Oct 16 2018

Fish Fish Baby

(To the beat of Vanilla Ice's Ice Ice Baby)

Alright stop
Collaborate and listen
This bio’s back with a brand-new edition
Salmon, are top of mind rightly
Keeping me up, daily and nightly
Will it ever stop?
Yo, I don’t know
We know we wanna help the orcas though
To the extreme, we do as much as we’re able
Working hard to keep those populations stable.

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Oct 30 2017

Scare crow

Boo!

Just in time for Halloween, a shadowy visitor has been making an appearance in and around the Tacoma Tideflats. This ghostly specter has captured the attention of several coworkers and whispers of a flying apparition keep landing on my desk.

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Jul 13 2017

Jenn’s List (Part 3)

Craigslist, Angie's List, Jenn's List!

Not to be outdone by the popular Craigslist and Angie's List, our Port Biologist created her own list—Jenn's List—of items found in the Tideflats. Just in time for vacation season, we have your getaway ready and waiting! Sort of.

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Mar 02 2017

Just a Gull, Revisited


Gull release Feb. 14, 2017

I convinced myself that we were never going to know what happened, and I had to be OK with that. Sometimes knowing what it isn’t is as significant as knowing what it is. It’s not nearly as satisfying, but it can be just as important. 

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Feb 01 2017

Just a gull?

As the Port Biologist, I get to see and hear the stories of when nature and industry intersect. Most of these stories are lighthearted, funny and/or wacky, and they are a lot of fun to share. Unfortunately, not every story is a happy one. Last week was one of my toughest weeks as the Port Biologist. 

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Nov 21 2016

Jenn’s List (Part 2)

Not to be outdone by the popular Craigslist and Angie's List, our Port Biologist created her own list—Jenn's List—of items found in the Tideflats. Interested?

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Sep 14 2016

Seal boom

Port Patrol observed raucous behavior of an early '90s fraternity party-like atmosphere in Commencement Bay off the North Intermodal Yard. Upon investigation, this is what I heard.

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Jul 28 2016

Eviction notice

A gull family makes its home on a cargo container, while we dodge precision-guided parental gull-bombs.

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Jul 12 2016

Jenn's List (Part 1)

It's like Craigslist or Angie's List, but port-specific. Peruse the first installment of Jenn's List to discover unique and wonderful (?) treasures found around the Tideflats. 

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Jun 20 2016

Missing or found?

An adorable harbor seal pup is caught napping at a Port habitat site while its mom hunts. 

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