2019 Egg Rock UPDATE Newsletter of National Audubon Society’s Seabird Restoration Program

Dr. Stephen Kress, Project Puffin Founder, Retires fter decades of groundbreaking sea- “Through dedication and perseverance, Steve is an amazing Abird restoration, conservation hero and Vice-President of Bird Conservation example of how one person can change the world. He not at National Audubon Society, Dr. Stephen only accomplished the unthinkable—reintroducing Atlantic Kress announced his well-earned retirement. Steve joined Hog Island Audubon Camp, Puffins to several of Maine’s coastal islands—but he also Maine in 1969 as a bird life instructor. Fifty years later, he leaves a legacy of seabird pioneered the idea of seabird restoration around the globe.” conservation that spans the globe. —Dr. Karen Hyun, Vice-President for Coasts, National Audubon Society. Steve earned worldwide recognition for his successful use of translocation and R social attraction techniques using bird yan D decoys, sound recordings, and mirrors to avi d B attract and reintroduce Atlantic Puffins r iown to the island of Eastern Egg Rock off the coast of Maine. In addition to repopulating Eastern Egg Rock, Steve’s perseverance helped grow the U.S. population of Atlantic Puffins to more than 1,000 nesting pairs on five islands in the Gulf of Maine. His work, through the Seabird Restoration Pro- gram, has now restored nesting colonies for at least 42,000 seabirds in Maine and 49 seabird species in 14 countries. He has also taught and influenced hundreds of students, conservationists, and scientists from more than a dozen countries through internships, and inspired thousands of con- servation leaders of all ages at the Hog Island Audubon Camp, where he served as instructor and director. Steve’s early puffin work sparked imaginations and earned a featured spot in the 1970s TV show, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. In 1987, Steve was awarded the Rolex Award for Enterprise. Audubon honored Steve in 2010 with the Golden Egret Award and in 2014 with a peer- nominated Charles H. Callison Award for We thank you, Steve! “remarkable contributions to conservation through coalition-building, creative think- ing, and perseverance.” Steve told about this incredible conservation journey in his book, Project Puffin, It is his deep commitment to sharing his knowledge and published in 2015 with co-author Derrick Jackson. He has also inspiring the next generations, coupled with his lifelong research been a course instructor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in to restore seabird populations, that will help ensure a successful Ithaca, New York, for several decades where he shared his bird future for birds throughout the world. knowledge with hundreds more students.

Mission: Developing techniques for restoring seabirds to historic ranges and encouraging the protection and appreciation of seabirds worldwide. Seabird Restoration Program The 2019 Maine Research Team D e r ek

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Founder: Stephen W. Kress ackson Director of Conservation Science: Don Lyons Managing Director: Tiffany Huenefeldt Associate Director: Rosalie V. Borzik Office Manager: Deborah J. Wood Annual Giving Manager: Ruth Likowski Assistant to the Director: Terry P. Mingle Sanctuary Manager: Paula Shannon Assistant Sanctuary Manager, and Education Outreach Specialist: Susan E. Schubel Database Manager: André Breton Logistics Coordinator: Sarah Joy Kwiatkowski Boat Tour Coordinator: Aubrey Alamshah Outreach Assistants: Aiden Griffiths, Jasmine Lee, Anthony Liss, Kevin Mardell Office Assistant: Arthur Marchese Volunteers: Sara Jane Hymes, Ann Mitchell

