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USGS WERC Seabird Studies Team: Southern California PSG Regional Report 2024 Josh Adams, Laney White, Jonathan Felis, and Alex Rinkert (USGS Western Ecological Research Center), in collaboration with Matthew McKown, Jeff Schlueter, and Abram Fleishman (Conservation Metrics Inc.), and with support from David Pereksta (BOEM) are working on manual, low-taxonomic identification of targets detected using…
In 2023 Anne Schaefer and Mary Anne Bishop (Prince William Sound Science Center) conducted at-sea marine bird surveys in Prince William Sound to document density and distribution patterns in and around the oil-tanker escort lane during the non-breeding season. This was the third annual survey conducted for this study, and a final survey planned for…
Katie Stoner, PhD student under the advisement of Dr. Don Lyons at Oregon State University, conducted her second field season of geolocator tagging work on Tufted and Horned Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata and F. corniculata) in partnership with Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Avian Biologist Robin Corcoran. With field assistance from Megan Boldenow of U.S. Fish…
Over the past year, ABR, Inc. has been working with hotels and a cruise line in Hawai’i to reduce light attraction and improve survival for downed seabirds. We have conducted reviews and made recommendations on responsible lighting practices. We provided training to property staff on how to search for and recover downed birds safely. Thanks…
Maggie Lee Post, Julie Thayer (Farallon Institute), and Lidia D’amico (National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area) continued the long-term monitoring of breeding seabird colonies on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Brandt’s Cormorants (Urile penicillatus) nested in the highest numbers (n=4825) ever observed in the time series. Though heavy rain storms in early May flooded…
Mark Hipfner (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Delta – Wildlife Research Division (WRD)) reports that summer 2023 marked the 30th year of operation of the Centre for Wildlife Ecology’s (CWE) seabird research program on Triangle Island. The 2023 field crew consisted of Hannah Avenant and Alice Domalik (ECCC, Delta – Canadian Wildlife Service), Sarah…
USGS WERC Seabird Studies Team: Hawaii PSG Regional Report 2024 Haleakalā Volcano on east Maui supports critical nesting habitat for endangered ‘Ua‘u (Hawaiian petrel, Pterodroma sandwichensis). As part of continuing efforts to catalog breeding seabirds throughout the State of Hawaii (supported by USGS and BOEM), Josh Adams, Jonathan Felis, Emma Kelsey, and Rob Klinger (USGS…
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 »
