{"id":187,"date":"2022-03-02T19:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T19:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/seabirdoceanographylab\/?p=187"},"modified":"2024-07-31T19:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:45:49","slug":"field-notes-midway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/seabirdoceanographylab\/2022\/03\/02\/field-notes-midway\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the Field: Midway Atoll (Pihemanu)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By Scott Shaffer<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This was the rainiest and windiest conditions we\u2019ve experienced at Midway over the years. Despite the weather, the albatross field crew of myself (Scott Shaffer), Henri Weimerskirch, Sarah Youngren, and Dan Rapp deployed nearly 80 data logging devices on Laysan and black-footed albatrosses over two weeks during the last half of January 2022. Our primary goal was to record albatross and fishing vessel interactions using GPS loggers enabled with radar detection sensors. <\/p>\n\n\n

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A Laysan albatross pair. The bird on the right is carrying at GPS data logger enabled with marine radar detection. The tags are taped to the feathers with a water-proof tape and are easily removed when the bird is recaptured. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Preliminary data show one Laysan albatross passing within range (but not interacting) of a fishing vessel upon its return to Midway after 10 days at sea. Stay tuned for more updates as we start analyzing the rest of the dataset. We plan to cross-reference the vessel detections with the AIS dataset amassed by Global Fishing Watch<\/a> to better understand when and where albatrosses are encountering fishing vessels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunset on Midway Atoll (Pihemanu). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A few images from Midway in January. We were incredibly lucky to be able to get a field team out to the island!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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black-footed albatross nest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laysan albatross, no egg.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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rain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scott and Henri deploying a tag. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dan and Sarah deploying a tag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A black-footed albatross chick. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Henri & Scott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Midway January 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This project is funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation with support from NOAA to support the mission of conserving natural resources of the Papah\u0101naumoku\u0101kea Marine National Monument, Northwest Hawaiian Islands. Photos were taken under permit: PMNM-2021-012. All field personnel were vaccinated against covid-19 and underwent a period of quarantine on arrival to Midway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Scott Shaffer This was the rainiest and windiest conditions we\u2019ve experienced at Midway over the years. Despite the weather, the albatross field crew of myself (Scott Shaffer), Henri Weimerskirch, Sarah Youngren, and Dan Rapp deployed nearly 80 data logging devices on Laysan and black-footed albatrosses over two weeks during the last half of January … <\/p>\n

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