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Mark Hipfner (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Delta — Wildlife Research Division) reports that summer 2024 marked the 31st year of operation of the Centre for Wildlife Ecology’s (CWE) seabird research program on Triangle Island. Triangle Island supports the largest aggregation of breeding seabirds in the eastern North Pacific Ocean south of Alaska, and…
The Laskeek Bay Conservation Society (LBCS), based in Skidegate, BC, completed their 35th field season (19 April – 20 July 2024) of monitoring marine and terrestrial ecology in Laskeek Bay, Haida Gwaii. Rian Dickson and Matthew Peck, assisted by Frédérique Poulin and Amaya Black, coordinated the various research and monitoring projects at the field station…
Mark Hipfner (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Delta – Wildlife Research Division) reports that summer 2024 marked the 31st year of operation of the Centre for Wildlife Ecology’s (CWE) seabird research program on Triangle Island. Triangle Island supports the largest aggregation of breeding seabirds in the eastern North Pacific Ocean south of Alaska, and…
I monitor the general populations and breeding success of colonial-nesting birds of Bear Island, Nova Scotia, one of two islands in the Annapolis Basin, a tidal bay off the Bay of Fundy. The island is maintained as a nature reserve by its Trustees, the Town and the Board of Trade of Digby, Nova Scotia. The…
Laurie Wilson (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) – Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Delta, British Columbia (BC)) coordinated the Pacific CWS Seabird Colony Monitoring Program. In 2024, population trends of breeding Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) and Cassin’s Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) at 3 colonies (George Island, East Copper Island and West Rankine Island in the Gwaii…
Laurie Wilson (Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) – Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Delta, British Columbia (BC)) coordinated the Pacific CWS Seabird Colony Monitoring Program. In 2023, population trends of breeding Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) at three colonies (Pine Island in the Duke of Edinburgh Ecological Reserve, Lucy Island in the Lucy Islands Conservancy, and…
The Laskeek Bay Conservation Society (LBCS), based in Skidegate, BC, completed their 34th field season (May 5–July 21) of monitoring marine and terrestrial ecology in Laskeek Bay, Haida Gwaii. Rian Dickson and Matthew Peck, assisted by Max Nishima, coordinated the various research and monitoring projects at the field station on East Limestone Island, including Pigeon…
Overview of research on alcids on the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf The Davoren Lab continued their decadal-scale research on seabirds and their prey on the east coast of Newfoundland. Recent work has focused on alcids breeding on James Island. Between 10–15 GLS loggers have been deployed on Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Razorbills (Alca torda)…
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…
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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