Curious about a fish or other animal you saw while snorkeling, diving, or beach walking? If you know its name, search this site for the marine biology articles I wrote for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, archived here since 1996. If you don’t have a name for your animal, and/or have a photo to share, contact me. In 2022, I became president of the Hawaii Audubon Society. Ask me about Hawaiʻi birds.

My ART page features some of the pieces I make from trash I find during my beach walks and my work with wildlife. I occasionally trade some of this art for tax-deductible donations to the Aloha Medical Mission, Bangladesh. Information on the BANGLADESH PROJECT page.

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Susan Scott as a volunteer biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

I help count and band seabirds in Pacific island refuges. I delivered this farewell kiss to a Laysan albatross after a banding session on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals Atoll, Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument.

As a volunteer biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

I help count and band seabirds in Pacific island refuges. I delivered this farewell kiss to a Laysan albatross after a banding session on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals Atoll, Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument.

In 2004, I sailed my 37-foot ketch, Honu,

From Honolulu to Palmyra Atoll, Fanning Atoll, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Australia. I shipped the boat from Brisbane to Mexico in 2008 and spent several years exploring the wildlife of the Sea of Cortez. In 2013, I sailed from Mexico to the Marquesas. My boat Honu is currently moored in Townsville, Australia.

I wrote a book about my voyage to, and work in, Palmyra Atoll. The University of Hawaii Press published the memoir, titled Call Me Captain, in October, 2014.

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In 2004, I sailed my 37-foot ketch, Honu,

From Honolulu to Palmyra Atoll, Fanning Atoll, Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Caledonia and Australia. I shipped the boat from Brisbane to Mexico in 2008 and spent several years exploring the wildlife of the Sea of Cortez. In 2013, I sailed from Mexico to the Marquesas. My boat Honu is currently moored in Townsville, Australia.

I wrote a book about my voyage to, and work in, Palmyra Atoll. The University of Hawaii Press published the memoir, titled Call Me Captain, in October, 2014.

View My Books

After collecting marine debris from albatross nests and beaches, I began using the colorful pieces as art material.

I made the sky-pointing albatrosses in this piece from cigarette lighters found in albatross nests, plastic chips collected from beaches and seashell leis rescued from a trash can, all glued to a piece of found plywood.

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After collecting marine debris from albatross nests and beaches, I began using the colorful pieces as art material.

I made the sky-pointing albatrosses in this piece from cigarette lighters found in albatross nests, plastic chips collected from beaches and seashell leis rescued from a trash can, all glued to a piece of found plywood.

View My Art

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