PACIFIC SEABIRDS

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Volume 44, Number 2 2017 PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP Dedicated to the Study and Conservation of Pacific Seabirds and Their Environment

The Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) is a society of professional seabird researchers and managers dedicated to the study and conservation of seabirds. PSG was formed in 1972 out of a need for increased communication among academic and government seabird researchers. The principal goals of PSG are to (1) increase the quality and quantity of seabird research through facilitating exchange of information; (2) identify and assess the importance of threats to seabird populations; and (3) provide government agencies and others with expert advice on managing populations of seabirds. PSG is headed by an Executive Council composed of members volunteering their time. Members include biologists, wildlife managers, students, and conservationists from the United States, Mexico, Canada, Japan and 12 other countries. PSG annual meetings and publications provide forums where members can share their findings on all research topics relating to Pacific seabirds and discuss local and large scale conservation issues. Abstracts for meetings are published on our website. PSG publishes the on-line bulletin Pacific Seabirds (formerly the PSG Bulletin; www.pacificseabirdgroup.org) and the journal Marine Ornithology (www.marineornithology.org). Other publications include symposium volumes and technical reports; these are listed near the back of this issue. PSG is a member of the Ornithological Council and the American Conservancy. Annual dues for membership are $40 (individual); $30 (student, undergraduate and graduate); and $1,200 (Life Membership, payable in five $240 installments). Dues are payable to the Treasurer; see the PSG website or the Membership Information at the back of this issue.

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Pacific Seabirds This on-line bulletin reports on the work and committee activities of the Pacific Seabird Group, conservation news, and other items of importance to conservation of seabirds in the Pacific Ocean. The bulletin is a twice-yearly on-line news bulletin and archive of PSG activities. This issue provides current and recent seabird work to PSG members for 2017. Back issues of the PSG Bulletin and Pacific Seabirds are posted on the group’s web site.

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Regional Reports for 2017 and Russia...... 48 Washington and Oregon...... 51 Northern California...... 55 Southern California...... 56 Hawaiʻi...... 57 Non-Pacific United States...... 59 Latin America...... 59 Canada...... 60 Asia and Oceania...... 66 Europe and Africa...... 67 Circumpolar...... 67 Antarctica...... 67 Global...... 67

PSG’s Treasurer’s Report for FY2017...... 68

General Information Information on the Pacific Seabird Group...... Inside Front Cover Publications of the Pacific Seabird Group...... 72 PSG Committee Coordinators...... 74 PSG Life Members and Recipients of Awards...... 76 Membership Information...... 77 PSG Executive Council for 2015...... Inside Back Cover REGIONAL REPORTS FOR 2017 Compiled by: Robb Kaler, Edited by: Jennifer Lang

Regional Reports summarize current and recent seabird work to PSG members. Regional Reports generally are organized by location of the work, not affiliation of the biologist. They should not be cited without permission of the researchers.

ALASKA & RUSSIA colony sites were identified, both with Bruner (BYU-Hawaii) and Melinda confirmed fledging, and one colony with Fowler (Springfield College), the team Compiled by Robb Kaler multiple waves of fledglings produced. deployed three 5 gram satellite tags Post-breeding migration routes were (smaller than what has previously been ALASKA-WIDE also identified for a majority of tagged tried) on LTJA using leg-loop harnesses Ed Melvin (Washington Sea Grant), individuals. Robin Corcoran (Kodiak (previous harness type was fully-body). Rob Suryan, Amanda Gladics National Wildlife Refuge [KNWR], U.S. About 1 month after deployment, the (Oregon State University [OSU]), Fish and Wildlife Service [USFWS]), tags of two (a mated pair) stopped and Kim Dietrich (Kim Dietrich Jill Tengeres (USFWS, OSU), Susan transmitting. One bird was recovered Consulting) continued analyses of Oehlers, Sanjay Pyare (University dead in July soon after by Jim Johnson spatiotemporal patterns and trends in of Alaska Southeast), Janelle Lopez (USFWS) near its nesting / deployment albatross and other seabird bycatch (USFS), and Don Lyons conducted location. The bird was frozen and sent rates in Alaskan longline fleets based on Aleutian Tern nest monitoring at back for necropsy at the Smithsonian over 20 years of National Oceanic and colonies in the Kodiak Archipelago and National Zoo. The bird was confirmed Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) near Yakutat, Alaska. Several types of shot and it is likely that its mate’s tag groundfish fisheries observer data. The predators were observed to cause nest stopped transmitting for the same reason. project is nearing completion, but the failure. Photos of prey fed to chicks The recovered bird was still carrying the team did continue some outreach to were also collected at one colony at satellite tag with no abrasion observed. the Alaska longline fishing industry in Kodiak Island. Diet samples obtained during necropsy collaboration with Anne Marie Eich Autumn-Lynn Harrison (Smithsonian included shell, feathers (likely shorebird (NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Region). Migratory Bird Center) together with chick), arthropods, and berries. The Coastal Observation and Seabird field assistant Arliss Winship (NOAA) third bird remains at liberty. It departed Survey Team (COASST) was recently deployed 23 geolocators on Arctic its breeding grounds in August, and on awarded funding from the North Pacific Terns on Alaska’s north slope at the October 7, 2017 began its southward Research Board to expand beached bird ConocoPhillips Alpine Camp. The migration after an extended high monitoring in Alaska, and specifically project was part of a North American seas stopover in the eastern North to launch a “Die-off Alert” program range-wide study in collaboration with Pacific Transition Zone. On October that provides training on how to Mark Maftei (Environment Canada). In 20 it entered what may be a second submit structured reports and photos of total, close to 120 tags were deployed in 8 stopover near French Polynesia. It has beached seabirds encountered outside Arctic Tern colonies throughout the U.S. not entered an EEZ since it departed of standardized monthly COASST and Canada. The project is a part of the Alaska. The project is a part of the surveys. Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center’s Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center’s Don Lyons (OSU), Kelly Nesvacil Migratory Connectivity Project with Migratory Connectivity Project with (Alaska Department of Fish and Game), the goal of revealing migratory patterns the goal of revealing migratory patterns and Susan Oehlers (U.S. Forest Service of understudied fauna, including select of understudied fauna, including select [USFS]) initiated a project to track birds in the Arctic and North Pacific. birds in the Arctic and North Pacific. the breeding season movements of The study is funded by ConocoPhillips The study is funded by ConocoPhillips Aleutian Terns (Onychoprion aleuticus) Global Signature Programs. Global Signature Programs. near Yakutat (Gulf of Alaska) and A small pilot study to satellite track Dillingham (Bristol Bay, ), Long-tailed Jaegers (Stercorarius BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS Alaska. Fifteen terns were captured longicaudus; LTJA) from Nome, Alaska Don Dragoo, Greg Thomson, and in late May and early June and fitted was conducted by Autumn-Lynn Marc Romano (Alaska Maritime with satellite telemetry (Doppler PTTs) Harrison. Previous satellite tracking National Wildlife Refuge [AMNWR]) tags; most were tracked throughout the studies of LTJA have not been successful collected data on populations of entire breeding season. The PTT data possibly due either to the size of the Common Murres (Uria aalge) a nd T h ick- documented dispersal from known transmitter, the harness type, sensitivity billed Murres (Uria lomvia), as well as colony locations to other nesting of the , or a combination of productivity of Black-legged Kittiwakes locations. Two previously unknown factors. Together with field crew, Phil (Rissa tridactyla) at Cape Lisburne,

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Alaska. Annual seabird monitoring at St. George and St. Paul islands was led by Marc Romano (AMNWR) with summer-long field crews consisting of Ryan Mong and Brady Deal (St. Paul), and Emily Pollom, John Gorey, and Sarah Guitart (St. George). Both crews collected productivity, diet, and survival data on a variety of species including Red-faced ( urile), Common Murres, Thick-billed Murres, Least Auklets (Aethia pusilla), Black-legged Kittiwakes, and Red- leg ge d K it t iwa ke s (Rissa brevirostris). In addition, population counts (conducted every three years in the Pribilofs) were conducted, with assistance by Sarah Gilman on St. Paul Island, and Matt Klostermann and McKenna Hanson Black-legged Kittiwake. Photo credit: David Pereksta on St. George Island. Rachael Orben, Alexander Kitaysky (AMBON), a five-year program to Science Center for harmful algal bloom (University of Alaska Fairbanks), monitor the Chukchi Sea ecosystem, analysis. Results indicate that birds died Rosana Paredes (OSU), Abram funded by a consortium of federal of starvation; however, some birds were Fleishman, and Scott Shaffer(San Jose agencies and industry. Dan Cushing exposed to saxitoxin via the marine food State University), in collaboration with (Pole Star Ecological Research LLC) is web but levels detected did not provide Marc Romano (AMNWR), continued a conducting analyses for the AMBON clear evidence of acute toxicity as a study of carry-over effects on movements surveys. The 2017 seabird observers cause of death. and life-history responses of Red-legged for Bering/Arctic surveys were Brian James Lovvorn and graduate student Kittiwakes (Rissa brevirostris) at St. Hoover, Terry Doyle, Liz Labunski, Timothy Knudson of Southern Illinois George Island, Alaska. In late May and Catherine Pham, Zak Polen, Martin University (SIU) completed the tenth June 2017, Rachael Orben and Abram Reedy, Charlie Wright, and Tamara season of nesting ecology research for Fleishman recovered overwinter loggers, Zeller. Data will be archived in the North the Kittlitz’s murrelet (Brachyramphus and deployed GPS tags and over-winter Pacific Pelagic Seabird Database.Kathy brevirostris; KIMU) on the western end loggers during pre-lay and incubation, Kuletz and Liz Labunski also finalized of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. despite complete reproductive failure the final report for the previous five-year This is the final year of field research for the red-legged kittiwakes. project funded by BOEM, available at: that started in coordination with Alaska Kathy Kuletz and Liz Labunski https://www.boem.gov/2017-004/ Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, U. (USFWS) completed another year of During June to September 2017, S. Geological Survey Alaska Science offshore seabird surveys (now spanning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Center, and Region 7 U. S. Fish and 2006 – 2017) in the Bering and Alaska Region received reports of Wildlife Service Office of Ecological Chukchi seas, under a new Interagency more than normal dead and dying Services. The initial five-year plan was Agreement with the Bureau of Ocean seabirds from the Bering and Chukchi to characterize nesting habitat, monitor Energy Management (BOEM). This regions. Specifically, carcasses were activities at the nest (incubation shifts, program relies on collaborations observed from Point Hope south to meal delivery to chicks, prey delivered with a variety of oceanographic and Bristol Bay, with highest onshore to chicks, etc.), measure chick growth fisheries projects, and now includes the counts recorded near Nome. Federal, rate, measure reproductive success, and Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research state, and local agencies as well as collect samples for genetic analyses. Program Phase II, funded by the North the Coastal Observation and Seabird Ongoing analysis at SIU will investigate Pacific Research Board and BOEM. In Survey Team (COASST) collaborated to the influence of diet on nest success, 2017, seabird observers were placed on collect information, synthesize records, and will assess the hypothesis that 9 Bering or Chukchi research cruises and send carcasses for necropsies and the KIMU population has declined in from June to early-October. This was disease testing to the U.S. Geological part due to lower chick growth rates also the second field season of the Arctic Survey (USGS) National Wildlife resulting from reduced availability of Marine Biodiversity Observing Network Health Center and to the USGS Alaska high-energy forage fish. Support was

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 49 REGIONAL REPORTS provided by the USFWS (KNWR and tridactyla) and Common Murre (Uria in 2017 to begin collaboration with Office of Ecological Services) and the aalge) breeding success. In August, Mayumi Arimitsu and John Piatt National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. he, Rachel Barda, and Jaclyn Lucas (U.S. Geological Survey) on long-term surveyed monitoring plots of Fork-tailed monitoring of forage fish in the Gulf Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma furcata) of Alaska and Prince William Sound Annual seabird monitoring at Buldir and Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata). as part of GulfWatch Alaska. Vital and Aiktak islands was led by Nora Rojek Kathy Kuletz and Liz Labunski funding comes from the Exxon-Valdez (Alaska Maritime National Wildlife (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Oil Spill Trustee Council. Scott and Refuge [AMNWR]) with summer-long worked with Dan Cushing (Pole Star Martha Hatch, joined by Shawn and field crews. On Buldir,Kevin Pietrzak, Ecological Research LLC) to conduct Kelly Pummill, opened the season McKenzie Mudge and Stephanie offshore seabird surveys and analyses in early April for spring cleaning, Walden collected productivity, diet as part of the Long Term Monitoring facility maintenance, and camp set-up. and population data on a variety of - Northern Gulf of Alaska project, The core research team—Kyle Elliot, species including Common (Uria aalge) led by Russ Hopcroft (University of Sarah Leclaire, Morgan Benowitz- and Thick-billed Murres (U. lomvia); Alaska, Fairbanks). This (primarily Fredericks, camp leader Shannon Parakeet (Aethia psittacula), Least oceanographic/zooplankton) program Whelan, Josh Cunningham, Anne (A. pusilla), Whiskered (A. pygmaea), has been monitoring the ‘Seward Line’ Moullier, Sidney Collins, Kristen and Crested (A. cristatella) Auklets; and adjacent regions via spring and fall Lalla, Mae Lacey, Drew Sauve, Horned (Fratercula corniculata) and cruises for 20 years, with the USFWS Maxime Pineaux, Ségolène Humann- Tufted PuffinsF. ( cirrhata); Black- team involved since 2006. In addition, Guilleminot, Thomas Pagnon, Lucie legged (Rissa tridactyla) and Red- Kathy Kuletz partnered with NOAA Abolivier, and Camille Toscani legged Kittiwakes (R. brevirostris); and Alaska Fisheries Science Center and arrived at intervals from late April Fork-tailed (Oceanodroma furcata) and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee through June and continued the work Leach’s Storm-petrels (O. leucorhoa). Council to have Jessica Stocking through 15 August. In 2017, the team Sarah Youngren and Dan Rapp at (Prince William Sound Science Center) saw a continuation, though possible Aiktak Island monitored Common and conduct seabird surveys onboard the waning, of conditions dominated by Thick-billed Murres; Ancient Murrelets NOAA research vessel Oscar Dyson in the so-called “warm blob” anomaly in (Synthliboramphus antiquus); Horned the northern Gulf of Alaska. the North Pacific. As in 2016, Black- and Tufted Puffins; Glaucous-winged Kathy Kuletz submitted the final legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactlya) had Gull (Larus glaucescens); Fork- report for seabird surveys (funded by virtually no fish available during April- tailed and Leach’s Storm-petrels; and BOEM) conducted in conjunction with May, relying instead on invertebrate Double-crested, Red-faced, and Pelagic NOAA and the Kachemak Bay National prey such as copepods and polychaetes. Cormorants (Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Estuary Research Reserve in Lower Unusual behavior during chick- P. urile, and P. auritus). Cook Inlet (authors Martin Renner, rearing, including foraging trips of Nora Rojek also conducted seabird Kathy Kuletz, and Liz Labunski; unprecedented distance and duration, coastline surveys in late July and available at: https://www.boem. reflected changing conditions in the August in the eastern Aleutians, based gov/2017-011/). The report summarizes northern Gulf of Alaska. off the AMNWR’S research vessel surveys conducted 2012-2016, as well the M/V Tiglax. The surveys included as maps of historic seabird data for the PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND completion of (started region. Sam Stark has completed fieldwork in 2016), as well as all islands east of Seabird research and monitoring for his thesis with Dan Roby at Oregon Unalaska to Unimak Pass (Krenitzin continued on Middleton Island in 2017, State University. His research, which is islands). Additional survey crew conducted by an international team funded by the National Fish and Wildlife members included Jeff Williams and from Canada, France, and the United Foundation and the Exxon Valdez Oil Aaron Christ (AMNWR), Dean States. The work was overseen by Kyle Spill Trustee Council, is part of a long Kildaw, Barry Sampson, Deb Rudis, Elliott (McGill University), Sarah -term effort organized by David Irons Judy Alderson, and Steve Holtzman Leclaire (Universite Paul Sabatier, to restore the nesting populations of (USFWS). Toulouse, France), Morgan Benowitz- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) Fredericks (Bucknell University), in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Sam’s GULF OF ALASKA Vicki Friesen (Queen’s University), project aims to evaluate the effect of At East Amatuli Island, Arthur Shoshanah Jacobs (University of removal of introduced mink (Mustela Kettle (AMNWR) installed time-lapse Guelph), and Scott Hatch (Institute for vison) on guillemot abundance and cameras for season-long monitoring Seabird Research and Conservation). nesting success at the Naked Island of Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa The Middleton project was fortunate Group.

