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Hi all:
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I made a venture this morning with a local person out to Gull Island. We d=
id not land as not to overly disturb the tern colony nesting there. The lo=
cal person had been concerned about people landing on the island when the t=
erns are nesting there. He has phoned local officials who have done nothin=
g about this nor has any signage been placed on the island. I told him tha=
t I would check the island out for the possibility of roseate terns being t=
here. This island might have been overlooked in regards to nesting terns i=
n the past, I'm not sure. Historically, the person who I was with told me=
that the terns have come there for 61 years, every year to nest. They co=
uld have been there longer than that though. He mentioned that last year f=
or whatever reason the population had been about 300 terns. That was the m=
ost he has ever seen there.
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The island itself is at general co-ordinates, a bit off from it as I was no=
t on the island of NAD83 20 396656 4908363. It is an island about 100 feet=
long and is in Lower South Cove in Bayport. There are definitely roseate =
terns nesting on the island. I saw at least six birds, which would make up=
three pairs. I had good views of all six and one made the definitive cal=
l. There might be more though. With the numbers of birds present it was h=
ard to make an accurate count. I estimate the breakdown of the other tern=
s nesting there at 29 pairs of common terns and 18 pairs of artic terns. R=
oughly a little over 100 terns in total. I could be off on the estimate th=
ough, as again I did not set foot on the island.
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James R. Hirtle
East LaHave =20
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Hi all:<BR>
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I made a venture this morning with a local person out to Gull Island. =
We did not land as not to overly disturb the tern colony nesting there.&nb=
sp; The local person had been concerned about people landing on the island =
when the terns are nesting there. He has phoned local officials who h=
ave done nothing about this nor has any signage been placed on the island.&=
nbsp; I told him that I would check the island out for the possibility of r=
oseate terns being there. This island might have been overlooked in r=
egards to nesting terns in the past, I'm not sure. Historically=
, the person who I was with told me that the terns have come there for 61 y=
ears, every year to nest. They could have been there longer tha=
n that though. He mentioned that last year for whatever reason the po=
pulation had been about 300 terns. That was the most he has ever seen=
there.<BR>
<BR>
The island itself is at general co-ordinates, a bit off from it as I was no=
t on the island of NAD83 20 396656 4908363. It is an island about 100=
feet long and is in Lower South Cove in Bayport. There are definitel=
y roseate terns nesting on the island. I saw at least six birds, whic=
h would make up three pairs. I had good views of all six and on=
e made the definitive call. There might be more though. With th=
e numbers of birds present it was hard to make an accurate count. &nbs=
p; I estimate the breakdown of the other terns nesting there at 29 pairs of=
common terns and 18 pairs of artic terns. Roughly a little over 100 =
terns in total. I could be off on the estimate though, as again I did=
not set foot on the island.<BR>
<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
East LaHave <BR><br /><hr /> </=
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