Cooking King Eider Video

This month we're learning about the importance of seabirds in human communities. The king eider is a spectacular sea duck that breeds along the Arctic coasts of North [...]

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Getting Scientists Out

Looking over the crowd listening intently to someone describe plankton blooms for 15 minutes it was hard not to wonder whether I was trapped in a room [...]

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Science Fair Project ideas

Science Fairs are just around the corner. Here are some links to some great project ideas related to birds, seabirds, marine biology and conservation. (1) How does [...]

By |2013-01-14T19:32:03+00:00January 14, 2013|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Science Fair Project ideas

The weight of 50 elephants

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) picked up enough marine debris to equal the weight of 50 elephants in only one month. Imagine how much debris that [...]

By |2013-01-09T19:32:37+00:00January 9, 2013|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on The weight of 50 elephants

Seabird Bycatch

Fisheries bycatch is the greatest threat to many seabird populations (tuna long-liner pictured above), especially albatross. Seabirds are attracted to fishing boats because of the bait and discarded [...]

By |2014-04-24T19:58:17+00:00January 4, 2013|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seabird Bycatch

Seabird Learning expands

Yay!  Students at St. George are starting to learn more about seabirds this winter through regular Skype meetings with the two oldest students - Carmen Philemonoff and [...]

By |2012-12-20T19:35:40+00:00December 20, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seabird Learning expands

Sea-ice extent effects seabird

Black guillemots breeding in an Arctic Alaska colony feed their chicks on polar cod.  These small fish are associated with the polar pack ice, and therefore may [...]

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Seabird breeding videos

This month, we're learning about seabird breeding Below are some links to videos for a number of breeding seabirds.  Look at the diversity in nesting habitat. Which [...]

By |2012-12-07T19:38:20+00:00December 7, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Seabird breeding videos

Parakeet & Crested Auklet

The Parakeet Auklet and Crested Auklet both nest on the Pribilof Islands. They are similar in size, but you can easily tell these two species apart. Can [...]

By |2012-12-01T19:43:11+00:00December 1, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Parakeet & Crested Auklet

Bird Island Field Work

Jerry Gillham has recently started a new job studying penguins and giant petrels on Bird Island.  Bird Island is a British Territory in South Georgia.  Thousands of [...]

By |2012-11-23T19:44:04+00:00November 23, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bird Island Field Work

Questions.. answers

Answers to a couple of questions asked this week: How many eggs do Fulmars lay?  Fulmars lay a single white egg. How long do Least Auklets live?  [...]

By |2012-11-23T19:43:37+00:00November 23, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Questions.. answers

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 [...]

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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 [...]

By |2012-11-12T19:46:04+00:00November 12, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Marine Important Bird Areas

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 [...]

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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 [...]

By |2012-10-30T19:53:24+00:00October 30, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on What is a gizzard?

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, [...]

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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, [...]

By |2012-10-24T19:56:21+00:00October 24, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Skype Lesson with St. Paul

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 [...]

By |2012-10-20T19:55:01+00:00October 20, 2012|Categories: Education, Uncategorized|Comments Off on About the Pribilof Islands

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 [...]

By |2014-04-24T20:02:16+00:00March 16, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Northern Fulmar

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

By |2014-04-24T20:06:44+00:00March 16, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Comments Off on Thick-billed Murre
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