Participant Profile: Brian and Kathy Linnell
The ranger was quite clear on the point: there were no dead birds on his beach at Saltwater State Park, and if he had his way, there never would be. To be sure of this,
Photo: Hillary Burgess
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COASSTers are always up to something! Find stories about our participants, updates about beached bird or marine debris research, and read about the latest activities of the COASST office staff and interns.
The RHAU days of summer
This fall when COASST bird verifier Charlie Wright returned from his summer field season in Alaska, he found an unusual number of Rhinoceros Auklets (RHAU) on surveys waiting to be verified. COASSTers won’t be surprised!
Beached birds on the move, or,… not.
When COASST was getting started, there were a whole bunch of things we wanted to know that required each bird to be uniquely tagged: How long do birds persist on the beach? What body parts