Herring Gull chick banded on Funk Island seen in Halifax, NS
Great news! A Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) banded last summer by the Davoren Lab was seen near Halifax, NS in October 2017! This...
An intersection between oral history and science: traditional ecological knowledge and marine conser
Newfoundland fishers' Traditional Local Knowledge (TEK) has been somewhat incorporated into Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries manageme
Nothing as exciting as cod stomachs
What can a marine biologist do when weather is too bad to roam the seas in search of capelin? Well, in the Davoren lab you can look into...
Where do the seabirds go?
Good news for the Davoren lab, Julia Gulka, Master student in the lab, has successfully deployed all of her GPS loggers on Common murres...
Update on gull research while waiting for capelin
As the Davoren lab patiently wait for the arrival of capelin at our sites, it seems that gulls cannot do the same. Recent tracking data...
Trip to Funk Island
On July 17th, our team and some students from William A. Montevecchi's lab at Memorial University left at 2am towards Funk Island!...
Gull research
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Unexpected ice
Since disappearing at the end of May, vast quantities of sea ice was the last potential hindrance on our minds as the research season...
Storm-petrels in the sea ice
The encroachment of ice was slow enough for a quick visit to one of the field sites on the morning of Saturday June 13th, allowing us to...
Watching sea ice from space
Satellite images from NASA Worldview showing the eastward movement of sea ice from June 11-16th in northeastern Newfoundland. This is...