Kenai Fjords in the Field 2013

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Resource Management staff often conduct research and field observations in areas of the park few others will ever see. Use this blog to discover new places and current research happening in Kenai Fjords National Park this summer.

Black Oystercatchers: Defenders of the Intertidal

September 05, 2013 Posted by: Sam Stark, Julie Markus

Biological Science Technician Sam Stark spent the summer season in Aialik Bay studying the Black Oystercatcher, a shorebird species important to the nearshore ecosystem of Kenai Fjords. In this post he gives us insight into the goals of his research and what he learned from his adventures this summer.

black oystercatcher, Kenai Fjords National Park, seabirds