Picture of the Month

2007

           
           
Masked Booby "Where Does the Guano Come From?" - photo by Marc Romano Tufted Puffins on Bogoslof Island - photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Horned Puffin and Parakeet Auklet on St. Paul Island - photo by Marc Romano Northern Fulmars - photo by Marc Romano Least and Crested Auklets in Flight - photo by Ian Jones Horned Puffins in Flight - Photo by Cameron Eckert
June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007

 

2006

Red-legged Kittiwakes - Photo by Nicolai Konyukhov Short-tailed Albatross - Photo by Marc D. Romano Little Auks or Dovekies - Photo by Jeroen Creuwels Red Phalarope - Photo by Cameron Eckert Kittlitz's Murrelet Chick - photo by Stacey Studebaker Black-footed Albatross Pair - photo by Shiway Wang, USGS
December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006
Pigeon Guillemot Returning with Fish for Chick - photo by Bob Pitman Black-legged Kittiwakes escaping from an Eagle at Middleton Island - photo by Verena Gill Heerman's Gull - photo by Benjamin Miller Caspian Tern Salvins Albatross - photo by Oliver Nussen Greater Shearwater on Jeffreys Ledge, Massachusetts - photo by Arthur Kopelman
June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006

 

2005

Short-tailed Shearwater mega-flock in Unimak Pass, Alaska - photo by Kevin Bell Aleutian Tern - Photo by Martin Renner Red-billed Tropicbird - Photo by Ted Cross Laysan Albatross Courtship - Photo by Shiway Wang Red-faced Cormorant - Photo by Nicolai Konyukhov Whiskered Auklet Take-Off - Photo by Bob Pitman
December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005
Sabines Gull (Xema sabini) - photo by C. D. Eckert Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes Giganteus, photo by Marc Romano Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound, photo by Mary Whalen Ceremonial Puffin-Rattle Dance Skirt Little Auks or Dovkies - photo taken in 1902 off West Greenland Common Murres Through a Scope, photo by Shiway Wang
June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005

2004

Oiled Thick-billed Murre near Cape Race, Newfoundland Red-billed Tropicbird, photo by Robert Pitman Rhinocerous Auklets on Middleton Island photo by Verena Gill Pink-footed Shearwater - photo by Michael Donahue White-capped Albatross, photo by Oliver Nussen Red-legged and Black-legged Kittiwakes, photo by Rich MacIntosh
December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004
Yellow-eyed Penguin, photo by Melanie Massaro Juvenile Marbled Murrelet off Kodiak Island - photo by Rich MacIntosh Red-tailed Tropicbird, photo by Ian Jones Sub-adult Wandering Albatross off Auckland, New Zealand - photo by Oliver Nussen Xantus's Murrelet  in Nesting Crevice - photo by Darrell Whitworth Red-necked Phalaropes at Sea - photo by Ian MacIntosh
June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004

2003

Atlantic Puffins - phot by Thierry Boulinier Ivory Gull - photo by Bruce Mactavish Crested Auklets at Koniuji Island, Alaska - photo by John Piatt Juvenile Tufted Puffin, photo by Rich MacIntosh Least Auklet - photo by Jeremiah Trimble Black-footed Albatross - photo by John Piatt
December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003
Common tern hitching a ride on a loggerhead turtle off Madeira Island in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.  Photo by  Fabio Olmos. Snares Penguin, photo by Melanie Massaro Short-tailed albatross eating a salmon entangled in a drift net.  Photo by Yuri Artukhin Kittlitz's Murrelet, photo by Father Bernard Hubbard Masked Booby on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, photo by Naomi Bargmann Tristram's Storm-Petrel, January 2002, Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, NW Hawaiian Islands
June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003

2002

Black-legged kitiwake juvenile at sea, photo by Rich MacIntosh Thick-Billed Murres on St. George Island, Pribilofs, Alaska Pacific Brown Pelican in La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California - photo by Dr. Benjamin Miller Parakeet Auklets on St. George Island in the Pribilogs, Alaska - photo by Verena Gill Black-tailed (Japanese) Gull - photo by Koji Ono Dovekies in flight near Hornsund, in Svalbard - photo by Ann Harding
December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002
50 year old Laysan Albatross on Midway Atoll - photo by Chandler Robbins White tern on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii - photo by Shiway Wang Pigeon guillemot taking off in Glacier Bay National Park - photo by John Piatt Double-crested cormorant wrestling with a catfish in a San Diego valley pond - photo by Dr. Benjamin Miller Streaked shearwater on Biro Island, off Kyushu Island, Japan - photo by Koji Ono Dovekie perched on a rock behind researcher in Svalbard - photo by Ann Harding
June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 February 2002 January 2002