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ALASKA PENINSULA California. The program has used boat- Department of Agriculture, Forest Nora Rojek coordinated long-term based transects in the coastal waters of Service, Pacific Northwest Research seabird demography monitoring for this area since 2000 to monitor murrelets. Station. Martin Raphael and Teresa Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Other seabird species are also recorded. Lorenz also completed an analysis Refuge [AMNWR] at Chowiet Island, In 2017, surveys on the outer coast of and manuscript on Marbled Murrelet Semidis group, off the coast of the Alaska Washington were led by Scott Pearson productivity and density data from Peninsula. The summer-long field crew, and Monique Lance (Washington surveys completed in the San Juan Stacie Evans, and Dan Schultz, worked Department of Fish and Wildlife) and Islands, WA, 1995 to 2012. with several species including Common Oregon and California surveys were Lora Leschner reports that the Pacific and Thick-billed Murres (Uria aalge and led by Craig Strong (Crescent Coastal Bird Habitat Joint Venture has expanded U. lomvia), Rhinoceros and Parakeet Research). Other contributors to the to include all of the US controlled Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata and monitoring program are Jim Baldwin territories in the Pacific. Partners can Aethia psittacula), Horned and Tufted and Nels Johnson (US Forest Service now apply for North America Wetland PuffinsFratercula ( corniculata and [USFS]), Kim Nelson (Oregon State Act grants (NAWCA) plus receive help F. cirrhata), Black-legged Kittiwake University), Deanna Lynch (USFWS), on habitat protection or restoration (Rissa tridactyla), Glaucous-winged Martin Raphael, Teresa Lorenz projects. See www.pacificbirds.org for Gull (Larus glaucescens), and Northern (USFS), and Rich Young (USFWS). more information. Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). Many seasonal technicians made Scott Pearson (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife), Tom Good (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), and Peter Hodum (University of Puget Sound and Oikonos) continued their long-term study of reproductive success patterns of Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) at Protection (eleventh year) and Destruction (ninth year) Islands, Washington. Dietary studies were conducted during the early and late chick-rearing stages on both islands. Preliminary analyses of burrow occupancy and fledging success suggest that occupancy was comparable to long-term averages at Destruction Island but markedly lower at Protection Island, possibly related to the adult mass Rhinoceros Auklet. Photo credit: David Pereksta mortality event that occurred during the 2016 breeding season. Fledging success WASHINGTON & the population surveys possible. Bill on both islands was comparable to long- McIver (USFWS) now coordinates the term averages. Diet on Protection Island OREGON program. was similar to previous years but differed Compiled by Peter Hodum Martin Raphael, Gary Falxa significantly from the historically poor (USFWS), and Alan Burger (University provisioning of 2016. In addition to WASHINGTON of Victoria) completed a major synthesis the Rhinoceros Auklet study, they also The Marbled Murrelet Effectiveness of research pertaining to the Marbled expanded their conservation research Monitoring Program continued at- Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) program on Tufted PuffinsFratercula ( sea surveys for Marbled Murrelets in the Northwest Forest Plan area: cirrhata), focusing on mapping of active (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in 2017 Raphael, M.G., G.A. Falxa, and A.E. breeding burrows on Protection, Smith in Washington, Oregon, and California. Burger. In press. Chapter 5 – Marbled and Destruction islands and breeding The goal is to estimate Marbled Murrelet Murrelet. In: Spies, T.A., Stine, P.A. season monitoring and foraging ecology populations and trends and to evaluate Synthesis of Science to Inform Land of puffins on Destruction Island. the effectiveness of the Northwest Forest Management Within the Northwest The Coastal Observation and Seabird Plan in conserving murrelets from the Forest Plan Area. Gen. Tech. Rep. Survey Team (COASST) had a busy Canada–Washington border to central PNW-GTR-XXX. Portland, OR: U.S. year! Since the fall of 2016 COASST

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 51 REGIONAL REPORTS has documented three unusual mortality conducted a coastal aerial survey of was slightly depressed in comparison events: Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca California Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus to previous years; however, murres monocerata) in Puget Sound, Strait of occidentalis californicus) on 25-26 returned to nest at several historical Juan de Fuca and the northern outer coast September 2017. The 2017 survey colony sites (particularly Three Arch of Washington; Puffins and Crested area included from Smith River, Del Rocks area) that had not been attended Auklets (Aethia cristatella) on the Norte County, northern California the last ten years. in the Bering Sea; and to Willoughby Rock, Grays Harbor Tim Halloran (USFWS volunteer) Tubenoses (Short-tailed Shearwaters, County, central Washington. We and Shawn W. Stephensen of the Puffinus tenuirostris and Northern included all bays, rocks, reefs, islands, Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Fulmars, Fulmarus glacialis) in the coastal beaches, and waters up to Complex conducted a population status Chukchi and Bering Seas. COASST 0.5 mile offshore. The aircraft used assessment of Tufted PuffinFratercula ( survey data combined with anecdotal was a fixed-wing Cessna 182, FAA cirrhata) at Haystack Rock, Cannon reports documented approximately 950, registration number N5VE, operated Beach which is within the Oregon 350 and 1,200 carcasses respectively for by Inter-State Aviation pilot Brian Islands National Wildlife Refuge. The these events. In partnership with tribal, Elfers from Pullman, Washington. project also included a pilot study to state, federal and NGOs, COASST Survey flight altitude ranged from 60 evaluate the feasibility of monitoring continues to gather all of the relevant to 245 meters above ground level and additional reproductive parameters at physical and biological data, ranging aircraft speed ranged from 145 to 210 the island, such as breeding phenology from records of sea-surface temperature km/h. A Global Positioning System and data collection success from shore- to measures of zooplankton/forage fish recorded the flight track of the aircraft based vantage points. The number of abundance and composition, to explore throughout the entire survey. A total of Tufted Puffins present at Haystack Rock the causal mechanisms of these events 3,866 individual pelicans were counted was documented during 2010-2017 by and the effects they may be having on in 2017, in comparison to counts during conducting instantaneous counts of breeding population size. 2001 to 2016 that resulted in a range birds on the land, water, and in the air COASST data were used this year of 3,416 to 18,769. Technicians under at 15 minute intervals. The daily mean in the following publication: Jones, the direction of Dan Roby (Oregon counts were 42, 33, 13, 35, 22, 21, and T., Parrish, J.K., Punt, A.E., Trainer, State University [OSU]) counted 2,265 23 birds during 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, V.L., Kudela, R., Lang, J., Brancato, pelicans on East Sand Island from a boat 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively. M.S., Odell, A. and Hickey, B., 2017. 50-75 meters offshore, whereas USFWS Burrow occupancy was determined and Mass mortality of marine birds in the counted 2,300 from the air. East Sand the annual breeding population estimate Northeast Pacific caused by Akashiwo Island continues to be the site of the was calculated based on the number of sanguinea. Marine Ecology Progress largest congregation of pelicans during viable occupied burrows. We estimated Series, 579, pp.111-127. the summer on the Oregon coast. the Tufted Puffin breeding population Jennifer Lang (Seattle Audubon) is Shawn Stephensen and Jennifer (individual birds) at Haystack Rock to actively managing three community Nelson of the Oregon Coast National be 127 in 2010, 115 in 2011, 92 in 2012, and citizen science programs hosted Wildlife Refuge Complex conducted 143 in 2013, 125 in 2014, 121 in 2015, by Seattle Audubon, including the an aerial seabird colony survey on 21 and 124 in 2016. We have not completed Puget Sound Seabird Survey (PSSS), a and 22 June 2017 that included the 2017 data analysis, however, initial program established in 2007 designed entire Oregon coast. The aircraft used data review indicate 40 to 50 puffins to enumerate wintering seabirds using was a Bell Jet Ranger III helicopter appeared to have nested. We also the nearshore (within 300 m) marine operated by Mike Everette (Northwest documented many negative interactions environment in Puget Sound. In 2018, Helicopters). Total flight time was with gulls and disturbances by eagles, PSSS will be expanding it’s range to approximately 10 hours. All Common as well as interesting social behaviors northern Puget Sound and the San Juan Murre (Uria aalge), Brandt’s between puffins. Islands, and will be developing an oil (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), Pelagic Joe Liebezeit, Amelia O’Connor spill response plan thanks to a generous Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), (Audubon Society of Portland), and grant from the Environmental Protection and Double-crested Cormorant Jennifer Nelson (USFWS Intern) Agency through the Washington (Phalacrocorax auritus) colonies were conducted a community science Department of Fish and Wildlife. photographed using digital cameras seabird monitoring project within and birds were counted on the digital the Cape Perpetua and Cape Falcon OREGON images utilizing GIS computer Marine Reserves. With the help of 26 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service software. Thousands of digital images volunteers, breeding productivity for (USFWS) wildlife biologists Shawn were organized and archived for future Brandt’s (Phalacrocorax penicillatus; Stephensen and Mike Szumski reference. Colony attendance by murres BRAC), Pelagic (P. pelagicus; PECO),

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agencies by regular uploading to online portals; and (iii) Provide data products, analyses, and reports that summarize and communicate analyses to BOEM and the general public to support incorporation of marine bird abundance and distribution into planning processes and risk assessment of renewable energy siting and decisions. Amanda Gladics (OSU), Ed Melvin (Washington Sea Grant), Rob Suryan (OSU), Tom Good, Jason Jannot (NOAA), and Troy Guy (Washington Sea Grant) completed their research and outreach project to develop fishery- specific solutions to seabird bycatch in California, Oregon and Washington longline fishery for sablefish Brandt’s Cormorant. Photo credit: David Pereksta (Anoplopoma fimbria). Their research findings were recently published in and Double-crested (P. auritus; at Yaquina Head and Haystack Rock Fisheries Research, and could frame DCCO) Cormorants and abundance see Seabird Colony Monitoring annual forthcoming policy. The U.S. Fish and of Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca reports at http://audubonportland.org/ Wildlife Service incorporated these monocerata; RHAU) and Pigeon issues/community-science. findings into a Biological Opinion that Guillemots (Cepphus columba; PIGU) The Bureau of Ocean Energy will soon trigger new federal regulations were documented. Monitoring sites Management (BOEM), Department of to protect the endangered Short-tailed were in high-use tourist areas, including the Interior (DOI), and the U.S. Fish Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) in Heceta Head, Sea Lion Caves and and Wildlife Service Pacific Region West Coast longline fisheries. The team Haystack Rock, where information was (USFWS), have completed an agreement will be developing a short outreach provided to the public about Oregon’s to secure proper data management publication about the research findings marine reserves, seabird ecology, and and obtain data synthesis of long-term and albatross bycatch avoidance best conservation. At Cape Perpetua, five aerial seabird colony data (photographs) practices and will distribute it to all plots (66 nests: BRAC=52, PECO=4, collected at breeding sites surveyed sablefish permit holders this winter. DCCO=10) on five separate cormorant by USFWS Oregon Coast National Rob Suryan, Stephanie Loredo, colonies, and RHAU and PIGU counts Wildlife Refuge Complex (OCNWRC) Jane Dolliver, Ana Paula Medina in the Sea Lion Caves were conducted and Washington Maritime National Roman, Jessica Porquez (OSU), and once a week during the breeding Wildlife Refuge Complex (WMNWRC) Isabel Justiniano (Environment for period. Using a 25 day fledging period, along the Oregon and Washington the Americas, Intern) conducted studies 51 chicks (BRAC=30, PECO=0, coasts. The specific objectives are: (i) of Common Murres (Uria aalge) and DCCO=21) fledged from monitored Secure seabird colony count legacy data Pelagic and Brandt’s Cormorants cormorant nests. Sea Lion Cave counts collected from 1972 to the present by (Phalacrocorax pelgicus and P. yielded a low estimate of breeding converting film slides to digital images, penicillatus) at the Yaquina Head colony pairs using the cave, 109 individual and cataloging, archiving, and counting in Newport, OR. This is the eleventh PIGU adults and 19 individual RHAU birds on aerial images of seabird colonies consecutive year of collaborative studies adults were the maximum counts. to estimate colony site populations at this site among OSU, the Bureau of Chicks were rarely sighted, though six by species. Slide processing will be Land Management, and the U.S. Fish different PIGU chicks were observed. conducted by Oregon State University and Wildlife Service. For the third At Cape Falcon, 46 cormorant nests personnel (Kirsten Bixler and Jess consecutive time in the 15-year time (BRAC=17, PECO=16, DCCO=13) in Porquez) under supervision of Shawn series, murres experienced reproductive four plots were monitored weekly. These W. Stephensen and Erin Stockenberg failure. Reproductive success for nests fledged 48 chicks (BRAC=18, (USFWS); (ii) Develop and populate a murres during the past 6 years (2011- PECO=10, DCCO=20). For more database that will make data available 2016; 0-27%) has been greatly reduced information on these monitoring results to the scientific community, the compared to prior years (2007-2010; 54- and comparisons to control colonies general public, and other government 77%).

