Our speaker this month will be Rob Suryan. Rob, a seabird expert from OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center, will discuss studies of seabirds throughout the North Pacific, including field sites in Oregon, Hawaii, Japan, and Alaska. He will first present his local study of Common Murres at Yaquina Head in Newport and the factors affecting productivity and population dynamics, from changing ocean conditions to the impact of Bald Eagle predation. Yaquina Head is unique in being the only murre colony producing significant numbers of chicks on the northern Oregon coast, and it appears to be reaching maximum colony size. Rob will also describe studies of the at-sea distribution of tuna-associated vs. solitary-feeding seabird species on Lehua, a remote island off Kauai that is undergoing restoration, including removal of introduced mammals. Rob gave a presentation to Corvallis Audubon on North Pacific albatrosses a couple of years ago and he will provide an update on new studies and developments in recent years.