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This summer, with funding from the Thoreau Foundation (http://www.thoreauscholar.org/), I’m keeping track of the animals that visit different areas of the field station. The main question this project is exploring is how species composition is different between burned and unburned…
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Watching Cormorants
Today we are in our third week of our time here at Sea Ranch, and I am amazed at how quickly the days fly by. It seems really like only a few days since we got here. From having dinner…
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Family Visit at the BFS!
A family of California quails, with two adults and three chicks, made a visit to the BFS a few days ago, and their outing was captured by one of our cameras! If you look closely you can see the three…
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Another (Nesting) Day at The Sea Ranch
Today we spotted our first BLOY egg! Hopefully there will be more to come and many new hatchlings. PECO nests aren’t too far behind either. And the day wouldn’t be complete without exploring a few tide pools.
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Ramon is back!
The Sea Ranch Sagehens (Kyle, Jeffrey, Leo, and me, Nicole) were excited to have Ramon visit to help settle into our research! He has been especially helpful with the protocol of the Pelagic Cormorant study; with his advice we were able to…
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Black Oyster Catchers at Breakers Reach
Another BLOY
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And so it begins
It’s been a week since we first arrived in Sea Ranch, and I can’t quite believe how much we’ve already done. It’s taken a little time to get into the swing of things, but by next week it seems we’ll be settling…
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INTRODUCING ELIKA–SUPER SPY of THE SAGE SCRUB!
Elika is spending her summer spying on the wildlife at the Bernard Field Station. She is continuing and expanding on a project started this past year by Katie’15 and Nola’15 and Maki’17. This project is supported by the Thoreau foundation.…
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Relaxing at home before heading to WHOI!
I don’t head to woods hole for another few weeks, but I thought I’d let y’all know what was up right now! I’m back home in Kansas City, hanging out with my family and taking care of my doggie (Ralph)…
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SAGEHENS MEET THE SEA RANCH SEABIRDS
This summer four Sagehens (Jeffrey, Nicole, Leo and Kyle) are studying the seabirds breeding on the offshore rocks of the Sonoma coastline at Sea Ranch. The project started this past weekend with three full days of “bird boot camp” with Diane…