Category: Farallon Island
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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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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…
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SAGEHENS win awards at scientific meeting
Gail’17 won an award for Best Undergraduate Presentation and Kyle’17 won an honorable mention for Best Undergraduate Poster at the Pacific Seabird Group Meeting!
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SAGEHENS AT PSG–pt 2; GAIL PRESENTS!
Gail’17 presented part of her senior thesis at the 44th annual meeting of the Pacific Seabird group. Great job Gail!
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Where are they now? Part XI
Sagehens with Albatrosses! Both Kristina McOmber’12 and Nai de Gracia’14 are working on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge! Here they are fixing a gapped band of a black-footed albatross. Albatross are so long lived that they need their bands re-closed if they start to develop gaps in order to last the next several decades.
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All Present at Pomona Valley Audubon
We were invited to share our bird related research at the Pomona Valley Audubon March meeting. So much fun to present our research to fellow bird enthusiasts! Birds of a feather…..
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Pacific Seabird Group 2015!
In February, we presented at the annual Pacific Seabird Group conference. While there we met Kristina’12 and alum Steve Hampton. Sagehens were well represented! A shout out to the PARENTS who attended the meeting! Thank you for your support! Nicole’s parents are pictured above and Mimi and her Mom are below.
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Where are they now? PART IX
Kristina’12 who studied Cassin’s auklet diving behavior for her senior thesis, has continued to pursue her passion for birds and remote islands after she graduated. She spends her summers working with the Puffin Project on islands off the coast of Maine and lately has been studying passerines with the Biodiversity Research Institute. http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/21/a-bird-in-the-hand-is-hopefully-healthy/
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Presenting Seabird Summer Research Results!
Last week students shared their summer research at the Pomona College Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session. Nicole’15 shared her work creating computer programs to analyze diving data in her poster, “Automating the Analysis of Cassin’s Auklet Diving Patterns Using Time-Depth Recorders and Python Programming.” Ramon’15 presented his poster on the study he carried out at Sea…