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Rob Suryan, Rachael Orben, extending west from Newport, Oregon. tagging, research vessel-based transect Stephanie Loredo, Don Lyons (OSU), In collaboration with scientists from sampling, colony visits, beached bird and Josh Adams (U.S. Geological the NOAA Northwest and Southwest surveys, focal individual behavioral Survey) continued a project with Fisheries Science Centers and the observations, and tracking data analysis. funding from the Bureau of Ocean Farallon Institute, Michael Force A protocol framework for Brandt’s Energy Management to use individual (Farallon Institute) conducted seabird Cormorants (Phalacrocorax tracking to characterize resident and surveys throughout the southern and penicillatus) and Common Murres (Uria migrant seabird distribution and three northern California Current System. aalge) in the California Current System dimensional movement patterns during Rob Suryan, Amanda Gladics, Dan (CCS) was prepared by Bill Bridgeland winter, night, and inclement weather Roby (OSU), Roberta Swift (Migratory (USFWS), Nadav Nur (Point Blue), for species off Oregon. Stephanie Birds and Habitat Program, USFWS), Steve Holzman, Roberta Swift and Loredo’s MS thesis from this project is Shawn Stephensen, Bill Bridgeland, Kevin Kilbride (USFWS) with input titled “Three-dimensional habitat use and Jess Porquez continued to develop from a long list of cooperators, reviewers, of common murres off the northern and test non-invasive population and USFWS staff from California, California Current Ecosystem”. The monitoring techniques for burrow- Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, and project also involves some integration nesting seabirds. The approach combines biologists from . Its of ship-based surveys. The team simultaneous data collection using completion and approval is expected by tracked Common Murres (Uria aalge), remote cameras and acoustic recorders the end of the 2017. The sampling design Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis), and in long deployments up to an entire will allow both large scale (CCS-wide) continued to track Pacific Loons Gavia( breeding season. During 2017, the group and local inference on population trends pacifica) with Joel Schmutz (USGS). deployed equipment at Goat Island, and distribution of both species. This Shawn Stephensen, Bill Bridgland, and near Brookings, Oregon for a fourth was the first demonstration project by crew from the Oregon Coast National season, and Saddle Island for a second the USFWS’s Pacific Seabird Program, Wildlife Refuge Complex (OCNWRC, season. This project is in partnership which was recently established to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) with Matthew McKown and Abram coordinate seabird survey efforts among collaborated in deploying instruments Fleishman (Conservation Metrics). federal, state, and NGO partners to on Common Murres and gulls along the Analysis comparing and assessing the assess range-wide status and trends for Oregon coast. Western Gulls are being use of these multiple survey methods at seabirds. Steve Holzman (USFWS) was tracked with solar power GPS/GSM tags both locations is in progress. hired as the program’s Data Manager and gulls are currently still using areas Don Lyons, Kirsten Bixler (OSU), and is currently working on a number from Cape Mendocino, CA to Willapa Tim Lawes (OSU), and Rob Suryan of priority data management projects, Bay, WA. Western Gull studies included initiated a pilot effort to create a nest including leading a data management collecting bacterial and contaminate box colony of Pigeon Guillemots working group to help draft the CCS samples for a collaboration with Scott (Cepphus columba) underneath the ship protocol framework, developing Shaffer, Hillary Young (U.C. Santa operations dock at the Hatfield Marine seabird colony catalog online mappers, Barbara), and Corey Clatterbuck (San Science Center for education, outreach, and identifying and documenting Diego State University / U.C. Davis). and research purposes in 2016. In 2017, a seabird databases to include in a Alayna Lawson (OSU pair of guillemots laid 2 eggs and raised centralized database system planned for Undergraduate), and Don Lyons one chick in one of the nest boxes. A development during Fiscal Year 2018. monitored Western Gulls (Larus live video feed was available (http:// occidentalis) at the Cleft-in-the-Rock webcam.oregonstate.edu/pigu). colony south of Yachats, Oregon, Don Lyons and Renee Albertson at the Yaquina Head colony, and on (OSU) continued spring introductory various buildings in Newport, Oregon. and summer immersive courses on Nest success and the average number marine and estuarine birds. The fall of fledglings produced per nest were course on behavior and physiology highest on buildings in Newport, with methods was modified to a hybrid poorest success at Yaquina Head. format including a week at Hatfield Rob Suryan and Jess Porquez (OSU) and then the remainder of the course continued coordinating vessel based conducted online. All courses are taught at-sea surveys of seabird distribution at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science off Oregon. The research areas include Center in Newport, Oregon, and include the Newport Hydrographic Line, an several types of experiential learning, oceanographic cross shelf sampling line such as seabird capture, banding, and

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NORTHERN continued more than 2 years after the University) to compare the foraging spill. Most detections were made in ecology of Western Gulls along CALIFORNIA central California at Pillar Point Harbor; California and Oregon. Compiled by Anna Weinstein several were found as far north as Scott Shaffer and Greg Taylor the Columbia River mouth, OR. For are wrapping up a project with Josh Deborah Jaques (Pacific Eco Logic), the most part, pelicans appeared and Ackerman (USGS) to examine the Kyra Mills (Oiled Wildlife Care behaved like the wild population except effects of mercury contamination on Network [OWCN]), Christine Fiorello for a lag in molt and expression of less the egg attendance behavior of Forster’s (OWCN), and Michael Ziccardi gular pouch color approaching the Terns (Sterna forsteri) in San Francisco (University of California Davis) breeding season, possibly indicating Bay. Finally, Scott is collaborating with completed field work in August 2017 lingering spill effects on internal organs. Olivier Chastel, Pierre Blevin, Henri with assistance from citizen scientist, A draft manuscript is in review. Weimerskirch, Fredric Angelier, Barton Selby, for their study of post- Scott Shaffer and his new student and Christophe Barbraud of Centre spill survival and field condition of the Cole Jower, are continuing research National de Recherche Scientifique California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus with Russell Bradley, Pete Warzybok, - Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de occidentalis californicus) following the and Jamie Jahncke of Point Blue Chize (CNRS-CEBC) in France to 2015 Refugio Beach Oil Spill Incident Conservation Science at the Farallon examine egg attendance behavior and (RBOS). This study is a companion to Islands to examine the foraging and contaminants in high latitude species. an electronic tracking study conducted breeding ecology of Western Gulls Researchers from H.T. Harvey & by OWCN and Clemson University (Larus occidentalis) and Rhinoceros Associates, University of California researchers (Juliet Lamb, Patrick Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) . Santa Cruz, Point Blue Conservation Jodice, and Yvan Satge). Searches This research is part of a larger Science, Oikonos-Ecosystem for tagged birds took place from Baja project with Sue Cockerham, Cleber Knowledge, National Marine Fisheries California, Mexico to Grays Harbor, Ouvnery (San Jose State University), Service and National Oceanic and WA. More than 50% of the 42 pelicans Rob Suryan, Leigh Torres, Amanda Atmospheric Administration (NOAA rehabilitated and released from the Gladics, Rachael Orben (Oregon State )Sanctuaries are synthesizing ~40 RBOS incident were detected alive at University), Hillary Young (University years of data on prey availability, non-breeding communal roosts 1-year of California Santa Barbara), Josh seabird diet and population dynamics post spill, and high field encounter rates Adams, Emma Kelsey (USGS), and for Common Murres (Uria aalge), with color banded post-spill pelicans Corey Clatterbuck (San Diego State Brandt’s Cormorants (Phalacrocorax

Laysan Albatrosses. Photo credit: David Pereksta

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 55 REGIONAL REPORTS penicillatus), and Rhinoceros Auklets may have contributed to the highly now in development for Pacific herring (Cerorhinca monocerata) in waters off productive season observed in 2017. in California. Audubon, the Pew Trusts, central California. This project is funded Brandt’s Cormorants (Phalacrocorax and other NGOs are collaborating to by NOAA. Projects underway include penicillatus) were present at the highest advocate for precautionary management “Environmental conditions and prey- level ever observed in the time series and of northern anchovy on the west coast. switching by a seabird predator impacts had reproductive success well above the Management attention on northern juvenile salmon survival” conducted by long-term mean (1995-2016). Monitoring anchovy is ongoing in 2017-2018 at the Brian Wells, Jarrod Santora, Mark of disturbance to the cormorant colony Pacific Fishery Management Council. Henderson, Pete Warzybok, Jaime showed the lowest rate of disturbance Don Lyons, Adam Peck- Jahncke, Russ Bradley, David Huff, since 2006, most of which was caused Richardson, and Alexa Piggott (OSU) Isaac Schroeder, Pete Nelson, John by military aircraft and recreational joined a large-scale oceanographic Field, and David Ainley; “Impacts fisherman in small boats. The Western research project along the central of El Niño on adult Chinook Salmon Gull (Larus occidentalis) breeding California coast and deployed prototype (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the population declined to low levels, telemetry tags on Brandt’s Cormorants Gulf of the Farallones” conducted by however their productivity was also well (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) that Pete Adams, David Ainley, and Peter above the long-term mean (1999-2016). integrated sensors to measure pressure Nelson; “Ecosystem-based management Pelagic Cormorants (Phalacrocorax (depth), temperature, and conductivity affecting Brandt’s Cormorant resources pelagicus) did not nest on the Island (salinity). Dive data were geolocated and populations in the central California for the fourth consecutive year and the using Global Positioning System (GPS) Current region” conducted by David few nesting pairs of California Gulls technology and transmitted to a database Ainley, Jarrod Santora, Phil Capitolo, (Larus californicus) were unsuccessful using Global System for Mobile John Field, Jessie Beck, Ryan Carle, in fledging chicks. Only two Black Communication (GSM) technology. Erica Donnelly-Greenan, Gerry Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) This effort was funded by the Office of Chesney, Meredith Elliott, Russ pairs nested on Alcatraz in 2017, down Naval Research and initial results have Bradley, Kirsten Lindquist, Peter from three pairsthe previous year. Video provided promising characterization of Nelson, Jan Roletto, Peter Warzybok, cameras were used for the third year to bathymetry in the region. Michelle Hester, and Jaime Jahncke; monitor reproductive success and diet of and, “Prey switching and consumption Pigeon Guillemots (Cepphus columba). by seabirds in the California Current Anna Weinstein (Audubon SOUTHERN upwelling ecosystem: implications for California) and Laurie Harvey (Sutil forage fish management” conducted by Conservation Ecology) continued CALIFORNIA Pete Warzybok, Jarrod Santora, Russ statewide coordination and data Compiled by André F Raine Bradley, David Ainley, John Field, management for Black Oystercatcher Phil Capitolo, Ryan Carle, Jessie Beck, (Haematopus bachmani) productivity Annette Henry continues to Meredith Elliott, Gerry McChesney, studies from Mendocino through San work with the National Oceanic & Michelle Hester, and Jaime Jahncke. Luis Obispo counties. From 2012- Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) H.T. Harvey & Associates, Ecological 2016, between 50-110 individuals have Fisheries’ National Seabird Program Consultants, Inc. and Shearwater conducted weekly seasonal surveys which is tasked to (1) monitor and reduce Expeditions (Deborah Shearwater) tracking nest success (through fledge seabird bycatch in US Fisheries, (2) are summarizing data from 7 major, or failure) of 85-130 pairs of birds. support global efforts to reduce seabird regional aerial and vessel surveys plus Participating organizations and agencies interactions with international fisheries, 1,150 citizen science pelagic trips, from include several State Park units, and (3) promote the importance of 1976-2015, to determine population the Bureau of Land Management’s seabirds as ecosystem indicators as size and dynamics, and distribution California Coastal National Monument, a vital component of healthy ocean of Ashy Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge, and habitats. She is continuing to study the homochroa) in the California Current four Audubon chapters. Audubon and migration energetics of Eared Grebes region. NGO marine conservation partners (Podiceps nigricollis). Heather Robinson (Farallon Institute) at Oceana, Pew Trusts, Earthjustice, Jeff Davis, Phil Capitolo, Dave and Tori Seher (National Park Service, and Ocean Conservancy collaborated Lewis, Peter Gaede, Mike Parker, and Golden Gate National Recreation Area) to protect forage fish including Pacific Glenn Ford (University of California, continued the long-term monitoring of herring (Clupea pallasii) and northern Santa Cruz; Breck Tyler, Principal breeding seabird colonies on Alcatraz anchovy (Engraulis mordax). Audubon Investigator) continue to conduct aerial Island in San Francisco Bay. Favorable and Oceana are formal advisors to the surveys of marine birds and mammals ocean conditions and prey availability state on for the fishery management plan over California continental shelf waters

