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Susan B. Elbin, Emilio Tobon, Kaitlyn

Parkins, and Annie Barry

New York City Audubon

Common Terns on Governors Island:

2018

Harbor Herons Meeting

12 December 2018

An Update

Today’s Presentation

■Governors Island

population

■Banding on GI and

Little Egg

■Webcam on GI

Governors Island, New York, NY, USA

Photo by Annie Barry

Photo by Annie Barry

Governor’s Island

18 Nests (down from 33)

Banded 11 adults

-10 with geolocators

Banded 19 chicks

Breezy Point

Banded 4 adults

Little Egg Marsh

Banded 10 adults

Banded 2 young

GelocatorsMK5093 from Lotek.

2017

Resightings 2018

• Adult banded in Jamaica Bay on 9 July

Observed 3 August on Great Gull Island

• 2 Adult banded in Manhattan on 13 July

Observed 2 August in Liberty State Park

• Increase search effort for

banded birds in NYC

• Recatch geolocator birds

• Attach nanotags to terns on

Governors Islans (with FWS)

Plans for 2019

Special thanks to

• Jason Smith, New York

State DEC

• Mollie McGinnis, Governors

Island

• Annie Barry, NPS Volunteer

• Dick Veit

• Dave Moore

• Liz Craig

Funding from NYS DEC

Acknowledgements