2001

Glaucous-winged gull taking flight from the intertidal zone on Duck Island, in Cook Inlet, Alaska - photo by Tom Van Pelt Northern fulmar off the west coast of Greenland - photo by John Chardine Wandering albatross and spectacled petrels off the southern Brazilian shelf in waters over 3,000 m deep - photo by Fabio Omos Cape gannet at Bird Island colony in Western Cape in southern Africa -  photo by Kees Camphuysen Horned puffins on Duck Island, Alaska - photo by Tom Van Pelt Blagged-legged kittiwakes on an iceberg in Prince William Sound, Alaska - photo by Max Kaufman
December 2001 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 August 2001 July 2001
Rhinoceros auklet  on Teuri Island, Japan - photo by Koji Ono Pigeon guillemots on Southeast Farallon Island, California - photo by PRBO Double-crested cormorant - photo by Mark Rauzon Japanese (Crested) Murrelet on Biro Island, Japan - photo by Koji Ono Red-legged kittiwake on an island in the Bering Sea - photo by Nicolai Konyukhov Cassin's auklet chick on Southeast Farallon Island, California - photo by PRBO
June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 February 2001 January 2001

2000

Whiskered auklet on Buldir Island, Alaska - photo by Ian L. Jones Gentoo Penguin - Photo by Dr. John Chardine Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross and chick. Photo by Dr. John Chardine. "Arboreal" Common Murres - photo by Tom Van Pelt Kittlitz's Murrelet - photo by Gus van Vliet Wandering Albatross and chick - photo by Dr. Andy G. Wood
December 2000 November 2000 October 2000 June 2000 May 2000 April 2000
Dovekies - photo by Ian L. Jones Northern Gannets - photo by Rob Barrett A Horned Puffin adult with its newly-hatched chick, Summer 1999, Duck Island, Alaska.  Photo by Ann Harding      
March 2000 Feb. 2000 Jan. 2000      

1999

Jeb Benson fishing for murres on St. Paul Island, August 1999. Photo by April Nielsen. Bridled Guillemot - photo by Professor Tim Birkhead
Dec. 1999 Nov. 1999

 

Photo Collage: Images of Life and Biology!
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Beach seining for Pacific herring with Alisa and Yumi in Kachemak Bay. Fur Seal on St. Paul Island Jeb releases a Thick-billed Murre on St. Paul Island. April prepares to bleed a Red-legged kittiwake on St. Paul Island. kittiwakes at the cannery camp scene Chisik Island camp common murres on Bogoslof Island
Fur seals grubbing for puffins Horned puffin fledgling Horned puffins on a cliff Inside the murre blind John Piatt and a red-legged kittiwake jumping for joy kittiwake cliffs
murre chick Tom Van Pelt and murre chicks murre chick roundup murre eggs noosing kittiwakes Processing specimens Sasha and puffin chick Seal Beach
Sunset over Redoubt Volcano taking blood tree climbing murre Tufted puffins fighting weighing a murre Wind swept beach cliffs beach landing murre cliffs


Dispatches: News from the field
Dispatches from Antarctica: Shiway Wang worked for us in the summer of 1999 and will return again in 2000. In the meantime, she is studying penguins in Antarctica. Click on the buttons below to read about her experiences and to see images of the Antarctic. My work in Maui: Sadie Wright tells us about her work with Dark-rumped Petrels and Hawaiian Geese in Maui's Haleakala National Park. Sadie worked on our project in the summer of 1998. Click on the button below to read excerpts from her letter and to see images of Maui.
Shiway in a crowd of Adelie Penguins.  Dispatch 1 Self portrait of Sadie and a Nene
Shiway holds a 2 day old Gentoo Penguin chick!  Dispatch 2



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