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 56 REGIONAL REPORTS under contract with Holly Gellerman project using radar were published between Hawaiian island populations. of the California Department of Fish in Condor (Raine et al. 2017, Condor A paper was also published on the and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention 119:405-415), revealing a dramatic breeding phenology of Band-rumped and Response. The surveys are designed decline (between 1993 and 2013) of Storm-petrel on Kaua’i and Lehua Islet to collect baseline distribution and 78% in overall numbers of Hawaiian (Raine et al. 2017, Marine Ornithology abundance data and maintain rapid- Petrels and a 94% decline overall in 45:73-82). response capabilities for oil spills. numbers of Newell’s Shearwaters. Most Marc Travers, Angela Stamen, (92%) radar sites showed significant Adam Elzinga, and André Raine declines of Newell’s Shearwaters (Kaua’i Endangered Seabird Recovery H AWAI’I across the entire survey period, as did Project) continue to investigate seabird Compiled by André F Raine 62% of sites for Hawaiian Petrels. To take through power line collisions on counter these declines, a number of Kaua’i. Using acoustic monitoring of K. David Hyrenbach continues to conservation initiatives continue to run power line collisions, direct observations conduct research at the Pelagicos Lab on Kauai. Long-term predator control of seabird collisions and dead birds of Hawaii Pacific University, which and seabird monitoring continues at under wires, our data indicate that power involves different aspects of seabird Upper Limahuli Preserve and five sites line collisions are the single greatest foraging, including the diet, plastic in Hono o Na Pali NAR, with intensive documented source of mortality for ingestion, stable isotopic levels, and cat, rat, pig, and introduced Barn Owl Newell’s Shearwaters (Puffinus newelli) the concentrations of other pollutants (Tyto alba) control. A translocation and Hawaiian Petrels (Pterodroma in seabird tissues. Pelagicos recently project for Newell’s Shearwater and sandwichensis) on Kaua’i. Working published two papers quantifying Hawaiian Petrel entered its third year, with funding from the Kaua’i Island plastic ingestion in Hawaiian seabirds with 18 Newell’s Shearwater and 20 Utility Co-operative (KIUC), the team via necropsy (Rapp et al. 2017, Marine Hawaiian Petrel being translocated in has been developing a number of ways Pollution Bulletin 123: 269-278) and 2017 from mountain colonies to the to reduce these collisions, including the the dissection of albatross boluses predator proof fence at Nihoku (Kilauea creation of laser fences at key collision (Hyrenbach et al. 2017, Marine Point NWR) as part of a multi-partner hot spots (to create a visual barrier for Ornithology 45: 225–236), working project including KESRP, Pacific birds to fly over power lines) as well with colleagues from the Oikonos – Rim Conservation, American Bird as looking at bird diverters, removal Ecosystem Knowledge, the U.S. Fish Conservancy, National Fish and Wildlife of the top power lines and the potential and Wildlife Service, the State of Hawaii Foundation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife for relocation or realignment of existing Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Service, Hawaii DLNR (Department lines. A study using eObs data loggers U.S. Geological Survey. Other research of Land and Natural Resources), and downloading stations on both avenues involve ongoing monitoring Pacific Studies Co-operative Unit, and species in mountain colonies was also of Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna National Tropical Botanical Garden. undertaken to create an understanding pacifica) reproductive success and fallout KESRP also continues to undertake of key flight routes, flight heights and during the fledging season. Current seabird monitoring on Lehua Islet, with timings of arrivals and departures of graduate student projects focus on Red- annual albatross counts, song meters breeding individuals at colonies to footed (Sula sula) diet (Sarah targeting endangered seabirds and 75 help guide powerline minimization Donahue), Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma permanent seabird plots focusing on initiatives. hypoleuca) plastic ingestion (Lauren ground nesting seabirds. In conjunction Lindsay Young and Eric Fraser), and Christmas Shearwater with Rachel Sprague of Pulama Lanai, VanderWerf (Pacific Rim (Puffinus nativitatis) diet and diving KESRP has also continued in its third Conservation [PRC]) just completed behavior. year of monitoring the Hawaiian Petrel the third and final year of translocating André Raine, Megan Vynne, Scott colonies of the island of Lanai, using Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria Driskill and the rest of the team from the a combination of song meters, burrow immutabilis) chicks into the predator Kaua’i Endangered Seabird Recovery checks, auditory surveys and burrow free area at James Campbell National Project (KESRP) continued a number of cameras. Lastly, as part of its on-going Wildlife Refuge (JCNWR). The long running conservation and research work with Band-rumped Storm-petrels, Laysan Albatross translocation was programs on the island of Kaua’i, focused KESRP obtained blood samples from accomplished using eggs laid on a military on Newell’s Shearwater (Puffinus over 40 storm-petrels captured at a runway on Kauai that were brought to newelli), Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma colony on the Na Pali coast as part Oahu, hatched, and then hand-raised sandwichensis), and Band-rumped of a MSc study by Carmen Antaky at James Campbell National Wildlife Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma castro). (Research Corporation of the University Refuge until they fledged. Out of the Results from a long-term monitoring of Hawaii) to assess genetic differences 50 chicks translocated, 46 successfully

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 57 REGIONAL REPORTS fledged. As part of our new initiative, tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) average of 10,000 km per month. “no net loss,” they are attempting to at Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve In mid-July 2017, U.S. Fish and create equal amounts of predator-free on Oahu Island, monitoring and threat Wildlife Service Region 1 Inventory high island habitat to match what is control for Red-tailed Tropicbirds and Monitoring Program conducted currently being lost to erosion and sea (Phaethon rubricauda) on Oahu Island, a 3-day workshop in Honolulu with level rise in the Northwestern Hawaiian and monitoring nesting success of approximately 40 seabird scientists Islands. This not only involves fencing seabirds on Lehua Islet. from throughout the U.S. Tropical and predator removal, but bringing The Save Our Shearwaters (SOS) Pacific (USTP; main HI islands to species immediately threatened by sea Program, coordinated by Tracy American Samoa) to support the level rise to these new sites. As part Anderson, handled a total of 474 birds development of a seabird monitoring of that initiative, in 2017, 15 Black- in 2016; 317 of these were seabirds. Of manual and gap analysis report; Pacific footed Albatrosses (BFAL, Phoebastria the seabirds, 116 (37%) were individuals Rim Conservation is the contractor nigripes) from Midway Atoll were listed as threatened or endangered (T&E) hired with R1 I&M funds to support the translocated to JCNWR to create a new species under the Endangered Species workshop and to develop the gap analysis high-island colony of the species. The Act (ESA) of 1973 and/or the State of report and monitoring manual. The gap team will continue BFAL translocations Hawai‘i’s HRS 195D. Of these T&E analysis report included the sites at which for up to four years with the aim of species, 113 (97% of the listed birds) seabirds were being monitored, and how translocating 100 chicks. In 2018, were Newell’s Shearwaters (NESH, they were being monitored so gaps in they plan to bring both Bonin Petrels Puffinus newelli), two were Hawaiian coverage can be identified by species (Pterodroma hypoleuca) and Tristram’s Petrels (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and and site. Two reports, the results of the Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma tristrami) one was a Band-rumped Storm-Petrel gap analysis, and a species monitoring to the same site. (Oceanodroma castro). The release rate protocols manual for seabirds in the PRC continues to work with partners of all three listed seabirds that were USTP (building upon work by Citta et at the Kauai Endangered Seabird received alive was 93.6%. The Band- al. 2007) will be finalized in early 2018. Recovery Project, USFWS and the rumped Storm Petrel was a recapture - a Midway Atoll National Wildlife American Bird Conservancy at Kilauea bird that had been grounded, collected Refuge biologists Meg Duhr-Schultz Point National Wildlife Refuge on and banded by the SOS program 2 years and Kelly Goodale (MANWR, Kauai. Since 2015, PRC has removed previously. It had a full brood patch, USFWS), Matthew McKown, Sarah all predators from within a predator was in good health and was released Youngren, Daniel Rapp, Abram proof fenced area and translocated the following day. An adult Newell’s Fleishman (Conservation Metrics) and 50 Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma Shearwater picked up on 27 July 2016 Roberta Swift (Migratory Birds and sandwichensis) chicks and 24 Newell’s was found to be a recapture banded by Habitat Programs, USFWS) completed Shearwater (Puffinus newelli) chicks to the SOS program in 2001 as a fledgling. the final year in a two-year study in 2015 establish a new, predator-free breeding Six grounded fledgling NESH that to test acoustic recorders as a survey colony of both species. Translocations at were turned into the SOS program were method for Bonin Petrels (Pterodroma that site are expected to be ongoing for also fitted with satellite tags as part of hypoleuca) with support from USFWS the next five years. a larger study with André Raine and Refuge Inventory and Monitoring PCR also partnered with Oikonos and Megan Vynne of the Kauai Endangered Division. Development of acoustic the U.S. Marines and will be utilizing Seabird Recovery Project, that included recorders as a survey tool for Bonin social attraction techniques (e.g., decoys tagging 6 pre-fledged nestlings and Petrels would enable Refuge staff to and audio) and habitat management to 2 adults from the Upper Limahuli more efficiently survey petrels with less relocate a portion of a Red-footed Booby Preserve. The SOS birds chosen were damage to burrows and habitat. (Sula sula) colony that currently nests considered “same day” releases that had Scott Shaffer (San Jose State inside an active firing range to two areas little to no rehabilitative intervention. University) is continuing to study located outside the impact area of the All of the fledglings from both study the foraging ecology of Laysan Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility. groups headed to the same location (Phoebastria immutabilis) and Black- PCR will be working with partners to southwest of the main Hawaiian footed Albatrosses (P. nigripes) measure the effectiveness of the social Islands. A grounded Hawaiian Petrel from Midway Atoll (in collaboration attraction array (through cameras and (Pterodroma sandwichensis) adult that with Lesley Thorne of Stony Brook GPS tracking) and whether birds are had collided with powerlines was also University and Leigh Torres, Rachael visiting the social attraction site. Finally, tracked as part of the same study. The Orben, and Rob Suryan at Oregon PCR will continue long-term monitoring bird spent 5 days in rehabilitative care. State University). and research on Laysan Albatrosses After release it was tracked for a period Kathleen Misajon from Hawai’i (Phoebastria immutabilis) and Wedge- of 159 days in which the bird flew an Volcanoes National Park reports that

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distribution of some species of “forage fish” (especially sand lance, Ammodytes spp.) resulted in major changes in the distribution of staging terns in 2017 compared to prior years (with more birds spending more time to the west of Cape Cod, rather than on the outer and northern parts of the Cape), again demonstrating the importance of doing long-term population ecology studies. Samantha Richman (U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecosystems Research Center) is currently developing a report on potential restoration actions that will benefit sea ducks injured in coastal oils spills for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program. The report has compiled the topics Roseate Tern. Photo credit: David Pereksta discussed during a Special Session at the 6th International Sea Duck Conference Hawaiian Petrel (‘Ua’u, Pterodroma he has been focusing on temporal held in Tiburon, CA in February 2016. sandwichensis) monitoring continues for and geographic variation in the use Sam is currently developing a pilot a second season following completion of staging sites in the “Cape [Cod] & project for San Francisco Bay to enhance of a cat barrier fence around a major Islands” area of southeastern MA by food resources for wintering sea ducks. colony. There has been no evidence of Hatch Year (HY) and adult ROSTs Richard Veit continues his work cat presence inside, and final nest checks (especially non-breeding adults) given with Lesley Thorne and Matthew for the 2017 season were conducted in 3-character plastic field-readable (PFR) Fuirst (Stony Brook University) on late fall. bands at 10 colony sites spanning the foraging and tracking of Herring Cathleen Bailey from Haleakala entire breeding range from Connecticut (Larus argentatus) and Great Black- National Park (HALE) reports that to Nova Scotia. Funding from the Cape backed Gulls (L. marinus) in New HALE is continuing its long-term nest Cod National Seashore in 2014 and 2015 York and Massachusetts. With monitoring, with final checks in fall supported both the long-term “variation Lucinda Zawadzki, now at Oxford, 2017. In addition, the park is working in staging site use” work that Jeff has he is studying vagrancy and population on a predator control plan that uses been doing and two MSc. projects by growth of Lesser Black-backed Gulls adaptive management and updated Melissa Althouse (State University of (L. fuscus). He is beginning offshore trapping techniques. New York) and Kayla Davis (Virginia surveys of pelagic birds off North and Tech University) both of whom are in South Carolina for the Bureau of Ocean the process of writing up chapters of Energy Management as a subcontract NON-PACIFIC their respective theses for publication. from the Biodiveristy Research Institute Jeff spent 68 days from mid-July to the in Maine. UNITED STATES end of September conducting fieldwork Compiled by Samantha Richman at 10 sites in 2017. For the first two months he worked mostly by himself, Jeff Spendelow (U.S. Geological but for the last half of September and LATIN AMERICA Service [USGS] Patuxent Wildlife the first two weeks of October research Compiled by André F Raine Research Center, MD) coordinates assistants Catherine Neal and Ian Cristián G. Suazo (Albatross cooperative research on the Putnam from the American Museum Task Force-Chile) coordinated new metapopulation dynamics and ecology of Natural History’s Great Gull Island experimental trials on novel mitigation of the endangered NW Atlantic (GGI) Project also participated in the measures focused on purse seine breeding population of Roseate Terns Staging Site Study research after they fisheries. His focal area of research is (Sterna dougallii; ROST). After ~35 had helped band 1600 ROST chicks southern-central Chile in the Humboldt years of concentrating on colony-site with PFR bands at GGI. Data are still Current System. In this system, pursuit research in the Massachusetts-New being received from others, but it is and plunge diving seabirds such as Pink- York-Connecticut area, since 2011 already clear that major changes in the

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 59 REGIONAL REPORTS footed Shearwater (Ardenna creatopus), of the Corporación Nacional Forestal related to Pink-footed Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwater (A. grisea) and to monitor the breeding season of the using tracking data, surveys of artisanal Peruvian Pelicans (Pelecanus thagus) IUCN-listed Vulnerable Pink-footed and commercial fishers and at-sea overlap with this fishery targeting Shearwater (Ardennas creatopus) as observers to assess fisheries overlap and forage fish. Since 2015, Cristián and well as document predation by invasive interactions. The reported work also colleagues started collaborative field mammals in monitoring plots and with involved Valentina Colodro, Michelle experiments towards the reduction of trail cameras. In addition, Oikonos Hester, David Hyrenbach (Hawaii seabird bycatch in purse seine gear. conducted an initial cat trapping Pacific University), Ryan Carle, Jessie They carried out comparative fishing campaign in the breeding colonies. Beck, and Peter Hodum. sets using control treatments to compare On the Juan Fernández Islands, led by Morgan Gilmour (University of the effect of modifying aspects of the local coordinators Paola González and California Santa Cruz) is writing her fishing gear on seabird bycatch, such Pablo Manriquez, the team completed dissertation on the links between as: (1) excessive quantity of net in the the 15th consecutive season of Pink- foraging ecology and contaminant upper section of the gear (producing a footed Shearwater breeding season exposure in seabirds of Mexico and the net ceiling in which seabirds become monitoring. Oikonos is also in the central tropical Pacific. trapped during foraging dives), and (2) process of redesigning and rebuilding a the mesh around buoy mountings which cattle-proof fence to protect one of the facilitates neck entanglement. Until key breeding colonies in the archipelago, CANADA the last fishing season in early 2017, within which we are also undertaking Compiled by Trudy Chatwin controlled sets accounted for ~98% of active habitat restoration through seabird bycatch reduction compared outplanting of native plant species. WESTERN CANADA with sets using control (unmodified) Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge Mark Hipfner (Environment and nets. Cristián’s work on purse seine is currently in the middle of its sixth Climate Change Canada, Delta – fisheries was presented at the ACAP’s year of monitoring breeding of the Wildlife Research Division [ECCC– (Agreement on the Conservation of IUCN-listed Vulnerable De Filippi’s WRD]) reports that summer 2017 Albatross and Petrels) Seabird Bycatch Petrel (Pterodroma defilippiana). In marked the 24th year of operation of the Working Group Meeting 8 (SBWG8) collaboration with multiple Chilean Centre for Wildlife Ecology’s seabird in Wellington, New Zealand. These agencies, the BirdLife Albatross Task research and monitoring program on initiatives were possible thanks to the Force Chile program, and the U.S. Triangle Island. The 2017 field crew support from the National Fish and Geological Survey (USGS) Western consisted of Étienne Boucher (ECCC Wildlife Foundation and the Royal Ecological Research Center, Oikonos Volunteer, Delta) Glenn Crossin Society for the Protection of Birds. is working on fisheries bycatch issues (Dalhousie University, Halifax), Alice Cristián G. Suazo also studied the status of the Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in Chile and its potential interaction with local fisheries. Other baseline and monitoring studies were related to breeding Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophris) and Gray- headed Albatrosses (Thalassarche chrysostoma) in Chile. These studies resulted in a number of publications in 2017 in the journals Polar Biology (40: 1035–1042 & DOI: 10.1007/s00300- 017-2177-1) Molecular Ecology (DOI: 10.1111/mec.14245) and Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía (52: 245–254). Oikonos continued its long-term seabird conservation and restoration programs in Chile during 2017. On Isla Mocha, Verónica López and Tiare Varela maintained their long-term Pink-footed Shearwater. Photo credit: David Pereksta collaboration with the park rangers

