Weekly Update for 8/13 – 8/19/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited; no additional surveys of coastal Washington are currently planned for 2012
Weekly Update for 8/6 – 8/12/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 7/30 – 8/5/2012
8/3/12 ›
Ground-based survey of Caspian tern colony on the Kimberly-Clark warehouse rooftop in Everett, WA; about 225 Caspian terns counted on colony, including about 10 chicks and 16 active nests with eggs or chicks; some terns and tern nests may have been obstructed from view during this survey
8/2/12 ›
Ground-based survey of Caspian tern colony on the Trident Seafood warehouse rooftop in north Seattle, WA; about 194 Caspian terns counted on colony, including about 3 chicks and 3 active nests
Weekly Update for 7/23 - 7/29/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 7/16 - 7/22/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 7/9 - 7/15/2012
7/11/12 ›
Ground-based survey of Caspian tern colony on the Kimberly-Clark warehouse rooftop in Everett, WA; about 627 Caspian terns counted on colony, including about 33 active nests with eggs or chicks; some terns and tern nests may have been obstructed from view during this survey
7/10/12 ›
Ground-based survey of Caspian tern colony on the Trident Seafood warehouse rooftop in north Seattle, WA; about 46 Caspian terns counted on colony, including about 4 active nests with eggs or chicks; one fledgling was observed being fed by an adult tern at the site
7/10/12 ›
Aerial survey of the Salish Sea region, WA to monitor Caspian tern colonies; two active Caspian tern colonies were observed during the flight, one in Everett, WA (Kimberly-Clark Warehouse rooftop) and one in Seattle (Trident Seafood Warehouse rooftop); 926 adults, 27 chicks, and 129 attended nest were counted in aerial photos of the Everett colony and 7 adults and possibly 2 attended nests counted on the Seattle colony (several colony disturbances occurred at Seattle colony during the over-flight); 3 terns were seen on Smith Island, but no nesting terns were observed; there were no Caspian terns observed at the former nesting colonies at Rat Island, Dungeness Spit, or Padilla Bay
Weekly Update for 7/2 – 7/8/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 6/25 – 7/1/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 6/18 - 6/24/2012
6/23/12 ›
Survey of Caspian tern colony on the Kimberly-Clark warehouse rooftop in Everett, WA; about 259 Caspian terns counted on colony, including about 58 active nests with eggs or chicks
6/23/12 ›
Survey of Caspian tern colony on the Trident Seafood warehouse rooftop near Pier 90 in north Seattle, WA; about 26 Caspian terns counted on colony, including about 8 active nests with eggs or chicks
Weekly Update for 6/11 - 6/17/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 6/4 - 6/10/2011
6/5/12 ›
Aerial photography survey of the outer coast of Washington and the Puget Sound/Salish Sea region; no Caspian terns observed at former colony sites in Port of Bellingham, Padilla Bay, Bremerton Naval Shipyard, or Port of Tacoma; no Caspian terns observed at incipient colonies on Rat Island near Indian Island, WA, or on No Name Island in Grays Harbor, WA; about 500 Caspian terns were observed on Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, including 240 terns that appeared to be sitting on nests; about 330 Caspian terns were observed on the Kimberly-Clark warehouse rooftop in Everett, WA, including 170 terns that appeared to be sitting on nests; about 350 Caspian terns were observed on the rooftop of the Trident Seafood warehouse near Pier 90 in north Seattle, WA, including 150 terns that appeared to be sitting on nests; about 42 Caspian terns were observed on Dungeness Spit, WA, including 8 terns that appeared to ne sitting on nests; aerial photos were taken of double-crested cormorant colonies located in the region to estimate colony size (to be counted at a later date)
Weekly Update for 5/28 - 6/3/2012
Sites in coastal Washington not visited
Weekly Update for 5/21 - 5/27/2012
5/25/12 ›
Aerial survey of Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor; new Caspian tern colony detected in upland area of No Name Island in Grays Harbor; 14 Caspian terns and 4-5 tern nests counted adjacent to a newly formed ring-billed gull colony (40 active nests)
Weekly Update for 5/14 - 5/20/2012
5/17/12 ›
Aerial survey of Puget Sound/Salish Sea region; no Caspian terns observed at former colony sites in Port of Bellingham, Bremerton Shipyard, or Port of Tacoma; Caspian terns observed loafing at former colony sites on Dungeness Spit (75) in Dungeness NWR and an un-named dredge spoil island in Padilla Bay (66); nesting Caspian terns found on Rat Island near Indian Island, WA (76 counted, 11 of which appeared to be sitting in nest scrapes), on Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (520 counted, 37 of which appeared to be sitting in nest scrapes), on a warehouse rooftop in Everett, WA (550 counted, 125 of which appeared to be sitting on eggs, presence of some eggs confirmed), and on the Trident Seafood warehouse rooftop in north Seattle, WA (481 counted, 116 of which appeared to be sitting on eggs); during the same survey, aerial photos were taken of the double-crested cormorant colonies located in the region to estimate colony size
Weekly Update for 5/7 - 5/13/2012
5/12/12 ›
Survey of former Caspian tern colony on unnamed dredge spoil island in Padilla Bay near Anacortes, WA; island that terns used for nesting in 2011 and other dredged material disposal islands in area were land-bridged during an extreme low tide; no colonial waterbirds seen on island; <100 Caspian terns were seen loafing on a mudflat immediately adjacent to the Swinomish Channel; tern courtship behaviors observed
5/12/12 ›
Survey of former Caspian tern colony on Jetty Island near Everett, WA; no terns observed on island; island is a popular public recreation site; 2-3 boats beached on island and numerous kite-boarders observed near the island; 515 Caspian terns observed on mudflats at the Snohomish River mouth; tern courtship behaviors observed
