Hi Tweets,

>>I had a single Caspian Tern feeding in Youngs Bay here on the Columbia
>>River yesterday (only a couple days early).
>
>As the average arrival date here for Caspian Tern Sterna caspia is 4.29, we
>now know that it takes roughly four weeks for arrival birds to move up the
>coast from southern WA to the Inside Passage/Georgia Strait, hardly a
>headlong northward rush. It's a fair bet that CATE would turn up on the
>outer coast of Vancouver Island--say Tofino--somewhat sooner than that,
though.

FYI: (3) Caspian Terms have already been reported for the Greater Victoria
area. Two seen flying past a Marina in North Saanich and 1 off Sooke.
These are early records for us but could be the signal these birds are
moving northward.

Cheers,
Kevin Slagboom, Web Manager -- Tel: 1-250-658-0940
Birding in British Columbia
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