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Domalik (MSc Candidate, Simon Ocean [DFO], Sidney-Institute of Ocean Counters included Briony Penn, Ian Fraser University, Burnaby), Ana Sciences), along with collaborators in Burnett, Ruth Joy, Jeff Shatford, Gonzalez (University of Saskatchewan, Washington State, completed the eighth Megan Wille, Marilyn Lambert, Saskatoon), Sarah Hudson (ECCC, year of a project investigating spatio- Wendy Tyrell, Alison Watt, Nancy Delta–WRD), Kevin Kardynal temporal variation in the diets of Pacific Baron, Don Griffiths, Peggy Sowden, (ECCC, Saskatoon – Wildlife Research sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) and Hugh Macdonald (volunteers). Division), Mark Maftei (ECCC, Delta– and Pacific herring Clupea ( pallasii), Overall in 2017, the team counted 709 WRD), and Ken Wright (ECCC, Delta– two forage fish of vital importance active Double-crested Cormorant nests WRD), in addition to Mark Hipfner. to seabirds in British Columbia. That at five colonies in the Strait of Georgia, As in past years, the Triangle Island project is also proving to be useful for which compares to 610 nests at six crew monitored breeding chronology, monitoring variation in the ingestion of colonies in 2014. The paper, “Breeding breeding success and diet in Cassin’s microplastics by forage fish. Population Sizes, distribution and trends Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), Luke Halpin (Halpin Wildlife of Pelagic, Double-crested and Brandt’s Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca Research) has been leading a project Cormorants in the Strait of Georgia, monocerata), and Black Oystercatcher investigating the migration and year- British Columbia 1955-2015.” by Carter, (Haemotopius bachmani). They also round movements of Fork-tailed Storm- H.R., Chatwin, T.A. and Drever, M.C. is deployed satellite tags on Glaucous- petrels (Oceanodroma furcata) and about to be published this winter in the winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens). Leach’s Storm Petrels (O. leucorhoa) Northwestern Naturalist. The main focus of the research effort on the west coast of Biologists (Monica Mather, Linda in 2017 (including the work on Triangle) Island. Collaborators include Ingrid Sinclair, and Darryn McConkey) at the was Alice Domalik’s MSc project, co- Pollet (Dalhousie University), Harry Ministry of Forests, Natural Resource supervised by Mark Hipfner and David Carter (Carter Biological Consulting), Operations and Rural Development Green (). This Christopher Lee (University of British BC are working to improve estimates project, which started in 2016, involves Columbia, Vancouver), and Ken of Marbled Murrelet (Brachyrhamphus deploying GPS tags on breeding Morgan (CWS, Victoria, BC). Halpin marmoratus) nesting habitat in BC. This Cassin’s (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) has also been regularly working for the work contributes to the Implementation and Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca CWS, conducting at-sea seabird surveys Plan for Management of Marbled monocerata) on major colonies in in the northeast Pacific to investigate Murrelet in BC, which will hopefully British Columbia (BC). In 2017, work on pelagic seabird distribution. In 2018, lead to further habitat protection of old- this project (and a final year of recovery Halpin is moving to Australia to pursue growth nesting habitat. of Global Location Sensing (GLS) tags a PhD at Monash University on the During the spring and summer of 2017, deployed in earlier years) occurred on spatial ecology of Pterodroma petrels. Marc d’Entremont, Bryce McKinnon, Triangle, Pine, and Lucy islands, and Trudy Chatwin (retired biologist Jeremy Gatten (LGL Limited), included members of the Triangle crew with Province of BC) worked at Nicole Morven, and Bertram McKay (Boucher, Hipfner) plus Amos Chow fulfilling the late Harry Carter’s (Nisga’a Lisims Government Fisheries (ECCC, Delta–Canadian Wildlife wish to survey all the Double-crested and Wildlife Department) conducted Service [CWS]), Philina English Cormorants (Phalocrocorax auritus) radar surveys for Marbled Murrelet (ECCC Volunteer, Delta), Andrew in the Strait of Georgia (Canadian (Brachyrhamphus marmoratus) at three Huang (ECCC, Delta–WRD), Glen section of the Salish Sea). The purpose drainages within the Lower Nass River Keddie (ECCC Contractor, Smithers), of the surveys is to contribute to the watershed, located in northwest BC. Mason King (PhD Candidate, Simon understanding of Double-crested They used an X-band radar equipped Fraser University), Agathe Lebeau Cormorant populations and distribution with a digital interface system that (ECCC, Delta–CWS), and Veronica across Western North America in allowed for the collection of digital Norbury (ECCC, Delta – CWS). relation to management decisions radar data. Simultaneous dawn audio- Several research projects were (especially in relation to cormorant visual surveys were conducted on some carried out concurrently with the logger control in the Columbia River estuary days at each survey site. A total of deployments in 2017. Mark Hipfner and and bridge nesting sites in Vancouver). 180 Marbled Murrelets were detected Strahan Tucker (DFO, Nanaimo-PBS), Mark Drever (CWS) and Luke Halpin at the survey sites prompting further along with a host of DFO collaborators, (Halpin Wildlife Research) surveyed the examination of suitable nesting habitat completed the sixth year of a project Second Narrows Bridge of Vancouver within these drainages. Digital aerial investigating the consumption of salmon as one of the Pacific Flyway Council photo imagery at a 1:20,000 scale (Oncorhynchus spp.) by seabirds in long-term monitoring sites and where for the drainages was obtained from BC waters. Hipfner, Tucker and Moira proposed nesting closure may occur. Kimberly Sandve and Mansell Griffin Galbraith (Department of Fisheries and The Harry Carter Memorial Cormorant (Nisga’a Lisims Government Lands

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 61 REGIONAL REPORTS and Resources Department) and a 3D mammalian species (raccoons, Procyon Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) stereoscopic visualization was created lotor) was noted opportunistically. radar counts and flight heights from by Julio Novoa (LGL Limited) using Ancient Murrelets were our primary historical data that had not been PurVIEW. Likely nesting habitat was species of interest, however, we took the summarized. This work was done in interpreted by Marc d’Entremont and opportunity to survey Cassin’s Auklets Toba and Bute Inlet regions of British Nicole Morven by focusing on forest (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), Fork- Columbia for Douglas Bertram patches >140 years old and ranking tailed Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma (ECCC) habitat variables including vertical furcata), and Leach’s Storm-petrels Bernard Schroeder (BKSC), complexity, canopy complexity, tree (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) also breeding Todd Manning (Strategic Resource height, meso-slope, large gaps, small on the islands. Field crew included: on Solutions), and Paul Chytyk (Yuni gaps, and crown closure. Patches of Jeffrey Island - Laurie Wilson, Dan Environmental) updated and re- suitable nesting habitat were further Shervill, Kerry Woo, Glen Keddie; on designed the document and training examined by conducting low-level aerial East Limestone Island – Dan Shervill, module, “Guidance and Tools to Support survey in September 2017. Coast Funds Glen Keddie, Vivian Pattison, the Identification of Potentially Suitable and the Nisga’a Lisims Government Morgan Davies, Jacques Morin, Marbled Murrelet Nesting Habitat” supported this work. Overall, the Lower Kalene Lillico, and Richard Kennedy for Kerry Woo (ECCC - CWS). This Nass River watershed and lands owned (staff / volunteers with the Laskeek Bay document was done to prepare for future by the Nisga’a Lisims Government were Conservation Society, Queen Charlotte, training workshops and develop a CWS found to contain suitable nesting habitat BC.) Technical Report. for Marbled Murrelet. Full study results Laurie Wilson continues with Bernard Schroeder and Lisa Bland will be reported this winter. her assessment of seabird bycatch in (BKSC) conducted Marbled Murrelet Laurie Wilson (ECCC–CWS, Delta, commercial salmon gillnet fisheries. (Brachyramphus marmoratus) radar British Columbia [BC]) coordinated the Reports of bird entanglements from DFO and concurrent audio-visual studies Pacific CWS Seabird Colony Monitoring test fisheries with observer programs for Louise Waterhouse of Ministry Program in 2017, revisiting permanent and bycatch events reported by fishers of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource plots and assessing occupancy rates at will be tallied; these data will be used to Operations and Rural Development to Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus derive seabird bycatch estimates. monitor commuting behaviours and antiquus) colonies on George and West Alan Burger (University of Victoria make a comparison with audio data Rankine Islands, and Cassin’s Auklet and independent consultant) is mostly recorded by Automated Recording Units (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) colonies on retired but continues some work on (ARUs). Surveys were conducted near East Copper and West Rankine Islands the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus ARUs in the Tsitika, Klanawa, Capilano in Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve marmoratus) including contracts, and Sooke Lake areas. Bernard also and Haida Heritage Site. A pilot study reviews, conservation and publishing. conducted similar radar work near was also conducted to investigate how He also occasionally works as a ARUs placed in murrelet nesting habitat Audio Recording Units (ARUs) & trail naturalist/lecturer in the Antarctic and on Graham Island of Haida Gwaii. cameras could augment CWS’s long Arctic. Alan is currently the President of Bernard Schroeder, Guy Monty term monitoring of population trends the Federation of B.C. Naturalists (BC (BKSC), Andy Smith, and Pablo of burrow-nesting seabirds. Field crew Nature). Jost (EDI Environmental Dynamics included: on George and East Copper Louise Blight (Procellaria Research Ltd.) conducted Marbled Murrelet Islands – Laurie Wilson, Dan Shervill & Consulting) continues as a member (Brachyramphus marmoratus) surveys (ECCC-CWS, Delta, BC), Kerry Woo of the Birds Specialist Sub-Committee on Flores Island off the west coast of (ECCC-CWS, Delta, BC), Glen Keddie of the Committee on the Status of Vancouver Island to monitor commuting (ECCC-CWS contractor, Smithers, Endangered Wildlife in Canada behaviours and flight heights. Surveys BC); on West Rankine Island – Dan (COSEWIC). She also began an used concurrent horizontal and Shervill, Glen Keddie, Mark Drever unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) study vertically oriented radar to assess (ECCC-CWS, Delta, BC), Karen of roof-nesting Glaucous-winged Gulls collision risk in relation to proposed Devitt (Bird Studies Canada, Delta, (Larus glaucesens) at Vancouver Island, linear infrastructure. Andy and Bernard BC), Carita Bergman (Parks Canada, and is collaborating with Ed Kroc also did similar surveys at Bear River Queen Charlotte, BC). (Department of Statistics, University and Bitter Creek near Stewart, BC. Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus of British Columbia) on his urban gull Bernard Schroeder, Ilya Povalyaev antiquus) colonies on Jeffrey and East research elsewhere in British Columbia. (Golder Associates Ltd., Vancouver BC) Limestone Islands were surveyed to Bernard Schroeder (Bernard and Ralph Heinrich (Triton) conducted determine current population estimates K. Schroeder Consulting [BKSC]) a Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus and occupancy rates; presence of invasive conducted an analysis of Marbled marmoratus) habitat assessment using

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 62 REGIONAL REPORTS low-level aerial surveys near Kitimat, Columbia: A Century of Changes”. bachmani) surveys. Four boat surveys BC. The document will be published in for seabirds were conducted throughout Bernard Schroeder, Lisa Bland, serial fashion in Wildlife Afield, the the season, monitoring trends of at-sea and Jeremie Hyatt (BKSC) on S/V peer-reviewed natural history journal Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus Kode Isle conducted Marbled Murrelet of the Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife marmoratus) and other seabirds. Many (Brachyramphus marmoratus) Studies in Victoria, BC. The first volunteer and student assistants joined abundance radar surveys for Kerry installment, “Seabird Colonies of the field staff this season, and there Woo (CWS) at two long-term population British Columbia: A History to 1990, were visits from local school groups and trend monitoring locations in the Part 1: Introduction and Provincial tour groups, who learned about seabird Central Coast Conservation Region Summary”, will be published in a biology, local ecology, and conservation with accompanying marine bird surveys dedicated volume of Wildlife Afield issues. In May, monitoring of Ancient between radar stations from Spiller over the winter of 2017/2018. This Murrelet chick departures from the Inlet to Fitz Hugh Sound, BC. They also introductory chapter includes sections Limestone Island colony took place for conducted similar work at three long- on the history of survey efforts in BC, the 28th consecutive season. Similar to term monitoring locations in the Haida survey methods, provincial population 2015 and 2016, very few chicks were Gwaii Conservation Region, BC. summaries, species accounts, threats, counted leaving this colony. The number Bernard Schroeder and Jeremie and conservation measures. The of chicks has been declining over time Hyatt conducted marine bird survey scientific text is complemented with due to severe predation by raccoons on transects in the North Coast BC over 300 photos and other figures, plus (Procyon lotor) in the 1990’s, and due Conservation Region for Douglas numerous anecdotes about nesting to windfall in approximately 40% of the Bertram (ECCC) on S/V Kode Isle. species and the experiences of those that colony area. Monitoring for raccoons This work is to assess sensitivities of have been involved in survey programs with remote wildlife cameras now takes marine birds and foraging habitats to in an attempt to make the document place throughout the murrelet breeding oiling under the Oceans Protection Plan. attractive and interesting to a wide season. Wildlife cameras are also being Louise Waterhouse and Jenna audience. Approximately 10 regional used, along with manual capture, as an Cragg of the B.C. Ministry of Forests, chapters that present detailed histories alternate method of counting murrelet Lands, Natural Resource Operations through 1990 of every known seabird chicks as they leave the colony, including and Rural Development (Nanaimo, colony in the province will follow in in the windfall areas. At the end of May, B.C.) completed a second year of testing subsequent issues of Wildlife Afield. The LBCS staff and volunteers were joined the effectiveness of using automated publication is being supported largely by Dan Shervill (ECCC-CWS, Delta, recording units (ARUs) to sample the through memberships, donations, and BC) and Glen Keddie (ECCC-CWS vocal activity of Marbled Murrelets the Ronald D. Jakimchuk Foundation contractor, Smithers, BC) to conduct the (Brachyramphus marmoratus) small for Wildlife and Biodiversity Research. first census of the murrelet colony on forest habitat patches. ARUs were Copies of the journal can be purchased East Limestone Island in over 10 years. deployed on Vancouver Island, Haida directly and pdfs of the published The density of occupied burrows is very Gwaii and in Metro Vancouver chapters will later be available online at low, and the census is now complicated Watersheds to sample a range of http://www.wildlifebc.org/. due to the severe windfall in much of harvest histories (extent of harvest and The Laskeek Bay Conservation the colony area. Black Oystercatcher time since harvest). Audio-visual and Society (LBCS), based in Queen surveys took place once again this radar surveys were conducted at each Charlotte, BC, completed their 28th field year in Laskeek Bay. LBCS science cluster of sites to compare with ARU season (4 May – 22 July) of monitoring advisor Tony Gaston joined the crew recordings. This research project aims marine and terrestrial ecology in Laskeek for oystercatcher chick banding and to to inform decision-making in B.C. Bay, Haida Gwaii. Vivian Pattison and help determine why, after many years regarding the value of small patches in Morgan Davies (LBCS) coordinated of successful use, eggs were being contributing to critical habitat for the the various research and monitoring abandoned in the Pigeon Guillemot Marbled Murrelet. projects at the field station on East nestboxes. Using wildlife cameras, a Michael Rodway (Wildwing Limestone Island, including Ancient river otter (Lontra canadensis) was Environmental Research), Wayne Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) observed entering the nestboxes. This Campbell (Biodiversity Centre for colony monitoring, Pigeon Guillemot was unexpected as the box openings Wildlife Studies), and Moira Lemon (Cepphus columba) and Cassin’s Auklet were thought to be too small to allow (Canadian Wildlife Service, retired) are (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) nestbox otters to enter. The boxes will be bringing to fruition many years of work monitoring, Glaucous-winged Gull modified before next season and again on an updated seabird catalogue for BC (Larus glaucescens) colony censuses, monitored with wildlife cameras. entitled “Seabird Colonies of British and Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus

