Book release event: “Finding Home, a Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey” by Caren Loebel-Fried
Join artist/author Caren Loebel-Fried for the launch of her new book, “Finding Home, A Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey” published by University of Hawai‘i Press.
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Join artist/author Caren Loebel-Fried for the launch of her new book, “Finding Home, A Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey” published by University of Hawai‘i Press.
The Elections Committee and Communications Committee are looking for members!
Congratulations to Laura Bliss on her new job at West Coast Ocean Data Portal!
The Pacific Seabird Group and the Waterbird Society will be holding their fifth Joint Conference in San José, Costa Rica, from January 6-9, 2025.
Caren Loebel-Fried tells the story of the ‘ua‘u, the Hawaiian Petrel, and the people working to save them in her new, fully illustrated book, “Finding Home, a Hawaiian Petrel’s Journey”, published by University of Hawai‘i Press.
The common theme? A love for the seabirds that call this place home, like the Leach’s Storm Petrels, Common Murres, Atlantic Puffins, and the various gulls that nest nearby.
The tāoketai or Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni), almost completely black with a pale yellowish, black-tipped bill, is an endemic Aotearoa New Zealand seabird.
To investigate why birds return to their breeding sites over winter, and investing so much time in doing so, we set out to test how site occupancy in the non-breeding season related to site quality, breeding timing, and breeding success of murres on the Isle of May in Scotland.
By studying the sediment layers in freshwater ponds adjacent to nesting sites, paleolimnologists can uncover critical information about the influence of seabird guano on the surrounding ecosystem.
Hawaiian archipelago seabird and shorebird rehabilitation patients treated at Hawaii Wildlife Center (HWC) March 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024 consisted of 170 seabirds (16 species) and 9 (2 species) shorebirds.
Marine Ornithology is an open access journal that is published through a partnership of the African Seabird Group, Australasian Seabird Group, Dutch Seabird Group, Japanese Seabird Group, and Pacific Seabird Group.
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The objective of the Conservation Fund is to advance the conservation of seabirds in developing countries primarily in or bordering the Pacific Ocean by providing funds for conservation and restoration activities, and building within-country seabird expertise. Learn More »