Shorebird Science in the Field's blog

Shiloh Schulte reports from the Arctic: Change of plans. According to Roy Churchwell it seems there are not many shorebirds on the Canning River mudflats at the moment.

This year, Manomet staffers Trevor Lloyd-Evans and Shiloh Schulte are working with Roy, along with Olivia Hicks, our volunteer from England, and Eddie Corp, from Bethel AK, who also worked at the breeding camp earlier in the season. These four are joining up with the rest of Roy’s crew to survey and band shorebirds, and sample invertebrates at three camps along the Arctic Refuge coastline. Since I’m back at the office working hard on keeping them all funded and organized, Shiloh and Trevor will be updating you on their work as Roy’s project progresses. Enjoy this first post from Shiloh!

Brad Winn reports live from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge while waiting for the Fish and Wildlife Service Plane to pick him up for the three-hour flight south to Fairbanks. Listen to the podcast:

Written by Brad Winn for Stephen Brown’s Blog: He had given us tantalizing clues, but until yesterday, we had not been able to find his nest.

In this new podcast, Brad Winn, Conservation Specialist with the Shorebird Recovery Project, gives an update on Manomet’s field research project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Written by Brad Winn. Running in burrows through the grass, poking out of hiding places under the rapidly melting snow, crawling under our tents, in our tents, standing on their hind legs to stare at us while we eat our lunch, waking us by trying to push under our sleeping pads, lemmings are everywhere around our camp and throughout our study area this year.