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Field Ecology & Natural History
www.coa.edu/academics/areas-of-study/field-ecology-natural-history/
Seabirds at GDI
www.coa.edu/islands/great-duck-island/seabirds-at-gdi/

Stories:

NEWS

Video of gull swallowing a squirrel whole is totally normal and fine, say researchers [CBC Radio]

A viral video of a herring gull swallowing an entire squirrel whole has many people shocked and horrified. But the people who study these birds, including College of the Atlantic W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology/Natural History John Anderson, say there’s nothing to be alarmed about.
NEWS

Ornithology scholarship winner will study petrels on Great Duck Island

Budding natural historian Eleanor Gnam ’23 is the recipient of the 2021 Sal Rooney Scholarship from the Downeast Chapter of the Maine Audubon Society. She will spend the summer researching Leach’s storm petrels at the College of the Atlantic Alice Eno Field Research Station.
NEWS

Podcast on the research on Great Duck

Jeremy D’etremont interviews John Anderson about life on Great Duck

Courses:

Faculty:

Scott Swann

Lecturer, Natural History

Flora and Fauna:

Flora and Fauna

Herring Gull

birds, Great Duck Island
Flora and Fauna

Great Black-Backed Gull

birds, Great Duck Island
Flora and Fauna

Atlantic Puffin
Flora and Fauna

Black Guillemots

birds, Great Duck Island