Keyword: handling
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ONA007-00132
Zookeepers with a vulnerable, federally threatened female Steller’s eider (Polysticta stelleri) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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ONA007-00133
Zookeepers with a vulnerable, federally threatened male Steller’s eider (Polysticta stelleri) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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ONA007-00134
Zookeepers with a federally threatened male spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri) at the Alaska SeaLife Center. This bird has been in decline since the 1980’s, attributed most likely to climate change and lead shot in their environment.
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ONA007-00136
A photographer holds a rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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ONA007-00137
Zookeepers with a vulnerable red-legged kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.