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 [...]

By |2016-06-02T18:48:43+00:00May 31, 2016|Categories: 2016 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on More Least Auklet capture

We made it to St. George

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 [...]

By |2016-06-02T18:49:56+00:00May 31, 2016|Categories: 2016 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on We made it to St. George

St. Lawrence Island

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 [...]

By |2016-05-03T21:41:08+00:00May 3, 2016|Categories: Education|Comments Off on St. Lawrence Island

Before there were eggs!

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 [...]

By |2016-04-11T15:00:31+00:00April 11, 2016|Categories: Education, Kittiwake Behavior|Comments Off on Before there were eggs!

Fun activities on St. Paul

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 [...]

By |2016-02-26T19:43:26+00:00February 26, 2016|Categories: Commander Islands, Education|Comments Off on Fun activities on St. Paul

Sharing Letters

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 [...]

By |2016-01-04T15:49:11+00:00January 4, 2016|Categories: Commander Islands, Education|Comments Off on Sharing Letters

The Arctic Eis Team

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. […]

By |2015-12-11T16:58:47+00:00December 11, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on The Arctic Eis Team

Data analysis…

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 [...]

By |2015-12-02T16:46:44+00:00December 2, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on Data analysis…

Pen-pal letters begin

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 [...]

By |2015-12-01T15:57:57+00:00December 1, 2015|Categories: Commander Islands, Education|Comments Off on Pen-pal letters begin

Flashback…

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 [...]

By |2015-11-19T05:13:06+00:00November 19, 2015|Categories: Education, Kittiwake Behavior|Comments Off on Flashback…

Plastics in the Ocean activity set

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 [...]

By |2015-11-14T02:45:30+00:00November 14, 2015|Categories: Education|Comments Off on Plastics in the Ocean activity set

Start of Bering Sea Days

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 [...]

By |2015-10-08T19:13:26+00:00October 8, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Start of Bering Sea Days

Black-legged kittiwake video

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 [...]

By |2015-09-23T16:23:32+00:00September 23, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps, Education|Comments Off on Black-legged kittiwake video

Crested Auklet video

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 [...]

By |2015-09-21T15:28:47+00:00September 21, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps, Education|Comments Off on Crested Auklet video

Charismatic microfauna

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? [...]

By |2015-09-01T19:54:05+00:00September 1, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on Charismatic microfauna

At Anchor

  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 [...]

By |2015-08-27T15:45:13+00:00August 27, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on At Anchor

The Wheelhouse Gang

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 [...]

By |2015-08-21T15:51:18+00:00August 12, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on The Wheelhouse Gang

Aglakh

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 [...]

By |2015-11-04T20:51:50+00:00August 10, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Aglakh

Kick-off

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 [...]

By |2015-08-10T15:33:03+00:00August 10, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on Kick-off

Checking nest-boxes

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 [...]

By |2015-08-03T19:15:36+00:00August 3, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Checking nest-boxes

Foggy Start

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 [...]

By |2015-08-03T19:16:09+00:00August 3, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Foggy Start

Seabird Portraits

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 [...]

By |2015-07-13T07:13:17+00:00July 13, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Seabird Portraits

Wrap-Up

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 [...]

By |2015-07-01T23:16:47+00:00July 1, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Wrap-Up

The Grand Finale!

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 [...]

By |2015-06-30T22:47:31+00:00June 30, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on The Grand Finale!

LAST DAY OF CAMP

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 [...]

By |2015-06-28T20:47:29+00:00June 28, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on LAST DAY OF CAMP

Seabird Camp Day Four

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 [...]

By |2015-06-27T19:13:40+00:00June 27, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Seabird Camp Day Four

Seabird Camp Day Three

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 [...]

By |2015-06-25T23:24:43+00:00June 25, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Seabird Camp Day Three

Seabird Camp Day Two

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 [...]

By |2015-06-25T01:20:00+00:00June 25, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Seabird Camp Day Two

Seabird Camp Day One

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 [...]

By |2015-06-24T19:28:52+00:00June 24, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Seabird Camp Day One

Contaminant Research

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 [...]

By |2015-06-23T00:28:49+00:00June 23, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Contaminant Research

Momentum is building

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 [...]

By |2015-06-20T20:47:20+00:00June 20, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps, Education|Comments Off on Momentum is building

CAMP PREPARATION BEGINS

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 [...]

By |2015-06-17T22:27:05+00:00June 17, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on CAMP PREPARATION BEGINS

Seabirds at sea

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 [...]

By |2015-04-28T16:02:02+00:00April 28, 2015|Categories: Education|Comments Off on Seabirds at sea
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