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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…
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Update from Sagehen on Seal Island
Mid-July update from Clare! Everything’s still going great here! Almost all of the chicks on the island are hatched, so we’ve been super busy with feeding studies. I think my favorite thing we do out here is tern feeding studies,…
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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.…
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CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER KARNO LAB SENIOR THESIS STUDENTS!
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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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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…
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Wrapping Up At Sea Ranch
Hi All, Today is my last day collecting data at Sea Ranch–the weather is very foggy and a little bit rainy. I think Seattle might be sending its weather down here, telling me it’s time to head home. Here is…
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Update From Sea Ranch!
We have a chick! On June 17th, the first Pelagic cormorant chicks were seen at Breakers Reach at Site E, nest #4. There appears to be at least 3 chicks, but may be four. Two days ago (June 26th), I…
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Hello From Sea Ranch! Summer 2016
Hello from Sea Ranch! This summer, I have embarked to Sea Ranch to continue the work of the past two summers (thank you to everyone who came the past two years!). I visit Gualala Point Island almost every morning and…