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the threats faced by birds at sea, and current projects include quantifying the risks of offshore oil and gas activities, defining conflict areas between birds and fishing activity, as well as defining bird vulnerability to increased levels of shipping through Canada’s Arctic (collaborations with Francois Bulduc [ECCC], April Hedd [ECCC], and Sarah Wong [Acadia University]). In June of 2017, in collaboration with Ewan Wakefield (University of Glasgow) and Rob Ronconi (CWS), Holly Hogan (CWS contractor) led seabird surveys across the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone, where the North Atlantic Current crosses the mid-Atlantic ridge, to investigate its importance as a foraging area for both Black Oystercatcher. Photo credit: David Pereksta migratory and locally-breeding seabirds from the United Kingdom. CENTRAL CANADA She is using tracking data, stable isotope CWS also continues to investigate During summer 2017, Gail Davoren analysis along with at-sea predator-prey current declines of Leach’s Storm- of the University of Manitoba continued surveys and experiments to examine petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) her focus on the basic ecology of Great Black-backed Gull ecology. across the region, and deployed 17 forage fish (primarily capelin, Mallotus Edward Jenkins (University of GPS tags (with Ingrid Pollet, Acadian villosus). Her study looks at how capelin Manitoba) collected data for his MSc University) at a colony in Nova Scotia affects the biology of top predators thesis, on the influence of spawning (Country Island) to identify interactions including breeding and non-breeding capelin (Mallotus villosus), on the with offshore gas installations, which seabirds at her long-term study site on the foraging ecology of five breeding occur within their foraging range. A north-eastern coast of Newfoundland. species: the Atlantic PuffinFratercula ( study was also initiated from this same Laura Bliss (University of Manitoba) arctica), Razorbill (Alca torda), location to monitor reproductive success just started her PhD in fall 2017 and is Common Murre (Uria aalge), Leach’s of Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle), working to model persistent predator Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), and identify their wintering distribution (i.e., seabird, groundfish, and whale) and Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus used leg-mounted GLS tags. hotspots in Atlantic Canada, using the glacialis), and two non-breeding species; Seabird research and monitoring on physical characteristics of demersal the Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis) Machias Seal Island (MSI) in the Bay capelin spawning habitat. and Sooty Shearwater (A. grisea), in of Fundy, New Brunswick continued Paloma Calabria Carvalho northeast Newfoundland (NL), using in 2017. Tony Diamond (University of (University of Manitoba) is finishing her stable isotope analysis, prey sampling, New Brunswick [UNB] Fredericton) PhD on the diet, moult, and movement and boat-based observations. continued handing over the reins to patterns of non-breeding Great (Ardenna Heather Major (UNB Saint John) gravis) and Sooty Shearwaters (A. EASTERN CANADA who will continue this program in the grisea). Carina Gjerdrum of the Canadian future. Tony “retired” in 2016 but will Julia Gulka (University of Manitoba) Wildlife Service (CWS), Environment continue involvement in research as an completed her fieldwork for her MSc and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Emeritus professor. On MSI, Atlantic focusing on individual specialization has been coordinating pelagic seabird Puffins (Fratercula arctica) had a much and plasticity in the foraging behaviour surveys since 2006 to quantify better breeding season than in 2016, and diet of Common Murres (Uria abundance and distribution of birds at fledging from 55% of active burrows aalge) and Razorbills (Alca torda). sea in Atlantic Canada. The surveys are (the long-term mean is 57%). Razorbill Laurie Maynard (University of conducted from both ships and aircraft, (Alca torda) productivity was the highest Manitoba) completed her fieldwork and effort extends from the eastern since 2004 at 64% (long-term mean is for her MSc examining the foraging Canadian Arctic to the Gulf of Maine 53%). Several monitored puffin burrows behaviour, diet, and habitat use of Great and east across the North Atlantic. were usurped by razorbills, so habitat Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus). The data are used to help understand competition remains evident in this

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 64 REGIONAL REPORTS crowded colony. New master’s students, Kate Shlepr (University of New included Isabeau Pratte, Kerry Woo, Mark Baran (UNB) and Mark Dodds Brunswick [UNB]) completed her Bruen Black, Will Black (ECCC-S&T, (UNB) deployed GLS tags on puffins thesis on tagging Herring Gulls (Larus Ottawa, ON), Graham Sorenson (MSc (29) and Razorbills (21). Arctic Terns argentatus) breeding at Brier Island, student, University of Windsor, Windsor, (Sterna paradisaea) increased to about Nova Scotia, and Kent Island, New ON), Thomas Lazarus, Emile Brisson- 300 pairs and fledged at least 39 chicks Brunswick. She explored the use of a Curadeau, and Tianna Burke (McGill from the 87 nests monitored. Egg combination of stable-isotope signatures University, Montreal, QC). Aside from predation by gulls was higher but was and tracking information to assess the ongoing population monitoring, the team concentrated in peripheral areas away relative use of anthropogenic food obtained tracks from over 100 individual from the intensively monitored plots. sources at different colonies and found murres to inform the environmental Four pairs of Northern (Morus gulls focusing on mink farms, fish plants assessment for the Baffinlands mine that bassanus) built nests. No nests were and other anthropogenic sources of will ship iron ore past those colonies. successful, but the gannets were present food. Lucy Smith (UNB) continued her Although ice conditions were relatively throughout the summer. Common Murre MSc research on puffin dispersal in the early, the birds bred relatively late with (Uria aalge) numbers were estimated western North Atlantic adding samples a median hatch date of about July 26 at above 325 pairs, and ten adults were from the Gulf of Maine, Newfoundland, (Coats) and July 28 (Digges). At Coats, fitted with GLS tags. and Labrador. Tony Diamond (UNB) a polar bear fed on the colony each night, Mark Dodds (UNB) was the Machias chaired a Puffin Symposium at The eliminating at least 10% of the colony Seal Isand supervisor and worked Waterbird Society annual meeting in before the team left. Apart from the with fellow grad student Mark Baran Reykjavik, Iceland, in August, which effect of the bear, reproductive success (UNB) and technician Collette Lauzau. was well attended with speakers was typical and birds did not forage as Stephanie Symons (UNB) has almost from Iceland, Norway, and Memorial exceptionally distant as they did in 2015. completed her M.Sc. thesis using GPS University of Newfoundland. Stephanie Avery-Gomm (University tags to track feeding movements by of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia), breeding puffins and Razorbills. She ARCTIC CANADA is continuing work on her PhD which found significant overlap of feeding Between 20 June and 5 August 2017, aims to understand spatial and temporal areas, which are concentrated around a team from Environment and Climate patterns of global seabird populations. In the colony. However, Razorbills feed in Change Canada (S. Flemming, J.H. Canada, Stephanie’s ongoing research shallower coastal waters and puffins feed Martin, S. Poole, F. St-Aubin), the includes documenting marine plastic in pelagic waters. hamlet of Coral Harbour (J. Nakoolak) pollution (Avery-Gomm et al. Mar Pollut Lauren Scopel (UNB) continued and McGill University (E. Brisson- Bull, 2017), and understanding the her PhD research on causes and Curadeau, K. Elliott, E. Gongora, impacts of plastic ingestion on seabirds. consequences of the collapse of the MSI A Patterson) visited Coats Island, She is collaborating with Jennifer tern colony in 2006 and had an extremely Nunavut, to monitor the Thick-billed Provencher (Carleton University, productive year publishing three papers: Murre (Uria lomvia) and Glaucous Gull Ottawa, ON), Max Liboiron (Memorial one assessing the need for lethal control (Larus hyperboreus) colony. Median University of Newfoundland [MUN], St. of predatory gulls on seabird colonies hatch date was July 18, the earliest on John’s, NL) and others. This year also in northeastern North America (Scopel, record. Several projects were completed marked the publication of a map showing L.C. & Diamond, A.W. 2017. Journal of on: (1) the influence of mercury on the distribution of seabirds in the Labrador Wildlife Management 81(4):572-580. ability of seabirds to adapt to climate Sea with Dave Fifield (Environment DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21233); the case- change; (2) coupling of camera loggers and Climate Change Canada, Science history of the collapse of the Arctic tern and accelerometers to identify prey and Technology Branch, St. John’s, on MSI (Scopel, L.C. and Diamond, capture events; (3) attachment of year- NL, Canada), April Hedd (ECCC- A.W. 2017. Canadian Journal of round depth loggers to examine year- S&T, St. John’s, NL), Greg Robertson Zoology. DOI:10.1139/cjz-2016-0281); round habitat use and energetics; and (ECCC-S&T, St. John’s, NL), Carina and, with colleagues in the National (4) association of the faecal microbiome Gjerdrum (ECCC-Canada Wildlife Audubon Society’s seabird research with dietary specialization. Service, Dartmouth, NS), and Laura project, a study of relationships between Grant Gilchrist (ECCC-S&T, McFarlane-Tranquilla (Bird Studies seabird chick diets and herring fishery Ottawa, ON) and Kyle Elliot (McGill Canada, Sackville, NB, Canada; Fifield data in the Gulf of Maine (Scopel, University, Montreal, QC) lead a team et al., Front Mar Sci, 4:149, 2017) L.C, Diamond, A.W., Kress, S.W. and to study Thick-Billed Murres (Uria Shannon, P. 2017. Canadian Journal of lomvia) at three Arctic colonies in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.DOI: 2016: Coats Island, Digges Island and 10.1139/cjfas-2017-0140). Cape Graham Moore. Team members

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ASIA & OCEANIA Kim Nelson (Oregon State University) – 30 April 2017), who loved Japanese were invited and gave talks. Murrelets and Japan very much. His 23- Compiled by Kuniko Otsuki Harry Carter (Carter Biological Consulting) year old dream “to hold a meeting for was in Japan on 14-26 March to the conservation of Japanese Murrelets” ASIA participate in the symposium, but he finally came true. Furthermore, we will Yutaka Watanuki (Hokkaido decided to stay in Fukuoka Prefecture continue to work for many years on University, Japan) and his colleagues due to severe pain in his knee and back. important tasks for protecting this rare continued seabird monitoring work at The symposium was very successful. species. Harry’s legacy will continue Teuri Island, Hokkaido Japan. In 2017, For the scientific session (18 March), to be handed down from now into the a few fledgling Rhinoceros Auklets there were a total of 154 participants and future. (Cerorhinca monocerata; RHAU) speakers representing four countries: Simba Chan (BirdLife International were found, slightly better than last Japan, United States, Canada, and South [BLI] Asia Division) reports that the two years when shortages of Japanese Korea. The general public session (on National Institute of Ecology (NIE) Anchovy (Engraulis japonicas) and the 19th) had 116 participants. In the of Korea has been conducting surveys Pacific Sand Lance (Ammodytes public session people learned what the of seabirds in southwestern islands of hexapterus) occurred, presumably Japanese Murrelet is, where they go after the country since 2014. On 26 April affecting reproduction. Other monitoring the breeding season, the threats that they 2016 our surveyors first discovered one activities that took place over the season face, why we need to monitor them, and breeding pair of Chinese Crested Terns included Black-tailed Gull (Larus how to monitor. (Thalasseus bernsteini) incubating eggs crassirostris) and Japanese Cormorant In the technical meeting, part of in a colony of Black-tailed Gulls (Larus (Phalacrocorax capillatus) surveys. the symposium, scientists discussed crassirostris). At the end of the season, Black-tailed Gulls established a new development of a standardized protocol two pairs of Chinese Crested Terns were breeding area, while breeding locations for one monitoring method, the spotlight found but only one pair had breeding of cormorants remained unchanged. The survey. Unfortunately, we were unable success (a single chick). This discovery Ministry of the Environment has been to settle on a single basic method for the was significant because Chinese Crested protecting seabird breeding area at Teuri spotlight survey. However, we at least Terns were highly socialized breeders Island and cats are being controlled agreed on the necessity of establishing but it was previously assumed they could through removals. Akiko Shoji has been a common survey protocol that can be only form colonies within colonies of continuing a study of biotransport by used by all Japanese Murrelet research their own species or very closely related RHAU and Kentaro Kazama has been groups, which would allow us to compare species, the Great Crested Tern (T. developing protocols for evaluating population estimates at different colonies bergii). This breeding behavior had been wind turbine effects on Black-tailed from the results of spotlight surveys. We observed at all known breeding colonies Gulls at Rishiri Island and Esashi- thank the Kadogawa government for until this unique discovery in Korea. cho, Hokkaido. Bungo Nishizawa has supporting the symposium. Breeding of Chinese Crested Tern was completed boat surveys of seabirds in Kuniko Otsuki and Harry Carter confirmed again at the same site in Korea the Arctic Ocean-Bering Sea. Akinori were co-coordinators of the booklet in 2017, with six birds visited the same Takahashi (National Institute of Polar project sponsored by Lush Japan Charity island and two breeding pairs formed. Research), collaborating with Yasuaki Bank. The booklet titled “Status and One chick was successfully fledged. Niizuma (Meijo University, Japan) and Monitoring of Rare and Threatened The NIE Korea is considering deploying Sasha Kitaysky (University of Alaska, Japanese Crested Murrelet” published on social attraction devices to the island in Fairbanks), has been continuing a project 4 October 2017. This booklet provides a 2018. on physiological carry-over effects using summary of the conclusions reached at Jane Dolliver, Rob Suryan (OSU), RHAU. the 2017 Japanese Murrelet symposium, Chris Noyles (BLM), and Leah Kenney On 18-19 March 2017, the 2017 including the status of the Japanese (USFWS) finished their second field Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus Murrelet, and our plans for future season “Viewing Albatrosses from Space: wumizusume) symposium was held in tasks. We include only one observation Using Satellite Imagery to Count Birds” Kadogawa-cho Miyazaki Prefecture, from the Kaminoseki area (Yamaguchi which paired albatross colony ground Japan. The Marine Bird Restoration Prefecture), where the murrelets are counts with satellite image analysis to Group (MBRG) assisted as supervisors. facing a nuclear power plant issue. test the feasibility of estimating breeding PSG members Kuniko Otsuki (MBRG), The booklet will be useful for both colony size from satellite imagery. John Piatt (U.S. Geological Surveys), scientists and the public who are seeking Ground based calibration sites included Darrell Whitworth (California more information about the Japanese Kaena Point, Oahu (Lindsay Young Institute Environmental Studies), Nina Murrelet. We dedicate this booklet to and Eric VanderWerf [Pacific Rim Karnovsky (Pomona University), and the late Harry Carter (17 January 1956 Conservation]), Midway Atoll (Meg

