Hayley Rechter

Hayley Rechter

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Honours student

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Published on Feb 07, 2017

A day in the life of a little penguin

With the last of our data collected, analysis is underway! But we thought we'd offer a small snippet of the penguins' lives at sea..

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Published on Dec 16, 2016

Adopt a Penguin tracks

Hi everyone,Once again, we want to express our utmost gratitude to everyone who donated.It has been a busy week of attaching our new GPS loggers and video cameras and we are excited...

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Published on Nov 17, 2016

The final stretch

Hi everyone,We've only a couple days left to reach our goal.  Thanks to our funders we are now at 88%, with only $404 left to meet our target! At this time, we'd like to ask everyone to please shar...

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Published on Nov 10, 2016

PISCI1 Symposium

Hi everyone,There is currently a Phillip Island Nature Parks research symposium happening on Twitter. If you'd like to follow along, it is under #PISCI You'll find recent research from many researc...

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Published on Nov 03, 2016

Campaign time extended!

Hi everyone!Firstly, we would like to give our sincere and utmost thanks to the 34 backers who have pledged their donations to our research! It is wonderful to see so many people excited about our ...

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Published on Oct 31, 2016

Chicks are starting to hatch!

Many of the nests we are monitoring are still in the incubation stage.However, a couple eggs are starting to hatch, and there are some very soft chirps beneath the rocks! We discovered a new chick ...

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Published on Oct 31, 2016

The Bachelor has an egg!

We noticed a nest with only one male usually settling there during the day, and occasionally there would be different males or the nest would be empty. He is very clearly well-fed; weighing around ...

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Thanks Tiana! I'm sure it will be fantastic!
Nov 23, 2016
Little penguins in a big city: How will St Kilda's little penguins cope with increased El Niño years?
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Thank you Sue! We're looking forward to getting started!
Oct 28, 2016
Little penguins in a big city: How will St Kilda's little penguins cope with increased El Niño years?
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