Project Puffin Visitor Center Staff Manager: Susan Meadows

Hog Island Staff Facilities Manager: Eric Snyder Facilities Assistant: Adrian Bregy Front row: (left to right): Kevin Mardell; Siyu Wang*; Stephen Kress; Rose Borzik; Debbie Wood; Tiffany Program Manager: Eva Matthews Lark Huenefeldt; Andreinna Morán Alvarez* Second Row: Nicole Faber*; Keenan Yakola*; Anna Baker; Tracey Head Chef: Kristi Bokros Faber*; Mary Kathryn Devers*; Hannah Baird*; Penelope Murphy*; Amanda Trent*; Jasmine Lee; Michael Sous Chef: Marla Schroeder Rickershauser*; Sean Hardison (NOAA Scientific Data Analyst, Keynote Speaker, SRP Staff Training) Kitchen Assistant: Anna Korosi Third Row: Will Kennerley*; Eva Matthews Lark; Sarah Guitart*; Sarah Joy Kwiatkowski; Aidan Griffiths; Volunteer: Marie Benedetti Dallas Jordan*; Sophia Salzer; Sue Schubel; Paula Shannon Fourth Row: Don Lyons; Nathaniel Smith; Friends of Hog Island (FOHI) President: Kathleen Laura Sterup*; Parker Davis*; Anna Nellis Smith*; Sam Wells; Caitlin Bowman*; Henry Legett Juanita Roushdy Absent from photo: Ana Lucia Amaral; Steve Baird; Benjamin Becker; Laura Brazier; Will Broussard; Sarah FOHI Volunteer Coordinator: Tony Ferrara Carr-Glemboski; Emily Clark; Stefanie Collar; Lily Davis; Suzanne Dodge; Noel Dodge; Adam DiNuovo; Ryan 119 dedicated FOHI volunteers Fawcett; Annette Fayet; Anely Fernández Robledo*; Clare Flynn; Shannon Freyer; Jillian Galloway; Kay Garlick-Ott*; Hallie Garvey; Bryan Glemboski; Jean Hall; Jordan Hedges; Scott Hedges; Bridget Hinz; Ed Egg Rock Update Staff Jenkins; Earl Johnson; Timothy Johnson; Adrian Jordaan; Scott Jordan; Gabby Jukkala; Stacey Keefer; Authors: Tiffany Huenefeldt, Don Lyons Elizabeth Koch; Anna Korosi; Jason Langshaw; Jack Lawlor; Mandy Lightcap; Ayla Liss; Kawai Marin; Angela Editors: Rosalie V. Borzik, Tiffany Huenefeldt, McIntyre; Luis Angel Méndez Rosas*; John Nugent; Dan Ober; Sally Ober; Mikayla Ockels; Emily Ritter; Stephen W. Kress, Paula Shannon Jennifer Ryan; Richard Smith; Michelle Staudinger; Jess Steketee; Nadia Swanson*; Katherine Taylor; Design: DIANETH Designs, dianeth.com Marie Van Zandt; Lindsay Yue * indicates donor-sponsored researchers K athryn ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

D he Seabird Restoration Program is a part of the Science Division of the National Audubon Society. We espe- evers Tcially thank Gary Langham and Karen Hyun for their guidance. We also thank John Fitzpatrick and the Cornell

by Laboratory of Ornithology staff for continued cooperation. It is with deep gratitude for their support and advice, J

ean that we thank members of the Seabird Advisory Council.

H In addition, we thank Brad Allen, Kelsey Sullivan and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife all for permission and logistic support for our work on Eastern Egg Rock, Jenny Island and Outer Green Island. We also thank Brian Benedict, Eddy Edwards, Michael Langlois, Linda Welch and the staff of Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge for their continued cooperation for our studies on Seal Island NWR, Pond Island NWR and Matinicus Rock. Robert Houston, biologist for the USFWS Gulf of Maine Program graciously provided mapping and field support. We also thank the Prout’s Neck Audubon Society for their loyal support for our work on Stratton Island.

We thank the following for their generous assistance and gifts Avian Haven Dr. James Li Asher Bird Maine Audubon: Peter Baecher Hilde Bird Brooke Mcilvane Dave Corbeau, Harbormaster, Pine Point, Maine John Meyn Adam DiNuovo David and Diane Morton Terry Dunning Janice and Lennart Olson Michael Fahay Prout’s Neck Audubon Society Sandy Flint Prout’s Neck Yacht Club Friends of Hog Island Davin Robinson Walter & Ann Gamble Juanita Roushdy Terry Goodhue Bill Scholtz Gunnar Gunderson and Lincoln County Rifle Club Karen Sulzberger & Eric Lax Jean Hall Carol Taylor What’s for Dinner? Anthony Hill Cricket and Chris Tupper Poop collected on special hats in Common Tern Debbie Jackson and Prout’s Neck Association. Alan Twombley, Harbormaster, Falmouth, Maine colonies will reveal prey species consumed Derrick Z. Jackson Steve Wallace by terns, as identified from the DNA in each Kieve-Wavus Education E. John White Lucy LaCasse Rick and John Woodruff sample. See more about this study on page 5. Orange Circuit Fitness, Brunswick, Maine

