Keenan Yakola, a Masters student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a fellow with the DOI Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, completed his thesis evaluating chick diets of Common, Arctic, Least and Roseate Terns on seven seabird colonies (Matinicus…
On behalf of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Normandeau in collaboration with APEM continues to collect information using ultra-high resolution digital imagery along the North Carolina and South Carolina coast line. Survey effort includes more detailed grid surveys of…
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has been censusing nesting seabirds annually since the 1970’s. Nine species of seabirds, including Brown Pelicans, Royal Terns, Sandwich Terns, and Black Skimmers, regularly nest in South Carolina in large colonies of hundreds…
At Machias Seal Island (MSI), 2019 marked the 25th consecutive year of research and monitoring of the seabird community. Graduate students, Mark Dodds and Mark Baran, helped train our new crew on MSI and continued to analyze and write their theses.…
An in press NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Lab Reference report (Sigourney et al. in press) provides bycatch estimates for 10 species of seabirds caught in commercial fisheries off the east coast of the United States during 2015 and 2016. This…
In partnership with University of New Hampshire biologists (Gemma Clucas and Adrienne Kovach), Shoals Marine Lab tested a fecal DNA method to monitor tern diets at our mixed breeding colony in the Gulf of Maine. Adult Common Terns defecate upon…
Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the southeastern United States constitute a valuable study population for investigating coastal ecological systems. To resolve in formation gaps for the species in the Atlantic Bight, PhD student Bradley Wilkinson is tracking 45 adult pelicans…
In North Carolina, the NC Wildlife Resources Commission leads a multi-partner effort to manage and monitor colonial waterbirds (as well as nesting shorebirds) in the state. Approximately 84-94 sites are posted annually against trespass by 13-15 partner agencies and organizations.…
USFWS, Maine Coastal Islands NWR, and National Audubon Society, Project Puffin, have been monitoring Common and Arctic tern productivity rates on 10 islands in the Gulf of Maine (GOM) since 1988. Data are available for three annual productivity metrics (productivity,…
In FY18, volunteers at Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS) contributed 6,620 hours in support of our science and research mission at the sanctuary. SBNMS Volunteer Program Coordinator, Anne-Marie Runfola organized five standardized seabird data collection cruises on the R/V…