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close up of Male Bar-tailed Godwit at a breeding site near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Male Bar-tailed Godwit at a breeding site near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Male Bar-tailed Godwit at a breeding site near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
Male Bar-tailed Godwit at a breeding site near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Male Bar-tailed Godwit at a breeding site near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. USGS and USFWS recently found ​that almost the entire population of ​Alaska-breeding bar-tailed godwits feed along sand bars near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River in autumn.

Male Bar-tailed Godwit at a breeding site near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. USGS and USFWS recently found ​that almost the entire population of ​Alaska-breeding bar-tailed godwits feed along sand bars near the mouth of the Kuskokwim River in autumn.

Bronwen Wang and Sandy Talbot working on the slope Kasatochi Volcano next to a remaining clump of grasses from the 2008 eruption
Bronwen Wang and Sandy Talbot working on Kasatochi Volcano
Bronwen Wang and Sandy Talbot working on Kasatochi Volcano
Bronwen Wang and Sandy Talbot working on Kasatochi Volcano

Bronwen Wang and Sandy Talbot working on the slope Kasatochi Volcano next to a remaining clump of grasses from the 2008 eruption.

Crested Auklet flock around the R/V Tiglax
Crested Auklet flock around the R/V Tiglax
Crested Auklet flock around the R/V Tiglax
Crested Auklet flock around the R/V Tiglax

A Crested Auklet flock flying around the Research Vessel Tiglax off of the Kasatochi volcano.  Research here was concerned with documenting recolonization of an island community after a catastrophic volcano eruption.

A Crested Auklet flock flying around the Research Vessel Tiglax off of the Kasatochi volcano.  Research here was concerned with documenting recolonization of an island community after a catastrophic volcano eruption.

Kasatochi Volcano crater one year after the 2008 eruption
Kasatochi Volcano crater one year after the 2008 eruption
Kasatochi Volcano crater one year after the 2008 eruption
Kasatochi Volcano crater one year after the 2008 eruption

Kasatochi Volcano crater one year after the 2008 eruption. Blue-green color is from high acidity.

A view of a slope of Kasatochi Volcano with auklets in the foreground one year after the catastrophic eruption of 2008
Slope of Kasatochi Volcano with auklets in foreground in 2009
Slope of Kasatochi Volcano with auklets in foreground in 2009
Slope of Kasatochi Volcano with auklets in foreground in 2009

A view of a slope of Kasatochi Volcano with auklets in the foreground one year after the catastrophic eruption of 2008.

Silhouette of scientist climbing Kasatochi Volcano with auklets flying in the background.
Silhouette of scientist climbing Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Silhouette of scientist climbing Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Silhouette of scientist climbing Kasatochi Volcano in 2009

Silhouette of scientist climbing Kasatochi Volcano with auklets flying in the background.

Three Least Auklets standing in the ash mud on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the eruption of August 2008
Three Least Auklets on the ash mud on Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Three Least Auklets on the ash mud on Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Three Least Auklets on the ash mud on Kasatochi Volcano in 2009

Three Least Auklets standing in the ash mud on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the eruption of August 2008.

Least and Crested Auklets standing on the ash mud slope of Kasatochi Volcano
Auklet panorama on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the eruption
Auklet panorama on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the eruption
Auklet panorama on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the eruption

Least and Crested Auklet panorama on Kasatochi Volcano one year after the catastrophic eruption of August 7, 2008.

Auklets on the slope of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Auklets on the slope of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Auklets on the slope of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009
Auklets on the slope of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009

Auklets on the slope of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009. They are standing on the ash mud from the 2008 eruption.

Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel Seen Through Bird Flock
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel Seen Through Bird Flock
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel Seen Through Bird Flock
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel Seen Through Bird Flock

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel Tiglax off of Kasatochi Island, Alaska, as seen through a flock of Crested Auklets.

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