Images

Crested Auklets standing in a line on ash mud of Kasatochi Volcano

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

Gullies on Kasatochi Volcano showing erosion one year after the 2008 eruption

Laysan Albatross floating in the waters near the Kasatochi Volcano one year after the catastrophic eruption.

Lone sea lion hauled out on rocks of Kasatochi Volcano in 2009.

Laysan Albatross swimming in the waters near Kasatochi Volcano

Laysan Albatross near Kasatochi Volcano

Laysan Albatross with wings out sitting in the waters near Kasatochi Volcano

Large gully on Kasatochi Volcano in 2009 showing erosion effects

Laysan Albatross sitting calmly in the waters near Kasatochi Volcano

Laysan Albatross swimming in the water near Kasatochi Volcano

Time-lapse camera on Kasatochi volcano one year after the 2008 eruption.

R/V Tiglax offshore of Kasatochi Volcano with flock of auklets in the air.

Gullies on the slopes of Kasatochi Volcano seen from the water

Slopes of Kasatochi Volcano from the water in 2009.

A soil profile buried under ash from the 2008 eruption of Kasatochi volcano

View of Kasatochi from the water in 2009.

A Spectacled Eider carrying an intracoelomic radio transmitter near the Colville River. To track the movements of Spectacled Eider and other waterfowl for extended periods of time, intracoelomic radio transmitters were surgically implanted in birds during the late 90s through the early 2010s.

Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Biologist Chris Harwood releases a Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus following surgical procedure to implant a battery-powered satellite transmitter, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Whimbrel nest in the Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge.

USGS wildlife biologist Lee Tibbitts and veterinarian Dan Mulcahy surgically implant a battery-powered satellite transmitter in a Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, USFWS Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska