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  • Where are they now? Part VII

    Where are they now? Part VII

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    Here are a few more updates from recent grads. Nikki’13 who worked on the murrelet project counting zooplankton, spent the last year having all sorts of tropical wildlife adventures and is off to veterinary school in the fall! You can read about her amazing year here: Nikki’s blog   Rose’14 was a student in my…

  • How to PIGU

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    Pigeon guillemots (PIGUs) are unquestionably the most adorable of all the birds we study here at Sea Ranch. And until recently, we didn’t get to spend that much time observing them. But for the past couple of weeks we’ve been doing three hour nest surveys every other day, getting an idea of how often adults…

  • Quick update from Sea Ranch

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    Hi folks, It’s now Jamie and Sophie here in Sea Ranch. A few days ago, an osprey that had recently caught a fish landed near our observation point, and we managed to get a mediocre phone video through our scope. Check it out!   Other than that, the birds are doing well (and the chicks are…

  • “Sea” You Later, Sea Ranch

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    On the morning of July 5th I departed Sea Ranch and made my 9-hour drive back to sunny SoCal. But before that, I needed to take care of a few things: 1. Pack. I still needed to pack that morning, which was not too hectic. Before leaving, I grabbed Jamie’s book, which I’ve started reading…

  • Jamie’s Grand Arrival

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    Saturday evening. It’s almost 9 pm and the sun has just set during a crisp summer night here in the Sea Ranch. I have only a week left and my replacement came two nights ago. The substitute: no other than the acclaimed seabird expert and recent Pomona graduate, Jamie . Even though he’s only been a…

  • My Morning Routine: GPI

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    “So Ramon, what DO you actually do over there at Sea Ranch?” This might be a question that readers have for me, given that I’ve never fully outlined what my day looks like here. And since I’ve talked about the PECOs that I survey every other afternoon, it’s time to talk about what my mornings…

  • Ramon’s First Public Hearing

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    Hi folks! Ramon here, and I’m still alive! Sophie has left me, and will soon be traveling to North Carolina to present her thesis. Best of luck Soph! Now that I am a lone wolf (at least, within my age range), I’ve been pretty busy with collecting and entering data, hence the lack of posts…

  • Pelagic Cormorants!

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    Ramon and Sophie here again! One of our many surveys here at the Sea Ranch include feeding surveys at Breaker Reach, where we watch 7 gorgeous Pelagic Cormorant pairs switch off “nest duty” so that while one is taking care of chicks or incubating eggs, the other is out in the water, “bringing home the…

  • We’ve Arrived!!!

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    Hey all! Ramon and Sophie, reporting all the way from The Sea Ranch, a gorgeous coastal expanse in Sonoma County. Here, we’ll stay for two weeks (and an additional 3 weeks for Ramon), conducting breeding, nesting, and behavioral surveys of the various seabirds that gather in the area. We arrived Thursday night to a lovely…

  • Sea Ranch Seabird Study Starts!

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    Tomorrow Sophie’14 and Ramon’15 will start a study of the seabirds nesting on the offshore rocks in the California Coastal National Monument in Sonoma County. This is part of a collaboration between the Madrone Audubon and the Bureau of Land Management.