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Duhr-Schultz, Jenny and Richard albifrons). Johnson, USFWS), and Torishima Caitie Kroeger and Scott Shaffer (Hiroshi Hasegawa, Toho University, continue to collaborate with David CIRCUMPOLAR In May 2017 the Arctic Council retired, Fumio Sato, Yamashina Institute Thompson and Paul Sagar of the for Ornithology). The initial application National Institute of Water and Ministerial, via the Conservation of this project is to conduct breeding Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), officially released the ‘State of the Arctic population counts of Short-tailed and Leigh Torres. Caitie Kroeger Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) at the is studying the foraging ecology and Biodiversity Report’ (SAMBR), which Senkaku Islands, which are inaccessible energetics of two albatross species at includes a section on seabirds compiled to biologists, yet critical in determining Campbell Island in New Zealand. by the Circumpolar Seabird Group (an whether the species is meeting recovery Arctic Council Expert Network), now criteria. Secondarily, results from available at: https://arcticbiodiversity.is/ advanced image processing techniques marine may provide other albatross colony EUROPE & AFRICA sites with additional options for annual Compiled by Ross Wanless censuses. Rob Suryan (OSU) continued Paulo Lago, Martin Austad ANTARCTICA collaborations on Short-tailed Albatross (BirdLife Malta), and Steffen Oppel Peter Kappes is working on a PhD (Phoebastria albatrus) studies with (Royal Society for the Protection of with his adviser, Katie Dugger, at Kiyoaki Ozaki, Fumio Sato, and Birds, Cambridge, UK) PIT-tagged Oregon State University, investigating Tomohiro Deguchi (Yamashina hundreds of Yelkouan Shearwaters the reproductive ecology and population Institute for Ornithology) with a focus on (Puffinus yelkouan) to assess whether dynamics of Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis monitoring translocated and hand-reared colony activity patterns in Malta are adeliae) breeding on Ross Island, bird recruitment and breeding attempts related to light pollution by ships Antarctica. at the new colony, as well as data anchoring in the vicinity of the colony. analyses and manuscript preparation to The team also deployed acoustic fully document the translocation project. recorders during the breeding season to record calling activity and estimate GLOBAL OCEANIA the size of breeding populations in Joanna Smith (The Nature Stephanie Avery-Gomm (University inaccessible sea caves. Conservancy [TNC Canada]) continues of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) Annalea Beard and the Marine to work on marine spatial plans (MSP) is continuing work on her PhD which Section of the Environmental around the world, identifying marine aims to understand spatial and temporal Management Directorate (St. Helena protected areas for marine species, patterns of global seabird populations. In Government), and Steffen Oppel communities and habitat conservation January, she joined the Seabird Working initiated a demographic analysis of objectives, as well improved management Group of the East Asian Australian Masked (Sula dactylatra) for marine sectors and marine plans that Flyway Partnership (SWG-EAAFP). nesting on St. Helena to examine whether address climate change adaptation. On The SWG identified terns as a species- recent colony growth on St. Helena may behalf of the government of Seychelles, group that unites the flyway and resolved be due to immigration of birds from she is currently leading the process for a to develop information sheets with Ascension, where a cat eradication in marine spatial plan to identify 400,000 breeding, distribution and conservation 2002 has benefitted seabird populations. sq. km of new marine protected areas and relevant information. Stephanie, Robb Maria Dias, Ana Carneiro (BirdLife improve ocean management for the entire Kaler (USFWS, Alaska, USA), Mark International, Cambridge, UK), and 1.37 million sq. km Exclusive Economic Cary (Australian Department of the Steffen Oppel have collated seabird Zone. This project is in support of their Environment and Energy, Canberra, tracking data from across all British Blue Economy (primarily fisheries and Australia), Simba Chan (BirdLife Overseas territories to quantify the tourism) and to address climate change International (BLI) Asia Division), and space use of seabirds in 10 different threats. Seychelles has several globally Mayumi Sato (BLI Asia Division) are seabird families. The project is intended significant populations of seabirds currently working beginning with five to provide guidance on the policy including Great (Fregata minor) and species: Fairy Tern (Sternula nereis), mechanism that may be most suitable Lesser (F. ariel), and some Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), to protect the marine habitat of seabird of the world’s largest colonies of Sooty Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus), species depending on the foraging range Terns (Oncyoprion fuscatus). The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus and spatial aggregation at sea. Seychelles Debt Swap and Marine Spatial bernsteini) and Little Tern (Sternula Plan project won the Boat International

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2017 Ocean Award for Innovation, and and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] Ocean Economy ‘Economic Sector also received The Nature Conservancy’s conference in Paris and the UN Oceans Work’ project in Mauritius, identifying 2017 Conservation Award. In the past Conference in New York. Jo is supporting enabling conditions for marine spatial year, Jo has been participating in several the implementation of the Marine Plan planning and proposing models for MSP international discussions to advance Partnership for the North Pacific Coast to address their needs for planning and the field of marine spatial planning and (MaPP) in British Columbia, working conservation. In 2017, Jo supported or improve global best practices. These with the management and technical provided advice to several other marine include the 2nd International IOC- teams to produce a special issue for planning processes or initiatives around UNESCO MSP (Intergovernmental Marine Policy on the MaPP process the world including in Indonesia, Mexico, Oceanographic Commission [IOC] and outputs (2011-2014). Finally, Jo the Caribbean, and the Canadian Arctic. United Nations Educational, Scientific has been supporting the World Bank’s

TREASURER’S REPORT FOR 2017 Kirsten Bixler

Pacific Seabird Group’s Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) ran from 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2017. The FY2017 budget was approved by the Executive Council on 19 May 2017 and a draft budget was in operations from 30 September 2017 until this date. FY2017 posted a deficit of $18,998.71, which will be mostly recovered in FY2018. The reason for the deficit was as follows: (1) Funds were not transferred from PSG’s Endowment Fund during FY2017 to cover publication costs for Marine Ornithology ($10,000) and Pacific Seabirds ($1,649.93). These funds were withdrawn from the endowment fund in FY2018; and (2) The on-line registration software was changed from RegOnline to Cvent during FY2017 because RegOnline was being bought by Cvent. Fees associated with using the software for registration for two PSG annual meetings were charged to PSG during FY 2017. These two issues account for $17,744.93 in loss. The remaining $1,253.78 deficit and the complete summary of PSG’s financial accounts are provided on the following pages.

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REGULAR CHECKING ACCOUNT PSG policy requires 3 years’ worth of unrestricted operating funds be kept in the checking account. September 30, 2011 $102,079.24 September 30, 2012 $88,173.87 September 30, 2013 $79,506.16 September 30, 2014 $50,663.75 September 30, 2015 $68,154.50 September 30, 2016 $52,164.86 September 30, 2017 $44,027.81 ENDOWMENT FUND Our Endowment funds are kept in a mutual fund managed by Neuberger and Berman and are restricted funds. September 30, 2011 $119,879.53 September 30, 2012 $146,197.30 September 30, 2013 $180,320.39 September 30, 2014 $206,824.23 September 30, 2015 $181,268.22 September 30, 2016 $200,190.51 September 30, 2017 $237,195.93 PAYPAL A PayPal account is used to accept membership dues, annual meeting registration, and donations but are part of the general fund. Funds are transferred into and out of the PayPal account as needed (e.g. student award donation is transferred to the student award account). September 30, 2011 $15,100.28 September 30, 2012 $5,882.93 September 30, 2013 $7,132.73 September 30, 2014 $2,555.26 September 30, 2015 $8,072.97 September 30, 2016 $10,560.16 September 30, 2017 $450.65 STUDENT AWARD Student travel awards are kept in a savings account and are restricted funds. September 30, 2013 $5,216.24 September 30, 2014 $2,784.99 September 30, 2015 $2,906.21 September 30, 2016 $3,094.55 September 30, 2017 $3,096.10

CRAIG HARRISON CONSERVATION FUND The Conservation fund is kept in a savings account and are restricted funds. September 30, 2013 $12,346.95 September 30, 2014 $3,342.88 September 30, 2015 $6,507.23 September 30, 2016 $7,235.43 September 30, 2017 $8,114.31

Total Assets as of September 30, 2016 $273,245.50 Total Assets as of September 30, 2017 $292,884.80

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A. INCOME Budgeted Actual Surplus/-Loss (as of 9/30/17) Unrestricted: Membership (annual regular, student):1 $9,415.00 $12,620.00 $3,205.00 General Fund Donations $5,000.00 $748.46 -$4,251.54 Annual Meeting: Tacoma 2017 $107,533.00 $74,903.31 -$32,629.69 Student travel (Restricted) $2,900.00 $1,256.13 -$1,643.87 Meeting sponsorships2 $8,895.00 $8,895.00 Restricted:

Publications3 $10,000.00 $30.00 -$9,970.00 Lifetime Memberships $540.00 $540.00 Conservation Fund Donations4 $4,328.85 $4,328.85 A. TOTAL INCOME: $145,528.00 $142,865.74 -$2,662.26 B. EXPENSES: Administrative Operations Budgeted Actual Underspent/ (as of 9/30/17) -Overspent Chairs Discretionary Fund $2,000.00 $1,504.60 $495.40 Insurance premium $1,500.00 $1,400.00 $100.00 Online Services: Website/Email hosting $50.00 $35.76 $14.24 Listserv $300.00 $299.88 $0.12 Survey Monkey $300.00 $185.00 $115.00 QuickBooks online $120.00 $489.91 -$369.91 Website transition and maintenance services (Anne $1,200.00 $2,322.80 -$1,122.80 Francis) Operations: Postage $50.00 $44.64 $5.36 Telephone $500.00 $455.95 $44.05 Office supplies $30.00 $7.38 $22.62 USPS PO Box Rental $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Professional services: Accountant $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00 Bookkeeper $1,500.00 $6,181.67 -$4,681.67 Audit $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Legal5 $1,000.00 $0.00 $1,000.00 Service fees: PayPal Fee $700.00 $379.81 $320.19 RegOnline Fee/Cvent Fee6 $2,500.00 $8,440.40 -$5,940.40 Bank Fees $300.00 $135.00 $165.00

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Government Registration Fees $50.00 $50.00 $0.00 B. TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS $15,600.00 $19,460.29 -$3,860.29 EXPENSES:7 C. EXPENSES: Society Services (meetings, Budgeted Actual Underspent/ publications, support) (as of 9/30/17) -Overspent Annual Meeting: Tacoma, WA Conference venue, food, etc. -- Local Committee’s $110,000.00 $117,807.94 -$7,807.94 budget8 Compilation of scientific program $1,000.00 $1,170.53 -$170.53 Student travel9 $3,000.00 $2.756.00 $244.00 Student travel awards (augmented from PSG GF $0.00 $1,194.00 -$1,194.00 and grants) Foreign scientist travel (non US/Canadian) $2,500.00 $670.00 $1,830.00 Conservation grants $4,000.00 -$4,000.00 Dues and Subscriptions: Ornithological Council $2,120.00 $2,060.00 $60.00 Publications: Marine Ornithology (layout, printing, mailings)10 $6,000.00 $6,095.76 -$95.76 Marine Ornithology website $4,000.00 $4,000.00 $0.00 Pacific Seabirds (layout, editor, website) $2,000.00 $1,500.00 $500.00 InDesign Subscription $180.00 $149.93 $30.07 C. TOTAL SOCIETY SERVICES EXPENSES: $130,800.00 $142,404.16 -$11,604.16 D. PSG BUDGET SUMMARY TOTAL INCOME (A) $145,528.00 $142,865.74 -$2,662.26 TOTAL EXPENSES (B + C) $146,400.00 $161,864.45 -$15,464.45 RESULT: SURPLUS/-LOSS -$872.00 -$18,998.71 -$18,126.71

1 Life membership income is not included (restricted to the Endowment Fund) 2 Actual does not include $5,000 in sponsorships paid during FY2016 3 Funds for publications (Marine Ornithology and Pacific Seabirds) are derived from Endowment Fund. No funds were transferred during the fiscal year 4 New budget item. Includes $3,700 for a refunded conservation grant 5 Legal fee for Code of Conduct review invoiced in FY2018 6 For RegOnline, includes fees for managing membership, site maintenance, and related credit card transactions but does not include meeting-related fees. RegOnline fees associated with the meeting are included in meeting expenses. For Cvent, includes $6,095 startup fee for FY2018 meeting 7 This is the amount for PSG’s operating expenses 8 Includes RegOnline fees for meeting-related transactions ($7,102.95). Does not include $5,667 of expenses paid in FY2016 but does include $630 for 2018 meeting logo paid in FY2017 9 Actual student travel expense equal to amount of student travel income generated in FY2016 10 Actual expense includes $95.76 in page fees owed to Marine Ornithology from FY2015

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 71 PUBLICATIONS OF THE PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP The Pacific Seabird Group publishes symposia and other works. PSG Symposia are occasionally held at Annual Meetings; those which have been published are listed below. Technical Reports prepared by PSG working groups are also listed. To one of these PSG publications, please see instructions after each item. Abstracts of papers and posters given at PSG meetings are published annually. Abstracts for meetings of 1974 through 1993 appeared in the PSG Bulletin (Volumes 2-20); for meetings of 1994 through 2003, in Pacific Seabirds (Volumes 21-30); and for meetings of 1997 and later, at www. pacificseabirdgroup.org. PSG publishes the on-line bulletin Pacific Seabirds (www.pacificseabirdgroup.org) and the journal Marine Ornithology (www.marineornithology.org). Current and past issues of both journals are available online.

