Washington & Oregon

  • Orben et al. (2025)

    Yaquina Head Seabird Monitoring: 2024 marked the 18th consecutive year of seabird monitoring at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area in Newport, Oregon, and the 4th consecutive year of monitoring at Pirate Cove in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Will Kennerley (Faculty Research Assistant, Oregon State University; OSU), Aya Attal (National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)…

  • Adams et al. (2025)

    Josh Adams, Laney White, Gavin Haight, Emma Kelsey, and Jackie Chistolini (USGS Western Ecological Research Center; USGS WERC) assessed the nesting density of Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) and presence of other burrowing seabirds on 11 islands in the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex with support from Refuge staff. In addition to on-the-ground burrow counts, occupancy…

  • Orben et al. (2024d)

    2023 marked the 17th consecutive year of seabird monitoring at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area in Newport, Oregon, and the third consecutive year of monitoring at Pirate Cove in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Will Kennerley (Faculty Research Assistant, OSU), Jacque McKay (NSF REU Intern), Entenecia Cardenas-Ritzert (Doris Duke Scholar), Ricardo Rodriguez (Environment for the Americas Intern),…

  • Stephensen (2024)

    Report of Seabird Related Activities to Pacific Seabird Group Shawn W. Stephensen and Alex Cook (Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex) conducted an aerial seabird colony survey on 28 and 29 June 2023 that included the entire Oregon coast and Castle Rock, California. The aircraft used was a Bell Jet Ranger III helicopter operated by…

  • Pearson et al. (2024)

    Marbled Murrelet, Tufted Puffin, and Rhinoceros Auklet Monitoring and Research  Scott Pearson (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife), Tom Good (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Northwest Fisheries Science Center), Peter Hodum (University of Puget Sound and Oikonos), Sue Thomas (Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex), and Eric Wagner (University of Washington) continued their long-term study of…