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Multimedia Monday: A Bird Lover's Montage

Multimedia Monday: A Bird Lover’s Montage

Happy Multimedia Monday, all! I treat you to a seabird photo collage of pictures from past years working on Project Puffin's Seabird Restoration Program. :) ...
Back on the Mainland!

Back on the Mainland!

Whelp, I'm back! Left the seabird island yesterday and hardly had a chance to wave goodbye as the USFWS boat motored us eastward before the rocky island was swallowed by thick, ravenous fog. I was sad to leave but when ...

Midway: Message from the Gyre, A Film Review

Being back on Seal Island, a 66-acre spit of land more than 20 miles off the coast of Maine, I feel like I've returned to paradise. But while this beautiful island, rich with life, appears at first glance to be ...
Project Puffin: Seal Island 2017 Season Summary

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 ...
Project Puffin: Island Life

Project Puffin: Island Life

I am thrilled to bid you good day from 23 miles off into the Atlantic Ocean where I will be living for the next two weeks on a remote island off the coast of Maine. I am here thanks to ...
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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 ...
A Peek Into a Beach-Nesting Seabird Colony

A Peek Into a Beach-Nesting Seabird Colony

Photos by author. From Sarasota, I took the bridge to Lido Key, one of multiple barrier islands that line the west coast of the state of Florida. Following the sounds of the seabirds I walked out onto the grainy, off-white ...
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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 ...
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Coral Bleaching: Death of a Once-Rich Reef

As sea temperatures rise with the ever-growing impact of climate change, we are left to witness the deadly ripple effects expand across one of the most richly biodiverse areas on earth and one of the seven greatest natural wonders of the world, the ...