2 Egg Rock Update 2019 State of the Ecosystem Report Seabird Institute Audubon Data Represents Seabirds In the Gulf of Maine Created n September 2018, the Composition of Common Tern Diet INew England Fishery he Kress legacy of seabird restora- Management Council was Ttion work will continue with the for- considering changes in the mation of a Seabird Institute under the management of the Atlantic leadership of Dr. Donald Lyons, whose Herring fishery throughout career has closely aligned with Audu- New England. In a well-timed bon’s Seabird Restoration Program. op-ed piece for the Portland Don spent the last 20 years at Oregon Press Herald (Maine), Sea- State University working on seabird sci- bird Restoration Program ence and conservation. His background (SRP) founder Steve Kress as an electrical engineer and seabird advocated for the needs biologist helps him further research on of puffins just as fisheries tracking seabird foraging, dispersal, and managers were consider- migration using both banding and elec- ing adjustments to herring tronic tagging. He joined the program harvest levels. Bolstered by last year as its Director of Conserva- letters from many Audubon activists around the country, fisheries managers listened. tion Science and will take on a new The Council decided to immediately reduce harvest levels and propose a more cau- leadership role, directing the Institute’s tious “control rule” for the Atlantic herring fishery. While the new rules are not quite research to inform smart policy around as cautious as seabird advocates were hoping for, they were a significant step in the critical issues affecting seabirds and the right direction. places they need. Tiffany Huenefeldt The benefits of this outreach did not stop there, however. Dr. Scott Large, a will continue her role as Managing scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Northeast Director. Underscoring the importance Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, read the op-ed letter and of this work, an anonymous National reached out to SRP about incorporating SRP’s seabird data into his group’s annual Audubon Society board member has ecosystem assessment of the Gulf of Maine. Published as “State of the Ecosystem” invested $1 million in the new Seabird (SOE) reports, these assessments bring together many different types of ocean Institute. This will enable Audubon to data: water temperatures and currents, plankton densities, fish concentrations, build on Dr. Kress’ conservation legacy whale abundance, and social and economic factors like the diversity and financial that will accelerate Audubon’s marine value of commercial and recreational fishing landings. NOAA delivers SOE reports science, conservation and policy work to each regional Fishery Management Council to inform decision makers on the throughout the hemisphere. It will help status of marine ecosystems relative to past years. Long-term datasets—like those support Audubon’s leadership role in developed by SRP on seabird diet and productivity—are key to assessing the eco- addressing the precipitously declining system’s annual status. SRP is well positioned to voice the seabird perspective. populations of seabirds and forage fish We focused on contributing Common Tern productivity and diet for the 2019 they depend on for survival. report (reporting conditions through the summer of 2018). Common Terns are a Common Tern by Zeke Smith particularly appropriate sentinel species as they are not dietary specialists—they consume a wide variety of fish prey found at the surface and are widely distributed. Common Terns feed their chicks a good representation of the fish present in much of the Gulf of Maine. Stretching back to 1988, it is one of our most robust datasets. Two important conclusions we have recognized in recent warm-water years were stressed in the interpretation of our tern data within the larger report: more unfavorable fish like butterfish were included in chick diets and lower chick survival overall. These lessons are not necessarily new, but were particularly notable in 2018, a very warm year. The SOE report is the perfect vehicle to convey this information to fishery managers, many of whom may not be regularly exposed to non-fish focused perspectives on the marine ecosystem. Now they can consider the needs of birds more readily than ever before. SRP’s next contribution to SOE will include diet data from Atlantic Puffins that dive and feed on fish at a variety of depths. Our Gulf of Maine seabird partners from the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge and Shoals Marine Lab also plan to add their Common Tern data to the report. Beyond the Gulf of Maine, we are working to facilitate data contributions to the Mid-Atlantic SOE report by seabird colleagues in that region. Collectively, these efforts to inform fisheries management are an excellent example of our expanding objectives as we grow into a more broadly focused Seabird Institute. Stay tuned for more fish connections in the future!

