Transform into a seabird ecologist at the SEAS Open House
Did you know that seabirds link the ocean and the land? They forage for food in the ocean and nest on the land, making them an important part of two very different ecosystems.
At the booth organized by the Converse and Gardner labs at the SEAS Open House, you will learn about seabirds and the methods we use to study them. You will transform into a seabird ecologist, allowing you to listen to seabird calls and identify species, practice seabird banding and measuring seabird eggs, and taking a peek into a nest box that ecologists provide to seabirds for laying their eggs and rearing their chicks.
Seabirds are ecosystem indicators because they are predators that travel over large spaces. Ecosystem indicators are species that can tell us about their environments. For example, declines of seabirds have predicted fish stock collapses. Seabirds also tell us about chemical pollutants and climate change.
