More Least Auklet capture
The day was windy, but sunny. Bianca got up early to join us for a morning least auklet capture session. We were treated to great views of [...]
The day was windy, but sunny. Bianca got up early to join us for a morning least auklet capture session. We were treated to great views of [...]
The fog cooperated, and we made it to St. George! It’s fairly quiet here. The fur seals aren’t really around in any numbers, and there are hardly [...]
Biologists from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF) and Tokyo, Japan, are starting a new seabird research project on St. Lawrence Island this summer. St. Lawrence Island [...]
Where do red-legged kittiwakes forage before they lay their eggs? No one really knew the answer to this question until Rachael Orben and team deployed GPS dataloggers [...]
We’re excited for the 2017 Seabird Camp. В предвкушении встречи в Лагере Морской Птицы 2017. […]
What is a central-place forging trip? Red-legged kittiwakes are birds and therefore they lay eggs to reproduce. And, an egg needs to be kept warm for the [...]
St George Island is home to roughly half a million red-legged kittiwakes and the majority of these birds nest on the north facing cliffs of the island. [...]
Last summer, Rachael Orben and Abram Fleishman attached GPS loggers to red-legged kittiwakes on St. George Island to find out where they were finding food during both the [...]
Some recent fun activities at the school on St. Paul Island. Недавние увлекательные занятия на острове Святого Павла. Above: The fire department came to our school and [...]
Students living on St. Paul Island (Pribilofs) and Bering Island (the Commanders) are enjoying getting to know each other through pen-pal letters. Учащиеся, живущие на острове Святого [...]
We’ve discussed in the past how important teamwork and collaboration is for research. Ship-based research is often an extreme example of collaborative work. […]
We’ve learnt a lot about doing seabird surveys at-sea. But, what happens after you’ve collected all those data? Maybe this is when the hard work really starts? Catherine [...]
Начался обмен письмами друзей по переписке Russian translation is provided below: Перевод на русский предоставлен ниже: Last month, at Bering Sea Days, we initiated the pen-pal project between [...]
Here’s a flashback to the 2015 field season studying red-legged kittiwakes breeding on St. George Island, by Rachael Orben: In early May (before the grass had really started to [...]
We’ve just added a new set of seabird activities! Marine debris and plastics in the ocean are topics frequently visited during Seabird Camps, Bering Sea Days, and [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Bering Sea Days has started on St. Paul Island. Bering Sea Days is a weeklong program hosted by the Ecosystem Conservation Office, Aleut Community of St. Paul [...]
The last day of Seabird Camp on St. Paul culminated with two incredible theatre performances. […]
The last of our videos put together by students on St. Paul during Seabird Camp 2015 The thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia)… […]
There are two species of kittiwake, and both breed on the Pribilof Islands. Learn more about the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) with this short video put together during [...]
The second in our series of Seabird documentaries made during Seabird Camp 2015 The smallest seabird species that breeds on the Pribilof Islands- the Least Auklet (Aethia [...]
We’re continuing to learn about the amazing seabirds that breed on the Pribilof Islands. After a great field trip to the cliffs, kids attending Seabird Camp split [...]
We are out of candy, so we are heading in to Wainwright. Well, we are out of candy, but that’s not why we are heading in to [...]
Seabirds are charismatic megafauna—they are large animals that have popular appeal due to their cute or beautiful appearance. So what about all the little critters out there? [...]
Early Tuesday morning, we left our study area to head up to Pt. Barrow. Why? Because the marine forecast for our region was calling for 35 [...]
Walruses are part of that special group of animals that are so ugly they are cute. In more scientific terms, walrus are part of the pinniped [...]
While the seabird and marine mammal observers sleep at night, other scientists are afoot. At every sample station (red dots on the map), they are on deck [...]
When you are living and working on a boat, two things stand out—you are stuck on the boat, and that boats can move in multiple directions at [...]
The kids attending the Commander Island summer camp have just sent some wildlife portraits they've been working on. Horned puffins, fur seals, and a raven. Thank you, [...]
We have been transiting from Prudhoe Bay to our first sample station for the past several days (yellow star in location map above shows current location), and were [...]
The kids on the Commander Islands have just returned from their summer camp. We're really excited to hear about the camp activities, it sounds like it was [...]
What is the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project? The AMBON project is one of three pilot projects whose goal is to help establish a national [...]
Seabird activities continue on St. George. Abram gave a talk about the red-legged kittiwake project, that included using Google Earth to check out the small hand-full of [...]
Seabird Camp on St. George had an unplanned start. The plane carrying Ann and Peter circled the island a few times, but it was too foggy to [...]
Kids participating in the recent Seabird Camp on St. Paul Island have created some beautiful portraits of the local seabirds to share with the students on the [...]
Where are the Commander Islands? The Commander Islands are located at the end of the Aleutian Islands, and about 110 miles east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Funded [...]
The wrap-up for this year's camp started with finding a place for all of our big animal masks. We can thank Mr. Mac at the St. Paul [...]
The day of the plays! Even with the extensive prep work we had done, everything came down to the wire Saturday. Masks, props and the background mural [...]
The last day of this year’s seabird camp! Our plays and goodbyes will happen tomorrow at 7:30 at the Rec Hall. We started the day by hearing [...]
We started another big day at Seabird Camp with a presentation on “Seabird Capture: How and Why. “ Some of the students, including Chauncey and Ethan, were [...]
Day three of Seabird Camp started in the microscopic world as we looked at slides of zooplankton. Some kids had studied plankton the night before and found [...]
Thirty three kids packed the science room as Kendra started the day by talking about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and what it does on the [...]
Seabird camp on St. Paul started with a bang! Teams of campers raced to collect all of the things that seabirds need to raise a chick. The [...]
Veronica Padula and Misty Libby from the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) are on St. Paul this summer studying contaminants in birds. Chauncey (one of our Seabird [...]
Count Down: Only two days until the start of Seabird Camp! Preparations have been rolling along here on St. Paul. We continued to build paper mache masks [...]
St. Paul Seabird Camp starts next week, and students and leaders are busy preparing. The two interns have started work, and Ram and students have been busy [...]
I had a great time talking with you all via Skype in April. Thanks for all your awesome questions, and to Ms. Kushin and Mr. Fay for [...]
Catherine looking for seabirds near the ice, photo by Alex Andrews Why study seabirds at sea? Catherine Pham is a student at Hawai’i Pacific University. She [...]