Egg Rock 3 Update 2019 Seabird Diets and Ocean Warming J he Seabird Restoration Program has documented ean H Tseabird breeding success, chick growth, and the all composition of chick diets for years. Such long-term datasets are rare in applied conservation. In Septem- ber, the scientific journal Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) published a study that analyzes this data. It reports on the reproductive success of Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, and Common Murres when high- quality prey are less available due to warming waters in the Gulf of Maine. The study also underscores the critical importance of protecting and restoring forage fish populations along our coasts as climate change increases global ocean temperatures. When the data were examined, significant changes in chick diet were seen across the study period for all three seabird species—the changes coincide with major temperature increases. Razorbills and murres needed and were more able to maintain a consistent diet of high-quality forage fish than puffins, which more frequently shifted to exploiting lower-quality, but more readily available food during The reproductive success of puffins and other seabirds depends on finding shortages of high-quality prey. However, due to their quality fish in warming oceans. Puffins more readily switched their diet than longer breeding season, puffin reproductive output Razorbills or murres, but their foraging success was more sensitive to marine was much more vulnerable to ocean warming. In heat waves due to the longer time they take to raise their chicks in the burrow. J ean other words, because puffin chicks take H all longer to leave the nest and head to sea to forage on their own, “pufflings” are more susceptible to longer periods of low-quality fish. The findings show that these three seabird species would benefit from stronger management of forage fish populations to secure healthy populations during marine heatwaves. High-quality prey like herring and sand lance are not only an important food source for sea- birds, but also for the whole marine food web. Healthy, diverse stocks of forage fish are especially important when warmer waters push high-quality forage fish into deeper water and further from land.

The MEPS paper was authored by Seabird Res- toration Program scientists and colleagues at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) using long-term SRP data from Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge (SINWR) and Matinicus Rock, as well as UNB data from Machias Seal Island at the U.S.-Canada border. Research at SINWR and Matinicus Rock was con- ducted in collaboration and support from the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, supporters of the Audubon Seabird Restoration Program, and notably, the Annenberg Foundation. Analyses and manuscript preparation were completed with sup- port from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Razorbills feed their chicks for a shorter amount of time in the burrow because the Access the full article at www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m626p177.pdf chicks fledge sooner, making them less sus- ceptible to marine heat waves than puffins.

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his summer the Seabird Restoration r e F TProgram embarked on a donor-funded lynn pilot project to find out where Matinicus Rock seabirds find food for their young. By learning where puffins and other seabirds forage in both cool and warm years, we will better understand the effects of a warming climate, and identify areas where cautious fisheries management is needed. A new generation of miniaturized GPS tracking devices are now available that weigh as little as a dime (2.5 grams). These tags are small enough to tape onto a puffin’s The tag is attached back feathers without negatively affecting to the puffin’s its ability to fly and dive. Logging data feathers with tape. internally—rather than including compo- nents to transmit data to satellites or the cell phone network—keeps the tags light, but means the tagged puffins must be recaptured and the tag removed to obtain the tracking location data. The Matinicus Rock puffin colony was chosen for the pilot effort because it offered the most shallow, accessible burrows for recaptures. The tracking effort began in early July once the first chicks were two weeks old and completed a month later in early August. During that period, hardwork- ing research assistants obtained data from over 300 locations where tagged puffins were foraging, commuting, or rafting on the ocean surface. A few of these locations were over 20 miles from the Matinicus Rock colony! Most were A tagged puffin brings back food for its chick on Matincus Rock. much closer; however, about half were within five miles. Locations were generally south or southeast of the colony, indicat- ing movements further out into the Gulf of Maine and away from shore. MAINE Fecal (poop) samples were also collected from the tagged puffins when recaptured and shared with Gemma Clucas, a geneticist at Cornell University. DNA in the fecal sample will identify prey species consumed during the tracking Hog Island period and connect locations to particular types of prey. Given the success of this pilot project, an expanded tagging effort is planned Matinicus Rock for the 2020 field season. Additional data, and data across years of differ- ing conditions, will greatly enhance our understanding—and that of regional fish- ery managers—of how climate change Tracking data from puffins tagged at challenges puffins and other seabirds, and Matinicus Rock. Each color represents 0 15 30 km impacts their key forage fish, including locations of a unique individual puffin. Atlantic herring.

