[Maine-birds] Re: Inland nesting Common Terns?

About 15 years ago we had them in Mud Cove (Lily Bay ) at Moosehead Lake.  Now we have ring-billed gulls.  They may have driven them off.  Hope this helps.  Aletha

On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 2:50:56 PM UTC-4, Charles Duncan wrote:

I'm looking for information on Common Terns breeding inland in Maine.  Palmer (1949) mentions small colonies in Somerset, Franklin, Piscataquis, Washington and Aroostook counties.  MDIFW's 2006 "Island Nesting Tern" species assessment, https://www1.maine.gov/ifw/pdfs/species_planning/birds/islandnestingterns/ternassessment06.pdf, lists about two dozen colonies with irregular counts, mostly from the 80s and 90s.  These are in Penosbcot, Piscataquis, Hancock, Washington and Aroostook counties.

If anyone has info on the current status of any of these (numbers of breeding pairs, colonies established or abandoned), I'd appreciate a PM.

Many thanks, and good birding,

--Charles

Charles D. Duncan

76 Emery Street

Portland, Maine 04102, USA

charles....@gmail.com

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