Fairbanks, AK, graduate student doing studies on the Rhinoceros Auklet bird

Alexis Will of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, will be doing her thesis paper on the “Rhino”, as the bird is called. Not so much on the decline of the bird, but how it has survived in Alaska.

The mother bird does not come back to her nest, but every 24 hours, so Ms Wills is currently doing her research at night. Though funded by the North Pacific Research Board, it is part of the “eco system” project.

The Rhino is found from S. California to Japan, Antarctica to Bering Sea. 2000 nesting pairs in Sitka Sound.

Here’s a 5 minute tape to tell you more of Ms Will’s project.


More on the Rhinoceros Auklet


University of Alaska-Fairbanks; Biology & Wildlife Dept:
http://www.bw.uaf.edu/

If you enjoy birds, here’s a FB page you can like.
http://www.facebook.com/World.Seabird.Union



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinoceros_Auklethttp://www.alaskapublic.org/2012/06/27/studying-a-thriving-bird-the-rhino/