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Dead Birds
Don’t Lie
But What Are
They Really
Telling Us?
Julia K Parrish
COASST Executive Director
Univ. of Washington
www.coasst.org
A Brief History of Human-
Seabird Interactions
Introductions, Rats and Mice
Introductions, Fur Trade
Ian Jones
Art Sowls
Graham Robertson Yuri Artukin
Dave Houston
Extractions, Fisheries
E.Melvin
Fishery Effects - Provisioning
©AK Wilderness League
Pollution, Oil
Mind Like Water, Inc.
Ian Jones
David Hyrenbach
Pollution, Plastics and Marine Debris
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team
check us out @ www.coasst.org
What is COASST?
• COASST is a rigorous citizen science project of the
University of Washington in partnership with state, tribal,
and federal agencies, environmental NGOs, and community
groups.
• Participants survey beaches for beach-cast bird carcasses.
• Participants also collect data on oil, dogs, humans and
vehicles on beaches.
COASST Mission: empower community members to
personalized action through participation in science –
collecting information that makes a difference.
Who is COASST?
10-15 Student Interns
Heidi Pedersen Trainer;
Data Verifier
Charlie Wright Data Verifier
Jenn Ma Graduate Student
Jane Dolliver Seabird
Coordinator
Erika Frost Volunteer
Coordinator
Hillary Burgess Marine Debris Coordinator
Julia Parrish Executive Director
Occupations:
Retired 44%
Science 26%
Education 17%
Business 12%
Health 10%
Student 8%
Self employed 8%
average age = 58 (range=7-93)
Who is COASST?
female 63:male 37
couples, families 40%
in Alaska
Where is COASST?
Why Document Dead Birds?
• There are a lot of them
• They were once alive
• They can be identified by anyone
• They can be thoroughly examined and are easily
photographed
• They contain lots of valuable information
How Does COASST Work?
• Web-based “smart” data input
• Final verification by experts
• Arm them w/ rigorous
protocol,
field guide,
datasheets
•Data analyzed and presented
• Recruit and train local citizens
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Northern Fulmars
Common Murres
Rhinoceros Auklets
Large Immature Gulls
“Local Breeders” – breed and die (wreck at home) “Migrators” – breed, migrate, and die (wreck when you get there)
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Monterey Bay data courtesy of Hannah Nevins
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courtesy of Reid Brewer, AK Sea Grant
Wrecks (e.g. murres, February 2012, Seward)
Entanglement (e.g. BLKI Aug 2010, Homer) Oil (e.g. COLO April 2011, Juneau)
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Nov 20-25th, 2013 Wreck on St. Lawrence Island
Crested Auklet
Murre Spp.
Unid. Bird
Gull Spp./ N. Fulmar
Spectacled Eider
Duck Spp.
898 carcasses found ~18.5 km shoreline
confirmed case of avian cholera COASST protocols used to collect carcass data COASST estimations of “carcass fall”: 6288-6825, ranging up to ~38K
data, maps: Kathy Kuletz, David Irons, Liz, Labunski
participants collect data
participants enter data online
COASST verifies ALL data
www.coasst.org
COASST Reports special projects & data requests
early warning for avian influenza (w/ WDFW)
western grebe population genetics (w/ PRBO Conservation Science)
oil spill baseline (w/ NOAA)
fishery bycatch baseline in the Salish Sea (w/ WDFW, CWS)
harmful algal blooms (w/ OCNMS, UCSC, USGS)
effects of climate (w/ BeachCOMBERS, JISAO, NOAA)
entanglement rates (w/ GFNMS, BeachCOMBERS)
public, scientific, and academic talks
in-community COASST training in-community COASST refreshers
in-community COASST socials
phone, email, facebook interaction w/ COASST
view and/or download from www.coasst.org
participants (e)mail datasheets & photos
to COASST
How Does COASST Work?
LEO and COASST
• Invite COASST to conduct a training in your community.
• Come to a COASST training at the Alaska Forum.
• Adopt COASST materials when making observations for LEO – a future webinar?
