Author: s41yzw
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My experience as a docent at the Chaffey College Burrowing Owl Festival by Ethan ’21
This post was written by Ethan’21, a student in Avian Ecology at Pomona College. My classmates and I arrived at Chaffey College at 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning in early spring for their annual Burrowing Owl Festival cohosted by the Pomona Valley Audubon Society. I was excited by the prospect of hearing these experienced…
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Alex’20 on discovering the wonder of birds in Avian Ecology
This post was written by Alex, Pomona College class of ’20: I have something to admit… before taking Avian Ecology this semester, I was best case indifferent about birds and worst case very frightened by them. This fear came from several unfortunate encounters with swooping birds – a particularly persistent magpie on a farm I…
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The 3rd Annual Burrowing Owl Festival at Chaffey College– by TESSA class of ’21, Pomona College
This post is authored by Tessa who is a junior in the class Avian Ecology at Pomona College: I had a great time volunteering and attending the Burrowing Owl Festival in February. It made me realize how easy it is to get involved in the education and conservation of birds. Not to mention, the burrowing…
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Update from the North
Update from the Alaskan senior thesis students: Katie’18 has built her cabin! Zach Brown’07 and Laura Marcus were married in August! My whole family went for the big event and fell in love with both the town of Gustavus and Laura.
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Island reunions and PSG introductions!
Two wonderful alums found themselves studying seabirds together on Matinicus Rock as part of the Puffin Project in the Gulf of Maine. The Puffins called them back for a second season; Kay was a Puffineer last summer and Clare was one the summer before last. Kristina’12 was a Puffineer several years ago– it was wonderful…
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CELEBRATING SENIOR THESIS STUDENTS!
Mentoring senior thesis students is one of the best parts of my job– I always learn so much! Three biology students wrote grant proposal senior theses in the fall: Alondra wrote a grant to estimate bird mortality on campus from window strikes. Abbey wrote a grant investigating the impact of rising temperatures on bat wintering…
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WITNESSING MIGRATION ALONG THE PACIFIC FLYWAY by Jessie and Alondra
This blog post was written by students in Avian Ecology, Fall 2018 about our field trip to Newport Back Bay The History and Significance of the Newport Back Bay. Newport Back Bay serves as a stopover site for many birds taking part in the Pacific Flyway. However, in the 1960s this critical location was on…
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Island Update from Kay!
The chicks are hatching!!!!!! We are doing feeding studies, and I am already attached to c chick, which I know is a dangerous game… yesterday we had a peregrine falcon that took two of our common terns 🙁 Also, Kay has caught and banded several puffins and she has named one “Prof. K.” I am so…
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Another Sagehen Roosting with Puffins!
The third Sagehen is monitoring seabirds with the Puffin Project! Kay’18 is following the tradition started with Kristina and Clare.
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Sagehen on Southeast Farallon Island!
Clare’19 who was on Seal Island as part of the Puffin Project last summer is now out on Southeast Farallon Island! She is continuing the tradition of Sagehens out on the rock. In past years Matt, Kristina and Eleanor contributed to the collection of the long term data sets that have become part of several…