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➤➤ Alcid Numbers Climb: 60 active Razorbill all burrows were found and an estimated 573 ➤➤ Record Number of puffin pairs nested. Common Terns: 1,159 pairs nested. Stratton and Bluff Islands ➤➤ Tern Tracking in Partnership with USFWS: ➤➤ Not Just Common Common and Arctic Terns fitted with GPS ➤➤ More Oystercatchers: 4 pairs of American Oystercatchers nested, fledging 13 pairs of Arctic trackers provided insight into tern foraging Terns: 6 chicks. One adult was banded in Georgia in 2016 as a chick. locations and behavior. Terns and 2 pairs of Roseate Terns nested. ➤➤ More Guillemots: 9 pairs of Black Guillemots nested—the highest number ➤➤ “Troppy” is Back: The Red-Billed Tropicbird, recorded for the sanctuary. back for another summer, survived a brush ➤➤ Abundant Food: Herring with the only bush on the island when avoid- and sand lance domi- ➤➤ Less Debris: 3 tons of marine debris were removed from the island in a ing mobbing terns. nated the tern chick diet. major clean-up effort funded by a grant from NOAA. MAINE ISLAND HIGHLIGHTS MAINE ISLAND 2019

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Cam fan Julie Wallace chronicled parental feedings and visits from other puffins r D ess to Bucky, the puffin chick in Seal Island NWR’s burrow #59. Thanks to the dedicated care by his parents (one of whom was injured), Bucky successfully fledged on August 8. It took more than 316 deliveries of 1,337 fish (mostly haddock and hake) to raise puffling Bucky! On Hog Island, despite a family of stylish mannequins intended as deterrents, osprey star Rachel once again squared off against a Great Horned Owl. Rachel sustained a foot injury during the season, and her mate Steve took on much of the feeding of the remaining chick, Hailey, who fledged on August 3. A big shout out to Regina Hornung and the other dedicated osprey viewers! We wish Bucky and Hailey safe journeys and happy returns.

Andreinna Morán Alvarez holds a Common Tern chick being prepped for weighing and measuring.

2019 Josephine Daneman Herz International Seabird Fellows

he Seabird Restoration Program Twelcomed four Josephine Dane- man Herz International Fellows to Maine in 2019. These four talented scientists joined Project Puffin’s pro- gram in Maine to exchange knowl- edge, culture and expertise with our researchers. Joining us were Anely all

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F with seabirds for Grupo de Ecología uke L y Conservación de Islas, in México on Guadalupe Island; Andreinna del Puffin Boat Tours Rocio Morán Alvarez, a graduate of the University of Quayaquil, Ecuador J ean The summer 2019 schedule with Nazca Booby, Waved Albatross H

all increased to over 125 Project and Vermillion Flycatcher research Puffin narrated puffin-watching experience on the Galapagos trips and the passenger number Islands; and Siyu Wang, curator at had an uptick of 15%! Hardy Boat the Zhejiang Museum of Natural His- and Cap’n Fish boat lines took over tory and team member of the criti- 10,500 visitors on viewing trips to cally endangered Eastern Egg Rock—a lot of people Chinese for the puffins to view! Crested Tern Restoration D Project. aniel R

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tion for most of his career. on Margo Bradford Bob & Wanda Moeller In 1963, he hired Stephen Suzanne R. Brown Harold & Barbara Namminga Kress as a 16-year-old Mitchell & Lois Byrd Morton & Nancy Nelson student assistant at the Charles Cardinaux James & Kate Parkey Constance Casey Linwood & Gwendolyn Perkins Audubon Camp of Con- Lea Cerqueria Margot & Mason Reed necticut and later invited Alice Coburn Shirley & Kent Roberts Steve to Maine to teach bird life at the Hog Island Audubon Camp Page & Virginia Cranford John & Jane Seel Gloria T. Cropp Herb & Beverly Spannuth where Dur served as director from 1970 to 1976. This period spanned Mr. & Mrs. Edward Curran Landra & Emil Spieth the beginning of Project Puffin, during which he provided encourage- Mr. & Mrs. James E. Douglas, Jr. Patty & Prentice Stout ment and a base of operations at Hog Island. With his wife, Peggy, Mr. & Mrs. William J. Gibbs Marion Tilton Edes Gilbert Paul G. & Marjorie M. Tongue the Mortons created the Duryea and Peggy Morton Seabird Intern- Laura B. Gowen Anne & Frank Tracy ship Fund in 2010 to provide training for promising early-career Zoe Graves Alexander Ward conservation biologists on Maine seabird sanctuaries. So far, 18 Russell & Ardith Hannula Clayton Westland Bernard & Valerie Hettel Robert & Susan Williams seabird stewards have received internships. Duryea requested that Janet Jussel Pauline Willis all memorial gifts go to the Duryea and Peggy Morton Internship Stephanie & Robert King Sarah Wilson Fund upon his death on May 6, 2019, and bequeathed a contribution David Klinger Jack & Kathleen Wood Cynthia Lee Maria L. Yeatts to the Morton Seabird Internship Fund and Hog Island endowment. Kenneth & Barbara Lewis Anne E. Young

