Samantha Monier, PhD
monier.samantha@gmail.com
Nantucket wildlife
I regularly visit Nantucket and the surrounding smaller islands to participate in bird banding and shorebird conservation monitoring programs
MAPS bird banding
An impressive sight! This poor sunfish was found washed up ashore
This recently fledged oystercatcher was dragged into the middle of a pond by a gull, about to be eaten. Amazingly, the parents dive-bombed the gull and their chick made it back to shore
Invasive green crab
View from 60 feet up at the Great Point Lighthouse
Mummified cat in the cranberry bogs
Seal vertebrae (above, foot for scale) and paw (below) on Muskeget island
So many seals!
Mating horseshoe crabs
