Blogs: PC Birds – SDZG Institute for Conservation Research

We publish our blogs throughout the year!
Here are some of our published stories.

We thank our partners and collaborators for permission to use photos and data, especially Naval Base Coronado and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Special thanks to our contributors, editors, and readers!

YEAR	AUTHOR	TITLE & URL
2020	Rachel Smith	Happy Father’s Day to all, including western snowy plover ‘dads’ https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/happy-father%E2%80%99s-day-all-including-western-snowy-plover-%E2%80%98dads%E2%80%99
2020	Tawni Gotbaum	Overhead and underfoot (native plants) https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/overhead-and-underfoot
2020	Elena Oey	Plover treasure troves: tales from the other end https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/plover-treasures-hidden-clues-tales-other-end
2019	Josh De Guzman	Picking up the pieces: A clue-based science: https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/picking-pieces-clue-based-science
2019	Amie Aguiar	The Big Deal about Tiny Plastic https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/big-deal-about-tiny-plastic
2019	Kerstin Ozkan	Dangerous domoic acid https://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/dangerous-domoic-acid
2018	Alyssa Davidge	Crazy Martha: A story of plover persistence http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/crazy-martha-story-plover-persistence
2018	Erica Mills	Color bands: the ID badges of the bird world http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/color-bands-id-badges-bird-world
2018	Jie Yuen Ong	Nest Diversity on the Beach http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/nest-diversity-beach
2017	Kaitlyn Nafziger	The Safest Way to Beat the Heat During the Dog Days of Summer http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/safest-way-beat-heat-during-dog-days-summer
2017	Peggy Boone	Prime real estate and plastic perils for breeding terns http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/prime-real-estate-and-plastic-perils-breeding-terns
2017	Rachel Smith	Migration… “the most beautiful time of the year” http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/migration-%E2%80%9C-most-wonderful-time-year%E2%80%9D
2016	Julia Hoopes	A Rare Find in the Least Tern Colony http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/rare-find-least-tern-colony
2016	Gabriela Ibarguchi	Tracking an Elusive Tern Year-round http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/tracking-elusive-migratory-bird-year-round
2016	Oscar Garzon	Saving Chicks at the Beach http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/saving-chicks-beach
2015	Maggie Lee Post	Conservation Corps Clearing the Way for Western Snowy Plovers (ZooNooz article) http://zoonooz.sandiegozoo.org/2015/12/30/conservation-corps-clearing-the-way-for-western-snowy-plovers/
2015	Travis Wooten	Co-existence with a Powerful Force (Blog and ZooNooz article) http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/co-existence-powerful-force
2015	Melissa Murillo	CSI Coronado http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/csi-coronado
2015	Rachel Smith	Plover Hide-and-Seek http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/plover-hide-and-seek
2015	Stephanie McLaughlin	Terns, Plovers, and People: Living in Harmony (Blog and ZooNooz Article) http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/terns-plovers-and-people-living-harmony
2015	Monica Stupaczuk	Breeding Strategies: Secretive Plovers & Gregarious Terns http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/breeding-strategies-secretive-plovers-gregarious-terns
2015	Anjanette Butler	The Art of the Western Snowy Plover’s Nest http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/art-western-snowy-plovers-nest
2015	Jennifer Hahn	Plovers Protecting Their Progeny http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/plovers-protecting-their-progeny
2015	Field team and Jeanette Boylan	San Diego Zoo Global Researchers Banding, Tracking Snowy Plover Chicks Hatching in Nesting Area on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado http://institute.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/san-diego-zoo-global-researchers-banding-tracking-snowy-plover-chicks-hatching-nesting
2014	Katrina Murbock	Return of the terns [Archived – SDZG Wildlife Field Notes; archives – GD: PCBirds] – Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Vj0eu9nifxHfkH8amABbOSq5aJM09KzN
2014	Jeanette Boylan	A day in the life of a beach biologist [Archived – SDZG Wildlife Field Notes; archives – GD: PCBirds] – Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mDQMdXBkyA9-pIv0NhEHppICoeMShE7t
2014	Claire Steele	Least Tern: Fishing Attempt [Archived – SDZG Wildlife Field Notes; archives – GD: PCBirds] – Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rOiCV5JtVOgNyDDHsXy-hKgB4NvyX5ES
2014	Melanie Croce	California Least Terns: Safety in Numbers [Archived – SDZG Wildlife Field Notes; archives – GD: PCBirds] – Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dyGsD7HuKE4_VY80uCUE5PD3QStevRWp
2014	Mara Plato	Balloons, balloons, everywhere [Archived – SDZG Wildlife Field Notes; archives – GD: PCBirds] – Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1u1rxskRBgHqqAZcka-Kk071Mdl5wh_JW

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