Category: News
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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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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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Planting Halos
Once upon a time, during the spring bloom, you could have looked out onto the Channel Islands from the Southern California coast and seen one island with what would have appeared to be a bright yellow halo around it. That island, Anacapa, is angelic no more. But let me back up a little. A few…
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UPDATE FROM SAGEHEN STUDYING PUFFINS ON SEAL ISLAND!
Clare received a Summer Undergraduate Research Grant to carry out seabird research this summer and sent in this update: Right now I’m with the Audubon’s Project Puffin out on Seal Island, Maine, which is 25 miles off of the coast. There are only 6 of us sharing our 65 acre island, which contains a cabin…
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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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Sagehens at the Pacific Seabird Group meeting!
The 44th annual meeting in Tacoma is underway. Kyle’17 presented the results of three years of study at The Sea Ranch in a poster. Co-authors were Ellie’18, Jeffrey’17, Ramon’16 and Diane Hichwa from Madrone Audubon. Kyle’s parents came to see him present!