Hello all, We are seeking volunteers to help virtually count pinnipeds and birds on a small island in California (sealcount.com). For my undergraduate senior thesis, I will use drone imagery to census animals on Año Nuevo island every 2 weeks for the last 3 years. With over 40,000 images of animals to count, our research team in Dan Costa’s lab at UC Santa Cruz is hoping to recruit some help from citizen scientists. This opportunity will allow participants to be part of a collaborative project to better understand how many seals, sea lions, and birds are on Año Nuevo Island during different seasons and years, and can provide important insight into the health of pinniped and bird populations. Visit sealcount.com to take a brief tutorial and dive right in to counting pinnipeds. For those who are bird-lovers, you can select the bird workflow to count pelicans, cormorants, and gulls as well. Thank you for your help with our project! Happy counting, Sarah Wood (UC Santa Cruz undergraduate student) Roxanne Beltran (UC Santa Cruz postdoctoral fellow) Patrick Robinson (Año Nuevo Reserve Director)