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Least Tern Project info
2011
Season
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2010
Least Tern & Snowy Plover Project
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| July
2 - Counts
from June 25 & July 2 |
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Hi
Everyone,
Here are the numbers from last Friday and today. (Sorry about
the delay):
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Fri,
June 25 |
Fri,
July 2 |
| Total
nests to date |
425 |
434 |
| Chicks
in the nest (for the week) |
15 |
34 |
| Chicks
out of the nest (for the day) |
56 |
19 |
| Fledglings
(for the day) |
76 |
102 |
| Dead
chicks (for the day) |
5 |
5 |
| Dead
fledglings (for the day) |
2 |
0 |
On
June 25th, a kestrel was spotted in the early a.m., but
no chicks were seen taken. However a kestrel was seen at
10:00 a.m. and he took a fledgling.
On July 2nd, we did not see any predator activity, and actually,
the beach wasn't that crowded for a holiday weekend (yet!).
We are still seeing a few chicks hatching, but most of this
year's birds are flying already, making them more difficult
to count.
—Cyndie
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Thanks
for this note Cyndie.
During June we got hit by American kestrels pretty hard. From
all of our observations by volunteers, staff, Wally Ross,
and monitor comments, I count 25 observed chicks preyed on
by kestrels. The last couple of weeks have slowed significantly.
In response, Wally Ross set traps on 14 days for a total of
102 trap-hours. No kestrels were captured.
—David Pryor |
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