2008 Updates

7/17/08 ›

First double-crested cormorant fledgling observed at East Sand Island cormorant colony

7/16/08 ›

450 Caspian tern chicks near fledging captured and banded at East Sand Island tern colony

7/09/08 ›

First Caspian tern fledgling observed at East Sand Island tern colony

7/09/08 ›

Aerial survey of Columbia River estuary, Willapa Bay, and Grays Harbor; no nesting Caspian terns observed at sites other than East Sand Island

7/03/08 ›

6 adult double-crested cormorants captured and fitted with satellite tags (6) at East Sand Island cormorant colony

6/27/08 ›

8 adult double-crested cormorants captured and fitted with satellite tags at East Sand Island cormorant colony

6/17/08 ›

Miller Sands Spit double-crested cormorant social attraction colony failed (colony abandoned) presumably due to bald eagle disturbance and predation

6/07/08 ›

Aerial photo census to estimate number of breeding pairs of double-crested cormorants on East Sand Island cormorant colony

6/04/08 ›

14 adult double-crested cormorants captured and surgically implanted with satellite tags at the East Sand Island cormorant colony

5/29/08 ›

First Caspian tern chick observed on East Sand Island tern colony