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Winter 2000-2001
"We arrived on the island..."
November 20, 2000
"...My hands are chewed to pieces from vicious
penguin bites..."
November 23, 2000
"I spend...gathering data on adult penguins..."
December 1, 2000
"Penguin nest census"
December 9, 2000
"Hanging out in the pup nurseries..."
December 15, 2000
"I was one of the seal catchers..."
December 22, 2000
"...Our own version of penguin diet..."
December 31, 2000
"I got to epoxy...two radio transmitters on penguin backs..."
January 5, 2001
"I learned how to pump their stomachs..."
January 13, 2001
"Diet sampling"
January 18, 2001
"The penguin chicks have started to crèche..."
January 23, 2001
"...Our focus ...shifts to banding birds and weighing fledglings ..."
January 30, 2001
"...So amazing to watch when they swim ..."
February 5, 2001
"Chick census..."
February 11, 2001
"...Packing up and heading north..."
February 18, 2001
"...Saying goodbye to penguins and skuas..."
February 27, 2001
"Final report"
February 26, 2001
"...On my way home..."
March 5, 2001
Seabird Research at Cape Sherriff
A final government report of the research conducted during
the 2000-2001
season.
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Winter 2001-2002
The start of a new season: "Penguins take no holidays"
Wednesday, 28 November 2001
"Our gentoo penguin population is down over 13% this year..."
Thursday, 6 December 2001
"...The island is now bustling with new life..."
Wednesday, 12 December 2001
"The wet snow & wind has been...hard on the...penguin chicks"
Wednesday, 19 December 2001
"Life is starting to get busy & interesting again in the world of seabirds"
Monday, 24 December 2001
"...The penguin work has started full force..."
Thursday, 3 January 2002
"Gentoo chicks ... eat so much that both parents have to go out and forage for them all day. "
Thursday, 10 January 2002
"All of the chinstrap penguin chicks are coming of age."
Thursday, 17 January 2002
"I only have 2 more chick
weights today & then I'm done handling grubby chicks until chick
banding day"
Wednesday, 23 January 2002
"For the time being
though, our days will be devoted to entering data and searching
for banded known-age penguins..."
Friday, 1 February 2002
"...This year we're
only banding 500 chinstrap chicks..."
Saturday, 9 February 2002
"After 8 weeks of being
fed & protected by their parents, one day mom & dad just
stop showing up..."
Thursday, 21 February 2002
"I've left my little
feathered friends..."
Wednesday, 6 March 2002
Winter 2002-2003
The third season: "Things are going great
down here on King George Island...."
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
"Now
the Adeline penguins are slowly leaving the colonies..."
Thursday, January 31, 2003
"The chinstrap colonies are
in their prime sloppy, mucky condition..."
Thursday, February 6, 2003
"All of the Adelie penguins
have left for the winter, so we're down to gentoos..."
Friday, February 14, 2003
"Sunday the winds continued
to be strong as Stacey & I attempted to hike to all of the
remaining skua territories..."
Thursday, February 20, 2003
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