7/19/08 ›
Last boat survey of Caspian tern colony on Goose Island in Potholes Reservoir near Moses Lake, WA; adult terns and fledglings present; 293 breeding pairs produced an unknown number of young in 2008
7/19/08 ›
Last boat survey of Rock Island Caspian tern colony and nearby islands in John Day pool; Rock Island Caspian tern colony included about 104 breeding pairs but experienced near total colony failure due to flooding of colony in early to mid-June; maximum of 3 young terns fledged from colony in 2008
7/11/08 ›
Last boat survey of American white pelican colony on Badger Island in McNary pool, mid-Columbia River; adults and large chicks present; colony appears as large or larger than 2007
7/5/08 ›
Conclusion of PIT-tagging steelhead smolts at Lower Monumental Dam on the Snake River; 7,938 steelhead PIT-tagged and scored for condition to investigate avian predation on juvenile steelhead from Snake River ESU
6/30/08 ›
Final boat survey of Caspian tern colony on Twining Island in Banks Lake near Coulee City, WA; 27 breeding pairs raised at least 9 young in 2008
6/30/08 ›
Final boat survey of Harper Island in Sprague Lake near Sprague, WA; 39 adult cormorants, 27 attended cormorant nests, and 16 cormorant chicks present; 4 adult Caspian terns and no young terns present; Caspian tern colony on Harper Island failed in 2008
6/27/08 ›
Conclusion of PIT-tagging steelhead smolts at Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River; 1,254 steelhead PIT-tagged and scored for condition to investigate avian predation on juvenile steelhead from the Snake River ESU
6/23/08 ›
99 Caspian tern chicks captured and banded at Crescent Island tern colony
6/23/08 ›
First Caspian tern fledgling observed at Crescent Island tern colony
6/19/08 ›
Boat survey of Rock Island Caspian tern colony in John Day pool; only 6 attended tern nests and 5 tern chicks counted; flooding due to high water levels caused additional nest failure since previous survey on 14 June