Subject: [Tweeters] lack of Common Terns
Date: Oct 26 21:16:45 2009
From: Eugene and Nancy Hunn - enhunn323 at comcast.net


Tweets,

I the late 1970s and early 1980s Common Terns were common in fall migration
in Shilshole Bay and off West Point. My 1982 bar graphs in _Birding Seattle
and King County_ show a pulse mid-August through September when they were
common, uncommon from late July until late October. Things have changed
radically for Common Terns here since then.

Gene Hunn
Lake Forest Park, WA
enhunn323 at comcast.net

-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gary
Bletsch
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 8:45 PM
To: tweeters tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] lack of Common Terns

Dear Tweeters,

The drop-off in Common Tern numbers is quite evident in Skagit County. I
used to find them along the coast here about once or twice a year. Last
year, I found none in salt water habitats, but did see a small flock one day
(four birds, I think) on the Skagit River at Lyman.

This year, I have not found any Common Terns at all, although I made
repeated trips in August, September, and October, specifically in search of
Common Terns and Parasitic Jaegers.

Bonaparte's Gulls are also much reduced here; most of my sightings this
year, for example, refer to singles or five to ten birds.

Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch ? Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA ?
garybletsch at yahoo.com ? ?



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