BirdNote features auklet recordings

BirdNote features auklet recordings

Several Rhinoceros Auklet recordings from the Encyclopedia of Puget Sound are featured on the national radio show BirdNote this month. PSI’s Jeff Rice recorded the sounds during a trip to Protection Island with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The island is home to one of the largest nesting colonies of rhinoceros auklets in the world, and scientists are studying the birds to identify overall patterns in ecosystem health. Listen online.

Rhinoceros Auklet. Photo copyright Bob Whitney. Courtesy of BirdNote.
Rhinoceros Auklet. Photo copyright Bob Whitney. Courtesy of BirdNote.