St. Paul Island 4th July Movie
Trevor Haynes put together this fun movie about the 4th July celebrations, with some great footage of the Seabird Float in action!
Champion Puffin!
The St. Paul Mini-Marathon is an annual event put on by the City of St. Paul as part of the 4th of July celebration. It starts at [...]