MD Osprey:
This is a cross-post from the Southern Maryland Audubon Society
Listserver. (Tom is not currently subscribed to MD Osprey.)
>Original message from Tyler Bell:
>Tom Harten, a longtime SMAS/MOS member, will be visiting the
>Pribilof Islands, in Alaska, doing seabird ecology in July and
>August. You can keep track of his adventure online at the web site
>below. If you're not familiar with the Pribs, it is famous for
>seabird nesting including a nice array of murres and auklets as well
>as both Black-legged and the much rarer Red-legged Kittiwake (gull
>relatives). It's also a vagrant trap for wayward Siberian migrants
>and has hosted a number of first North American records. What a
>great way to spend a month of summer!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Harten, Tom
>Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:41 PM
>My project begins July 15 and will run to August 15. Folks can check
>it out periodically, as I will be posting journal entries, video and
>podcasts just about every day that I'm out there. In case you're
>interested it is:
>www.polartrec.com/seabird-ecology-in-the-bering-sea
>Tom Harten
FYI ... At his request, I provided Tom with some of my bird images
from the Pribliofs that he has posted on a journal entry here ...
http://www.polartrec.com/node/10092
Good luck, Tom. Keep us up to date on this great project!
Phil
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