I thought I would treat this post like a Q&A by answering the most common questions that I have received since I’ve been back from the Black oystercatcher trip: What did the daily routine on the boat look like? Every morning we would roll out of the tightly spaced bunk Read more…
Part of my Environment for the Americans (EFTA) internship is doing Black Oystercatcher monitoring to determine nesting success alongside the California Coastal National Monument (CCNM), Bureau of Land Management California (BLM). For the past few years, the BLOY pairs in Pacific Grove, CA have not been doing well with only an Read more…
This weekend I drove up to UC Santa Cruz to support my friends who participated in the graduation ceremonies. Congrats, Class of 2015! While I was up North, I had the opportunity to work with Daniel, the EFTA intern at Monterey Bay. We planned for a Black Oystercatcher training along Read more…
The Black Oystercatcher is such an interesting and unique bird that it is no surprise that several members from the community have asked to join volunteer monitoring efforts along the coast! A lot of volunteers from the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History have stepped up to the plate Read more…
Over the past few weeks I’ve been able to observe some of the obstacles that the Black Oystercatchers, or BLOYs, face. It has been an eye-opening experience that really allowed me to see how many challenges other species face when it comes to reproduction. It’s a little difficult to not Read more…
The title of this blog post was inspired by someone describing the way a Black Oystercatcher looks as a crow eating a carrot due to their dark plumage and their long bright orange bill. Now that the shorebird surveys are over I’ve started to get involved in helping to monitor Black Read more…
If Paul Revere were a modern-day birder, he’d be running down the path of the estuary flailing a Kaufman guide in the air while frantically shouting: “The shorebirds are coming! The shorebirds are coming!” But he’s not. Paul Revere is long dead. C’mon guys, get yourself together. I know the Read more…
I spotted my first shorebirds this weekend on my way back from an amazing getaway weekend camp trip with my supervisors, Erin and Melissa, and co-worker Jillian. On our way back to town we stopped near small islands where we scanned the rocky shores for shorebirds from our boat. Right when we were ready Read more…