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Carle works on restoration project at Año Nuevo Island to bolster population of seabirds
Ryan Carle, an ecologist with Oikonos, has been studying the "rhinos," as they are known, for several years.
"Today, there are only three islands in California with suitable habitat for rhinoceros auklet breeding colonies," Carle said. "Islands are refuges for seabirds because they are free of predators. But island ecosystems are fragile and most have been heavily impacted by human activity."
