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Kittiwake Committee: Monitoring Black-legged kittiwakes in Homer, Alaska
Kittiwake Committee: Monitoring Black-legged kittiwakes in Homer, Alaska Black-legged kittiwake sitting on two chicks in the Homer harbor. (Image credit: Galen June) Download Image November 6, 2026 I’m Galen June, and I’m studying marine biology with a minor in statistics at Old Dominion University. I spent my summer in Homer, Alaska, at the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) mentored by Ingrid Harrald. For my research project, I monitored the reproductive success and population of black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colonies on Gull Island and in Homer harbor. Here