From the archive
Compiled by the Pacific Seabirds Committee
As you may know, this all-online format of Pacific Seabirds is brand new, but the publication itself—the official publication of the Pacific Seabird Group (PSG)—has been around since the very early days of PSG! In fact, Pacific Seabirds began as the Pacific Seabirds Bulletin in 1974 and ran that way for 20 years before its name was changed to what it is today.
Over the decades, the publication has taken many forms and shapes, but it has always served as a method of providing members with recent news on financial reports, Annual Meetings, regional reports, conservation news, special events, awards, decisions of the PSG, and more! And the best part is every issue of Pacific Seabirds—dating all the way back to that initial issue of the Pacific Seabirds Bulletin in 1974—is available online for you to check out and enjoy!
If you visit Volume 24(2) from 1997, you can read an article about the origins of the Pacific Seabird Group by Jim King; check out articles on Long-billed Murrelet, Ancient Murrelet, Slaty-backed Gull, and Caspian Tern; or visit the Bulletin Board towards the end of the publication, demonstrating how we still share job opportunities, member updates, and other announcements with the members of PSG. One of our favorite articles in the issue, found in the Forum section, is Mortality of Seabird Biologists by Mark Rauzon. In it he recounts a scary moment in the field and what we risk for our strange and wonderful careers. See this article below or find it on page 49 of Volume 24(2).We hope you enjoy exploring issues of Pacific Seabirds from the archive as much as we do and get inspired to submit an article, poem, photos, or update for the next issue!
