I'm currently a masters student at SJSU studying the fine scale foraging movements of pigeon guillemots in southeast Farallon island. I'm deploying short term gps units on chick provisioning adults to better understand foraging behavior. Along with GPS data I'm also conducting diet watches to identify prey items delivered by tagged adults.

I coordinate survey work and write reports on Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) across British Columbia for BC Nature, working with local naturalists and First Nations to monitor red-listed seabird species and important seasonal aggregations of seaducks, seabirds, gulls, and shorebirds. With VARC I train new banding volunteers in the correct and safe handling of birds and banding techniques for long-term monitoring of individuals. And for my PhD I am studying pollution in Australian waterbirds. My spark bird was the Bonin Petrel which I lived amongst while working for a season with US Fish and Wildlife Service on Midway Atoll, along with albatrosses, shearwaters, shorebirds, and terns.

My PhD project is investigating oceanographic drivers of foraging behaviour and diet in Manx shearwaters. I am using a combination of GPS-tracking to identify foraging behaviour, and DNA metabarcoding to determine the diet of chick-provisioning Manx shearwaters and the consequences for chick growth.

Kia ora! I'm Wednesday, I have a background in marine science and science communication. As a technician, I support a variety of research projects at the University of Auckland, including work on seabirds and cetaceans and how they interact in our big blue backyard. For my MSc, I developed AI tools to help identify seabirds and other marine megafauna from drone footage and studied multispecies foraging associations between seabirds and cetaceans. I am also currently working in the AI space as a research assistant to further develop our AI tool to identify and study coastal species from drone footage. I am a volunteer for Birds NZ and have worked with hoiho (yellow eyed penguins) as part of the BLAKE ambassador programme.

My work focuses on breeding populations of Harlequin Ducks (HADU) in Montana and Idaho. Long-term monitoring of breeding HADU in the region has documented population declines leading to concerns about population status in the region. Previous methods have primarily relied on direct, in-person observations and are highly variable owed to factors outside the observer's control. Thus, I am comparing detection probabilities of non-invasive survey methods to determine their efficacy in detecting HADU on streams. I am also working on building a predictive occupancy model of breeding HADU in the region to help non-game biologists update their current HADU monitoring program.

I study all aspects of Magellanic penguin behavior and ecology. As part of a long-term study, I train new students and volunteers in the field, analyze data, write papers and reports, and write field research protocols. With a background in oceanography, I'm particularly interested in penguin behavior at sea, and have attached various types of tracking tags to penguins to learn what they do in their at-sea lives. I love being in the penguin colony and watching penguin behavior, which always surprises me. I'm inspired by the next generation of seabird scientists.

I study heat stress effects on nesting common eider ducks in the Canadian Arctic by analyzing their heart rate and incubation behaviour in response to weather variables, such as ambient temperature. The goal of my study is to determine a cold-adapted sea duck's vulnerability to rapid warming in the Arctic. This research was performed within the Inuit Nunangat, on the island of Qiqiktakuluk, in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Irniurviit Co-Management Committee of Coral Harbour. After my degree, I hope to continue studying vulnerable seabird populations to help inform policy action!

My PhD focuses specifically on the population dynamics and foraging ecology of Grey-headed Albatrosses at Subantarctic Marion Island and is rooted in statistical ecology, but my broad interest is the conservation of seabirds, including island restoration ecology. I have worked as a field biologist on four expedition teams at Marion and Gough Islands where I mostly collected long-term population monitoring data and deployed tracking devices on seabirds, and worked on the Gough Island Restoration Programme. Recently I became a lecturer and guide on cruise ships in Antarctica and Alaska to educate and enlighten guests about the intricate lives of seabirds.

I started working with seabirds for my Masters on post-fledging parental care in roseate terns with Ian Nisbet and Jeremy Hatch. I then did a PhD on ectoparasites in crested terns in Australia. I landed a university position in 2016 at an inland university in Australia, so I stopped doing seabird research for a while, but have recently left the university and am now back working with seabirds as a consultant!

I enjoy researching the ecology and energetics of seabirds and their influence on the marine ecosystems that they inhabit. In my current roles, I am investigating the movement ecology of tropical seabirds and their influence on nutrient transfer and coral reef ecology.

In my current role as a PhD candidate, in close collaboration with the Nunatsiavut Government and Environment and Climate Change Canada, my main focus is researching the sub-lethal impacts of oil spills on seabirds and the links to foraging ecology, bird health, and potential risks to humans through country food consumption. I am passionate about Indigenous-led research, toxicology, food webs, reproductive biology, and movement ecology, and also have a soft spot for seaducks.

My PhD focused on vocal communication in two burrowing petrel species, the Blue Petrel and the Antarctic Prion. I studied the determinism of male calls and their implications for female mate choice using an experimental approach in the field (e.g. playback stimulation, two-choice test, propagation). Results showed that despite the limited vocal repertoire and the simplicity of the call, temporal and frequency features of male calls encode information about the sexual motivation and aggressiveness, some morphological features, and vocal identity of the caller. This information seems to influence females when choosing their life-time partner.