In Memory of Jane R. Olsen Robin M. Elliott Pat Moynahan Peg R. Olsen Andrew Mills Frances Amsterdam York County Audubon Society Marcia Kean Fred & Helen Popp Margaret (Peg) Estey Grace Marie Theriot Nelson Continental Press Greg Estey Claire Arnold Taylor Mauck Beth Burdick Ron Quayle Claire Harper Flood Kay O’Grady Jill Spohn Ann Fontaine-Fisher Phyllis Benay Chris & Anna Toscano Erin Benay Amy Schoener Francis Zoe Park William Pearcy Danielle Stelly Betty Birdsey Matthew & Birgit Landers Viju & Mercy Palal Alice Garey Melissa Sullivan Myra Gelband Judith Sullivan Hellen Gelband Tae Eun Song & Young Yoon Mary K. Butler George Golumbeski Cristina Svoboda Michael Butler In Honor of Nana Twumuwaah Tara B. Christie-Tamang Richard Lawrence Aubrey Alamshah Jane G. Greely Elizabeth Perreault & Chris Roark Joseph Giegerich & The Gig-Werks TeamMartha C. Frink Roman Ramsey Marian Greely Janet H. Davis Sue A. Bauer Soren Peterson & Jennifer Esch Guthrie Medical Group Administration & LindaStaff Oskamp Maureen Hinkle Hope Babcock Marlene Robbins Patricia B. Einhorn Nancy Bires Einhorn/Lasky Family Fund Thera Hogue Rebecca Propen Debbie Banas Beverly Propen Donald Ekstrom Carol Bauzo Zachary Porter Jennie Ekstrom Linda Cicco Marsha & David Holden Puffling Gracie Suzanne Crellin Emil Glaub Debbie Crisan Naomi Miller Paula Dalessandro Tanja Glaub Regina Hornung Juanita Roushdy Nancy DePuy Suzanne Sandison Laurel & David Wiegand Betty Hulbert Patricia Hersh Joanne King Mindy Howley Pete Salmansohn Shelly M. Kekich Esther Laventhol Ellen Krysiek Beverly Propen James Keefer Bill Salmansohn Larz Palmer Jean Mikulski Steve Johnson Conner Satterthwaite Ben Kress Barb Mild Ann L. Mitchell Bonnie Sich Annamarina Romine & Griffin Joette Borzik & Rich Parker Cyrus & Kathryn Jones Andrea Staul Don Lyons Andrew & Morgan Adams Bethany Smith Cindy Wombacker Bob McGuire Steve Kress Deborah DiQuinzio Terry Mingle Bismarck Richard & Nancy Belisle Neale Smith & Gerry Weinberger Seabird Restoration Program Staff Dina Landoll Juliana & Mark Phillips Susan Weinstein Catherine Meredith Kurth Sue Bowden Elaina Lomery Catherine & Len Sprinkles Virginia Hopkins Kevin Floyd Becky Simpson Laura Stevens Greta & Frederick Sergeant Greg Brendel Dr. Zach London Strummer & Ava Jay Kyle Lisa Ewen Jason Chua Dina Landoll Judith Lutes Shawn Carignan Peggy Malone Detlef Tibax Little Dion Marilyn Del Donno Richard Lee Joris Menten Dorothy White Richard & Lana DiGangi Stephanie McMahon Jennifer Tilden Richard L. Maxwell, Sr. Zachary Abrams Arlene McMahon Kathleen Gafgen The Garcia Family Fund Elizabeth DiGangi Arnim Meyburg Joyce Toth Ellen McAllister Chris & Anna Toscano Rhonda Stollerman Marsha Clegg Ruth Krauss Alan Dolan Murray Lantner Wyatt Mollod Charlie Truskoski Lee Dolan Angelina Arlia Karen Neader Nancy Miller Jonathan Dowling Nerea Arrieta Benjamin Truskoski Paul Anderson Liga & Chip Jahnke Elizabeth Bergen Karen & David Weiss Jennifer Mitscherlich Amanda Dunbar Oriane Celerio Deanna Schaeffer Bruce Lantrip Jessica Bolton Heather Finn Lorena Sanchez Tucker Zhou Family Liam Snyder Abigail Wickes

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