Sagehens with Albatrosses! Both Kristina McOmber’12 and Nai de Gracia’14 are working on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge! Here they are fixing a gapped band of a black-footed albatross. Albatross are so long lived that they need their bands re-closed if they start to develop gaps in order to last the next several decades.
Kristina holds the bird while Nai ensures that the band that this albatross wears won’t fall off.
Nai holds the bird while Kristina (wearing Pomona College sweatshirt) fixes the band.