Marine Mammal Biology at the Shoals Marine Lab was a fantastic experience this year!!  We had a wonderful group of students from Cornell, Brandeis, Skidmore, UNH, & URI.  Here are some highlights:

Bone puzzles

Sketching skulls

Sketching skulls

{SML Artist in Residence} Janis Goodman’s watercolor studies of Appledore Island

Barnacles

Halftide Ledges

Nature’s bubble wrap!

Seaglass

NH-ME peaks

Hornbill the humpback

Hornbill the humpback

Making the ID of Hornbill

Siren’s Cove

Copepods!

Bioacoustic analysis

Herring gull nest

Gull sticks – a necessary accessory

Swallows at Crystal Lake

Foxgloves at Celia Thaxter’s garden

Swim call, water = 56 degrees

Dogfish dissection

Pollen trails at sea

Basking shark sighting!!

Scrimshaw art project

[SML Artist in Residence} Chris Volpe’s charcoal studies

Star Island sunset