Karnolab

Tag: Xantus’ murrelet

  • Vigorous Video Watching

    Vigorous Video Watching

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    When you walk by the lab this summer you will see three students in a darkened room hunched towards computer screens. They are intently watching very compelling videos. The star of these movies are the Xantus’s murrelets that nest on Santa Barbara Island. Last summer Channel National Park biologists with the support of the Montrose…

  • 2011 Adventures on Santa Barbara Island by Jamie

    2011 Adventures on Santa Barbara Island by Jamie

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    Sea lion heads swivel as our boat powers up to their cliff-side colony. The captain alternates between forward and reverse, edging us closer and closer to the dock structure that clings precariously to the cliff face. A sea lion chorus arises as we clamber one by one up the rusty ladder onto the first level…

  • Wanted: A Pair of Sea Legs

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    written by Ali Corley This semester I joined Professor Karnovsky’s lab with the hope of being able to study birds and do field work in beautiful places.  I had just gotten really interested in bird ecology after a semester abroad in Costa Rica where I studied bird song in the sloping trails of the cloud…

  • Sagehens at Sea!

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    On April 24th, Kristen’10 and I boarded the R/V Shearwater to begin oceanographic surveys around Santa Barabara Island. The R/V Shearwater is the research vessel of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. The purpose of this project is to assess the seabird distributions around Santa Barbara Island and the physical propoerties of the ocean as well…