Shoals @ Cornell OUB Bio Info Fair
GoShoals | 10:12 am | January 26, 2012 | Events
When: Monday, January 30, 2012
Time: 4:00pm until 6:00pm
Where: Stimson Hall
Refreshments served: Talk to Shoals alums about making Shoals a part of your Cornell experience. Earn credits during the summer and fulfill major requirements on an island off the coast of Maine!
Identification Success!
GoShoals | 10:32 pm | January 25, 2012 | Announcements
From the SEANET Blog:
I am most grateful to eminent fish experts Willy Bemis and J.B. Heiser, current and past Directors of the Shoals Marine Laboratory respectively, for helping with this identification. While the head-on posing of our mystery fish was ideal in an artistic/compositional sense, it was sub-optimal for making the i.d. Despite this, Drs. Bemis and Heiser both concur that the fish Kristin found is a redfish, specifically Sebastes marinus, known colloquially as an ocean perch… read more!
Welcome Back!
GoShoals | 4:31 pm | January 3, 2012 | Announcements
Apply now for summer 2012!
And for winter 2012 news, Michael Brothers writes:
Last night, 12/27/2011, I found the Lesser Black-backed Gull, F05, back again for the 4th winter. It is amazing that this same bird has returned to this small stretch of beach every year in January 2009.
I thought that you would you want to know that your bird is back!
Best wishes for a wonderful New Year!
Michael
Seal Release
GoShoals | 9:15 am | August 25, 2011 | News,Photos
Wake up at 6:15 am. Take a quick shower. A brief jump on the scale to see how much that seafood dinner you had last night is going to affect you. Take a ride in a van heading to the ferry you’re trying to catch. Gas prices are high, so why not car pool? Travel the 1 hour and 20 minute drive, with plenty of time to catch the ferry, because you definitely don’t want to miss the boat. Ride the waves, safe and dry on the ferry, and maybe even take a quick nap as the rock and the pitch of the waves puts you to sleep. The island is a good 45 minutes to an hour offshore, depending on the seas. That is plenty of time to take a nap! Get to the Island and say “Hi” to a few folks. They’re excited to meet you, and may want to take a picture or two. Once the photos are taken and the introductions made, you head out on the boat again. Just a quick ride this time, because the waves are getting a little larger. There are some friends, maybe even some relatives, taking a swim cooling off from the warm sun. Don’t want to miss out on the fun, so you decide to take a dip too.
Sounds like a pretty nice day, doesn’t it? This is exactly what three of our seals did this past Tuesday, August 16th. Nell (#25), Jenna (#28), and Mouth (#30) made the trip out to the Shoals Marine Laboratory for a private boat release… Read More!
Island Archaeology
GoShoals | 10:00 am | August 15, 2011 | Photos
Here are some nice pictures and a video from Island Archaeology. It looks like they might have a gull mascot?
Corrected: the pictures are from Shoals History Week and the gull is named Buddy!
Green Grid
GoShoals | 10:01 am | August 11, 2011 | Announcements
Ross Hansen, Assistant Director for Island & Coastal Operations, writes:
I wanted to let you know that we recently put the K-House on the Green Grid. This will help ease some of the load off of the 27kW diesel generator and allow close-up and potential winter users of the island to have power when the generator is turned off. This addition to the Green Grid was made possible because of the additional solar panels that were installed on Dorm 2 last summer with the help of our Engineering Interns.
A Proper Shoals Blog
GoShoals | 7:25 pm | July 26, 2011 | Announcements
Places to go, birds to see, randomness on the way, a blog covering 59 days of interning on Appledore Island, will provide you with a proper immersion in the Shoals Marine Lab experience!
In the News
GoShoals | 8:21 pm | July 12, 2011 | Announcements
Future Farmers of America, State FFA Empire Degree recipient, Molly Woodworth joins Marine Environmental Science this summer!
Seal Rescued and Released at Shoals!
GoShoals | 8:45 am | July 7, 2011 | News
On June 28, Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Team, in collaboration with Shoals Marine Laboratory, released a harbor seal pup named Calliope at the Isle of Shoals off of Portsmouth, N.H. A vocal pup, she was named Calliope, meaning “beautiful voice,” by rescue team volunteers… read more!
Photo credit: Mystic Aquarium
Invertebrate Biodiversity @ Shoals
GoShoals | 8:14 am | June 27, 2011 | Announcements,News,Photos
I just finished teaching my Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity course at Shoals Marine Lab. This year’s 3 week course was the best-ever, largely because of the very enthusiastic crew of students. This year, our quest to find the most phyla was led by Patrick Brown, our intrepid hunter of kinorhynchs, ciliophorans, and chaetognaths… read the whole post, watch video of the class doing some collecting, or check out the course page!
Update: More photos!