SYMPOSIA

SHOREBIRDS IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS. Frank A. Pitelka (Editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group. Asilomar, California, January 1977. Published June 1979 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 2. Available free of charge at http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/cooper/sab.php

TROPICAL SEABIRD BIOLOGY. Ralph W. Schreiber (Editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1982. Published February 1984 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 8. Available free of charge at http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/cooper/sab.php

MARINE BIRDS: THEIR FEEDING ECOLOGY AND COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RELATIONSHIPS. David N. Nettleship, Gerald A. Sanger, and Paul F. Springer (Editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Seattle, Washington, January 1982. Published 1984 as Canadian Wildlife Service, Special Publication. Out of print; available free of charge at www.pacificseabirdgroup.org

THE USE OF NATURAL VS. MAN-MODIFIED WETLANDS BY SHOREBIRDS AND WATERBIRDS. R. Michael Erwin, Malcolm C. Coulter, and Howard L. Cogswell (Editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium at the first joint meeting of the Colonial Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group, San Francisco, California, December 1985. Colonial Waterbirds 9(2), 1986. $12.00. Order from: Ornithological Societies of North America, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, Kansas 66044; phone (800) 627-0629; no online orders.

ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR OF GULLS. Judith L. Hand, William E. Southern, and Kees Vermeer (Editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Colonial Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group, San Francisco, California, December 1985. Published June 1987 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 10. $18.50. Available free of charge at http://elibrary. unm.edu/sora/Condor/cooper/sab.php

AUKS AT SEA. Spencer G. Sealy (Editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Pacific Grove, California, December 1987. Published December 1990 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 14. Available free of charge at http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/cooper/sab.php

STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF THE MARBLED MURRELET IN NORTH AMERICA. Harry R. Carter and Michael L. Morrison (Editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Pacific Grove, California, December 1987. Published October 1992 in Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Volume 5, Number 1. $20.00. Available free of charge at www.pacificseabirdgroup.org

THE STATUS, ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE BIRDS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC. Kees Vermeer, Kenneth T. Briggs, Ken H. Morgan, and Douglas Siegel Causey (editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Canadian Wildlife Service, and the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria, British Columbia, February 1990. Published 1993 as a Canadian Wildlife Service Special Publication, Catalog Number CW66-124 1993E. Order free of charge from: Publications Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OH3, Canada

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BIOLOGY OF MARBLED MURRELETS—INLAND AND AT SEA. S. Kim Nelson and Spencer G. Sealy (Editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Seattle, Washington, February 1993. Published 1995 in Northwestern Naturalist, Volume 76, Number 1. $12.00. Available free of charge at www.pacificseabirdgroup.org

BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF THE SEA DUCKS. Ian Goudie, Margaret R. Petersen and Gregory J. Robertson (editors). Proceedings of the Pacific Seabird Group Symposium, Victoria, British Columbia, 8-12 November 1995. A special publication compiled by the Canadian Wildlife Service for the Pacific Seabird Group. Published 1999 as Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper number 100, catalog number CW69-1/100E. Order free of charge from: Publications Division, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OH3, Canada, or available free of charge at www.pacificseabirdgroup.org

SEABIRD BYCATCH: TRENDS, ROADBLOCKS AND SOLUTIONS. Edward F. Melvin and Julia K. Parrish (editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Blaine, Washington, 26-27 February 1999. Published 2001 by University of Alaska Sea Grant, Fairbanks, Alaska. Publication no. AK-SG-01-01. $40.00. Order from publisher.

BIOLOGY, STATUS, AND CONSERVATION OF JAPANESE SEABIRDS. Yutaka Watanuki, Harry R. Carter, S. Kim Nelson and Koji Ono (conveners) and Nariko Oka (editor). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Japanese Seabird Group and Pacific Seabird Group, Lihue, Hawaii, February 2001. Journal of the Yamashina Institute of Ornithology 33(2); Symposium (5 papers), pp 57-147, other papers pp. 148-213. In English with Japanese abstracts. $75.00. Order from PSG - contact the Chair at [email protected]

OIL AND CALIFORNIA’S SEABIRDS. Harry R. Carter (convener) and Anthony J. Gaston (editor). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Santa Barbara, California, February 2002. Published 2003 in Marine Ornithology 31(1). Available free of charge at www.marineornithology.org

THE BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF THE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN. Daniel W. Anderson, D. Tommy King, and John Coulson (editors). Proceedings of a Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group. Waterbirds, Volume 28. Special Publication 1, 2005. Published by the Waterbird Society. $15.00. Order from PSG - contact the Chair at Chair@ pacificseabirdgroup.org.

BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF XANTUS’S MURRELET. Harry R. Carter, Spencer G. Sealy, Esther E. Burkett, and John F. Piatt (editors). Proceedings of a symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon, January 2005. Published 2005 in Marine Ornithology 33(2):81-159. Available free of charge at www.marineornithology.org

SEABIRDS AS INDICATORS OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS. John F. Piatt and William J. Sydeman (editors). Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Girdwood, Alaska, February 2006. Published 2007 in Marine Ecology Progress Series Volume 352:199-309. Available free of charge at http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v352/#theme

THE SALISH SEA ECOSYSTEMS: STATUS AND IMPACTS OF CHANGES ON MARINE BIRDS. Scott Hatch (editor), Douglas F. Bertram, John L. Bower, and Patrick D. O’Hara (guest editors.) 2009. Marine Ornithology, Salish Sea Symposium Issue 37: 1-76. Available free of charge at http://www.pacificseabirdgroup.org/publications/Hatch.etal.2008.pdf

______Information on presenting symposia: Pacific Seabird Group Symposia or Paper Sessions may be arranged by any member who is interested in a particular topic. Before planning a special session, refer to Meetings/Symposia Guidelines at www.pacificseabirdgroup. org; also contact the Scientific Program Chair for the annual meeting. ______

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TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL SEABIRD RESTORATION WORKSHOP. Kenneth I. Warheit, Craig S. Harrison, and George J. Divoky (editors). Exxon Valdez Restoration Project Final Report, Restoration Project 95038. PSG Technical Publication Number 1. 1997. Available free of charge at www.pacificseabirdgroup.org METHODS FOR SURVEYING MARBLED MURRELETS IN FORESTS: A REVISED PROTOCOL FOR LAND MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH. Pacific Seabird Group, Marbled Murrelet Technical Committee. PSG Technical Publication Number 2. 2003. Available free of charge at www.pacificseabirdgroup.org

PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP COMMITTEE COORDINATORS FOR 2016-2017

Committees do much of PSG’s business, as well as the conservation work for which PSG is respected. The committees wel- come (and need) information concerning their issues. Please contact one of these Coordinators with input, updates, to apply for a small grant (see PSG’s website for eligibility), or if you wish to help a committee with its work.

AWARDS COMMITTEE Nina Karnovsky, email: pastchair[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org; Kyra Mills, email: chair[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org; and Adrian Gall, email: programchair[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Joanna Smith, email: communications[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org

CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Mark Rauzon, email: conservation[at]pacificseabirdgroup dotorg

CORRESPONDING MEMBERS COMMITTEE Kyle Elliot, email: haliaeetus[at]gmail dot com

CRAIG S. HARRISON CONSERVATION SMALL GRANTS COMMITTEE Verena Gill, email: verena dot gill[at]gmail dot com

ELECTION COMMITTEE Katie O’Reilly email: PSG_Elections[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org

ENDOWMENT FUND TRUSTEES COMMITTEE Martin Renner, email: Treasurer[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org; Kenneth T. Briggs; and Jim Kushlan

ALEUTIAN TERN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Susan Oehlers, email: soehlers[at]fs dot fed dot us and Michael Goldstein, email: migoldstein[at]uas dot alaska dot edu

KITTLITZ’S MURRELET TECHNICAL COMMITTEE John Piatt, email: jpiatt[at]usgs dot gov and Sarah Schoen, email: sschoen[at]usgs dot gov

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MARBLED MURRELET TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Kim Nelson, email: kim dot nelson[at]oregonstate dot edu and Peter Harrison, email: peter dot harrison[at]dnr dot wa dot gov

MARINE ORNITHOLOGY Louise Blight, editor; email: marine dot ornithology dot manager[at]gmail dot com

NORTHEAST ASIA SEABIRD CONSERVATION COMMITTEE Gregg Howald, email: gregg dot howald[at]islandconservation dot org and Daisuke Ochi, email: otthii[at]affrc dot go dot jp

SCRIPPS’S MURRELET AND GUADALUPE MURRELET TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Yuliana Bedolla-Guzman, email: yuliana dot bedolla[at]islas dot org dot mx and David Mazurkiewicz, email: daveymaz[at]gmail dot com

SEABIRD MONITORING COMMITTEE Heather Renner, email: heather_renner[at]fws dot gov and Robb Kaler, email: robbkaler[at]gmail dot com

TUFTED PUFFIN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Peter Hodum, email: WA dot OR_Rep[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org and Scott Pearson, email: scott dot pearson[at]dfw dot wa dot gov

MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Jennifer Lang, email: membership[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org

LISTSERV COORDINATOR Verena Gill, email: listserv[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org

WEBSITE COORDINATOR Joanna Smith, email: communications[at]pacificseabirdgroup dot org

PSG DELEGATE TO THE AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF ALBATROSS AND PETRELS (ACAP) Ken Morgan, email: ken dot morgan[at]dfo_mpo dot gc dot ca

PSG DELEGATES OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL Pat Baird, email: pab7[at]sfu dot ca and Doug Forsell, email: DJForsell[at]aol dot com

PSG DELEGATES TO THE WORLD SEABIRD UNION Kathy Kuletz, email: kathy_kuletz[at]fws dot gov and Ken Morgan, email: ken dot morgan[at]dfo_mpo dot gc dot ca

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 75 PSG LIFE MEMBERS 2017

David Ainley Adrian Gall Harou Ogi Sarah G. Allen Lisa Haggblom Koji Ono Daniel W. Anderson Judith Latta Hand Steffen Oppel Edgar P. Bailey* Craig S. Harrison Katie O’Reilly Pat Baird Scott A. Hatch Julia Parrish Lisa Ballance Mónica Herzig Zurcher Robert Pitman Don Bishop Nancy Hillstrand Jennifer Provencher Jennifer Boyce Joel D. Hubbard C. John Ralph Kenneth T. Briggs David B. Irons Martin Renner Joanna Burger Ronald Javitch William P. Ritchie Douglas Causey Sarah Keller Chad Roberts Ellen W. Chu James G. King Daniel D. Roby Roger B. Clapp John Konecny Jan Roletto Gary Collar Kathy Kuletz Gerald A. Sanger Cheryl Conel* James Kushlan Palmer C. Sekora Kathy Cousins Lora Leschner Nanette Seto Theodore L. Cross* David B. Lewis Kouzi Shiomi Jeff Davis Peter Major Joanna Smith Robert H. Day Eugene Y. Makishima William E. Southern Tony DeGange Sara Maxwell Jeffrey A. Spendelow Jan Dierks Vivian Mendenhall Craig Strong George Divoky Godfrey Merlen Takaki Terasawa David Duffy Patrick Mock W. Breck Tyler Kyle Elliott Ken Morgan Enriqueta Velarde Gonzalez Stewart Fefer Edward C. Murphy Gus Van Vliet Lloyd Fitzpatrick Maura Naughton Kees Vermeer Elizabeth Flint S. Kim Nelson John and Jane Warriner Douglas J. Forsell Yasuaki Niizuma Yutaka Watanuki Gail Fraser David R. Nysewander Jennifer Wheeler Michael Fry Daisuki Ochi Jeff Williams *deceased HONORARY MEMBER

John Cooper

RECIPIENTS OF PSG’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

David Ainley Malcolm Coulter* James G. King Daniel W. Anderson John Croxall Haruo Ogi Philip and Myrtle Ashmole Anthony Gaston John F. Piatt James C. Bartonek Charles Guiguet* Spencer G. Sealy W.R.P. Bourne Michael P. Harris Larry B. Spear* Richard G.B. Brown* Thomas R. Howell* Robert E. Ricklefs G. Vernon Byrd George L. Hunt, Jr. Miklos D.F. Udvardy* John Cooper Karl W. Kenyon* John Warham* *deceased

Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 76 RECIPIENTS OF PSG’S SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Malcolm Coulter* Lora Leschner Steven M. Speich* Franklin Gress Edward Melvin Mark J. Rauzon George J. Divoky Vivian Mendenhall Gus B. Van Vliet Craig S. Harrison S. Kim Nelson Yutaka Watanuki Hiroshi Hasegawa Arthur L. Sowls Lindsay C. Young

*deceased

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Members receive the following benefits: announcements of meetings, reduced rates on conferences and some publications, subscription to the PSG listserv, and most importantly, the knowledge of contributing to the study and conservation of Pacific seabirds wherever they occur. Annual membership is for one calendar year and expires each year on 31 December. Lifetime memberships are also available. All Life member contributions are dedicated to PSG’s Endowment Fund, a fund to support the publications of the PSG, principally Marine Ornithology.

MEMBERSHIP RATES Individual membership: $40 Student membership: $30 Life membership: $1,200 (can be divided into 5 annual payments of $240)

TO JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP To join the Pacific Group or renew your membership, please go to: http://tiny.cc/psgmember

To edit information on an existing membership, please follow the link above and login using the e-mail address that you used to renew your membership (which may be different from your mailing-list e-mail address).

If you have any questions, please notify our Membership Coordinator: [email protected] The Membership Coordinator is responsible for maintaining the membership database, assisting members with updating their information, sending new member information to the listserv coordinator, and other member assistance as needed.

MEMBER RESOURCES To subscribe to the Pacific Seabird Group Listserv, please go to: lists-psg.org/mailman/listinfo/pacificseabirds_lists-psg.org For access to the Pacific Seabird Group mailing list, please contact the coordinator at: [email protected].

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Pacific Seabirds • Volume 44 • Number 2 • 2017 • Page 77 PSG EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2017

OFFICERS

Chair Kyra Mills, email: [email protected]

Past Chair Nina Karnovsky, email: [email protected]

Chair-Elect Adrian Gall, email: [email protected]

Vice-Chair for Conservation Mark Rauzon, email: [email protected]

Treasurer Martin Renner, email: [email protected]

Secretary Jane Dolliver, email: [email protected]

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Alaska and Russia Robb Kaler, email: [email protected]

Canada Trudy Chatwin, email: [email protected]

Washington and Oregon Peter Hodum, email: [email protected]

Northern California Anna Weinstein, email: [email protected]

Latin America, Hawai’i Andre Raine, email: [email protected]

Non-Pacific United States Samantha Richman, email: [email protected]

Europe/Africa Ross Wanless, email: [email protected]

Asia and Oceania Kuniko Otsuki, email: [email protected]

Student Representative Chris Tyson, email: [email protected]

COORDINATORS (non-voting)

Communications Joanna Smith, email: [email protected]

Listserv Coordinator Verena Gill, email: [email protected]

Membership Coordinator Jennifer Lang, email: [email protected]

Website Coordinator Joanna Smith, email: [email protected]

Elections Coordinator Katie O’Reilly, email: [email protected]