The Sea Ranch Sagehens (Kyle, Jeffrey, Leo, and me, Nicole) were excited to have Ramon visit to help settle into our research! He has been especially helpful with the protocol of the Pelagic Cormorant study; with his advice we were able to locate the same nests he did last last year to have consistency and a new set in the cove next door. We’ve gotten a lot of really great work done in the last few days!
Leo and I surveying the south side of Gualala Point Island this morning!
It was rather foggy so seeing the island (right above the scope in this picture) was difficult this morning.
It’s been a ton of fun to have Ramon staying with us, we’ve been playing board games and rented The Birds because not only are we studying birds but it is also filmed in the area! It was pretty dated so we had a lot of fun joking about the acting and misidentification of the birds.
Playing Settlers of Catan!
The DVD menu for The Birds.
They kept calling the birds Seagulls and Crows, when really they were Western Gulls and Ravens!
Looking forward to many more eventful weeks at Sea Ranch!
Nicole