A couple of CATEs have been fishing in the shallow bays at the south end of Lopez and San Juan islands for the past month, I assume the same birds. I've never seen more than two at a time here on Lopez and all the eBird reports from SJI are of 1 or 2. I would be interested to know where their nesting colony is, ie how far they fly to forage.
Also, yesterday (6/14) I saw 15 CATEs by the pullout on S March Pt rd, and 42 from Hayton reserve on Fir island (they flew overhead from the bay and landed a few fields over as a flock).
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:22:52 -0700
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From: jimbetz at jimbetz.com
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Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Caspian Tern Colonies
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Hi,
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I don't know of a 'colony' location. I do know that there are Caspian
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Terns that patrol the West shore of Whidbey and also are often seen at
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Camano and Smith islands. All three of these are possibly(likely?) from
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the colony at Rat/Fort Flagler. And I've seen Caspians at Fir Island
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and Marches Point (old 50's spelling! and pronunciation) and Samish
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Island.
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I have NO idea what-so-ever how far a Caspian Tern will go in a
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single day. With most species the existence of a "colony" is an
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indication of easy food ("close") during the breeding season. I
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wouldn't consider West Beach on Whidbey to be 'close' to Flagler ... ?
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I continue to be "unimpressed" (read "dissatisfied") with the
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available literature/documentation with respect to bird behaviors.
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Even simple stuff like 'what does this species eat?' and/or 'what
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does it eat during the ____ season?' is pretty hard to dig out.
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I keep thinking that there must be some kind of searchable/easy to
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use resource that 'serious birders and ornithologists use' ... but
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I've yet to learn of them or even to be told "well, there is ____,
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but since you aren't a professor of ornithology at Cornell you
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can't get access to it."
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I love eBird, Merlin, All About Birds, etc., etc., etc. - but as
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soon as I have a question that goes beyond merely scratching the
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surface I keep not getting answers. Or worse yet - answers that
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are clearly speculation by someone who just wants to be (has to be?)
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helpful.
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I want reliable, deep dive, authorities! *G*
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Case in point ... why can't Steve Hampton simply look up and
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find where all of the Caspian Tern colonies are in Washington?
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- Jim
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:49:17 -0700
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One of the signs of spring here in West Seattle is the croaks of the
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Caspians shuttling between the Duwamish, I believe, and Puget Sound. Now
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that I think about it, I'm not hearing them now that it's June.
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Carol Stoner
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