Boardwalks to protect auklet burrows on Año Nuevo Island
run past a white PVC entrance to a Rhinoceros Auklet nest
box buried underground. The old lighthouse keeper's residence
is visible in the background.
Pigeon Guillemot with rockfish to feed its chick.
Biologist installing weighing device in nest box entrance
Cassin's Auklet chick hatched in nest box on Año Nuevo
Island.
Biologist weighing auklet chick from a nest box.
Biologist checking auklet burrow under boardwalk with infrared
camera.
Brandt's Cormorant study plot for collecting information on
breeding biology. Pelagic Cormorants nest on the old lightkeeper's house in the background.
Brandt's Cormorant advertising for a mate.
Brown
Pelicans roosting on Año Nuevo Island.
Rare Ashy Storm-Petrel caught while mist-netting for Rhinoceros
Auklets at night.
View from window of old lightkeeper's residence.
Black Oystercatcher nest on beach above high tide line.
