Thanks all. As far as I can tell, the Rat Island/Flagler colony is the only
currently active colony in Puget Sound. I estimate it at 500-1000 birds. It
is subject to human disturbance and coyotes, both of which happened last
year with loss of chicks/eggs. We'll see what happens this year. We have
measures in place to educate the public.
They no longer nest on warehouse or Naval rooftops, behind hazed off.
According to the Birds of the World species account, they will forage up to
30 miles from their colony.
thanks,
On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 1:01 PM Jill Rain <
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A couple of CATEs have been fishing in the shallow bays at the south end
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of Lopez and San Juan islands for the past month, I assume the same birds.
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I've never seen more than two at a time here on Lopez and all the eBird
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reports from SJI are of 1 or 2. I would be interested to know where their
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nesting colony is, ie how far they fly to forage.
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Also, yesterday (6/14) I saw 15 CATEs by the pullout on S March Pt rd, and
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42 from Hayton reserve on Fir island (they flew overhead from the bay and
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landed a few fields over as a flock).
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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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> 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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