Summer is here and maybe you or someone you know are off
to the Galápagos Islands. We are happy to announce the launch of our new
website, www.iGalapagos.org, a project using photographs for research and conservation. We seek
pictures of Galápagos penguins. Pictures may be worth 1000 words as they can
tell us when penguins are molting, when juveniles are present, and when
penguins are mostly foraging at sea. To help us, please visit www.iGalapagos.org and upload your photos. We will need the date and location of
your picture. The website has links to our social media and YouTube. We
built 120 nests on the Galápagos and so far 9 have had eggs and chicks. Thanks
for helping us spread the word.
We’ve also added new videos
to our YouTube
channel. There you can watch
short videos that my students made using footage I took in Argentina,
the
Galápagos, South Africa, and New Zealand. Videos are broken into six
categories
called Punta Tombo, Galápagos, Penguins of S. Africa, Penguins of New
Zealand, Climate Change, and World Penguin Day. Stories range from oiled
penguin rehabilitation to a
yellow-eyed vs. blue penguin rap.
Dee
P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D
Director, Center for Penguins as Ocean Sentinels
Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science
Department of Biology
24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1800
Phone: 206-616-2185
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