Assuming it's the juveniles which have a very high-pitched call
-- much higher and less harsh than the adults -- I have heard/seen a
handful of juvenile Caspian Terms off of Alki Point [Puget Sound, east
of Bainbridge Island] several times this summer. I've seen two or three
at a time, with a few adults accompanying them; I don't know if I've
seen the same few over and over, or whether I've seen different ones at
different times. I couldn't tell you where they nested.

Andrea Grad
Alki
agrad at helsell.com

-----Original Message-----
From: ian paulsen [mailto:ipaulsen at linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 4:24 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: begging Caspian Tern


HI ALL:
I just saw a juvenile Caspian Tern begging from an adult here on
Bainbridge Island at eagle harbor. Does anyone know if they nested
anywhere in Puget Sound this year or did this young bird come from
somewhere else?

Sincerely
Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Is., WA, USA
ipaulsen at linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way"