Tag: breeding and nesting
EOC 140: Wild Love
Listen to this episode in iTunes Valentine’s Day. A day where we celebrate love in all its many forms. In keeping with the holiday's theme of romantic love and the art of courtship, complete with candy hearts and flying ...
Project Puffin: Seal Island 2017 Season Summary
Since I only rolled into Seal for just the post-season this year, I thought I’d brush up on the deets of what went on this summer with our beloved terns and puffins as well as the guillemots, razorbills, eiders and ...
Pining for the Field: Puerto Rico
For our next foray into the Pining for the Field series, I’ll take a look back to 2006 when I travelled to Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge to study Smooth-billed Anis. I remember flying into the airport and the air was ...
So, about gulls..
First off, I’m going to ruin a childhood surety. Are you ready? Brace yourself.. There is no such thing as a seagull. The very word makes any seasoned birder shudder. In fact, no such creature exists. Except, that is, in ...
Project Puffin: A Story Review
The book is Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock by Stephen W. Kress and Derrick Z. Jackson As a "Puffineer" of three seasons working on puffin nesting islands, this is a book that ...
EOC 109: The Vaquita on the Brink of Extinction with Dr. Frances Gulland
Listen to this episode in iTunes Today’s guest on the show is Dr. Frances Gulland, senior scientist at the Marine Mammal Center, and a member of the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita. This committee is composed of ...
EOC 102: A Captive Breeding Program for the Vaquita
Listen to this episode in iTunes Episode Summary: Today’s guest on the show is Tom Jefferson, a marine mammal researcher and the director of Viva Vaquita, an NGO dedicated to the conservation of the vaquita. Here at Wild Lens, we’ve ...
EOC 076: How the California Condor Came Back from the Brink of Extinction with Lloyd Kiff
Episode Summary: Today on the show we are digging into the Wild Lens archives to bring you an interview with one of the central figures in the historic recovery of the California condor. Lloyd Kiff was the coordinator of the ...
September Raptor – Northern Harrier
Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) are amazing raptors. A cross between diurnal raptor and owl (look at that facial disc!), these low-flying birds cruise hillsides, open country, wetlands, and agricultural areas looking for birds and small mammals to pounce on. Harriers ...
