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First Setback on the Tern Raft and a Surprise Visitor
Our first sad news from the tern raft. Two weeks ago, as many of you know who live close by, we experienced a two and a half day storm of
Nests, Nests, and more Nests!
This time last year we were excited to announce that we had 13 nests on the platform, as of today, we are at 136! Last year we banded 110 adults,
The Terns Have Eggs!!
They went from 4 nests with eggs on Monday to….. (drum roll, please)….. 32 nests yesterday (May 18)!!
Operation Save the Raft!
The gull numbers on the raft had been continually (unfortunately) increasing the past couple of weeks, with only a few Common Terns trying to take their raft back. When the
First Tern Spotted on the Raft
Introducing OH1! We are excited to announce our first returning bird was spotted today, April 18th! We banded him/her (don’t know yet,) as an adult on June 15th, 2022. It
Season Three of Tern Raft
We are very pleased to announce that the Tern Raft is back in action out in the bay and ready for Common Terns to show up! The launch date was
Final Update for 2022
Final updates this year, and what a successful year it was! We ended the season with 155 Common Tern nests, a total of 181 chicks banded, 91 adults banded, and
Chicks are Growing Up!
If you recall, the American Oystercatcher chick that has fledged in July, or at least we hoped fledged in July, was spotted on Assateague and is alive and looking healthy!
The Importance of Bird Banding
This summer, we banded 180 common tern chicks with a metal USGS band on their right leg. Most of those received a field readable band on their left leg. The