Weekly UpdateS for 2011
Regular monitoring of piscivorous waterbird colonies in San Francisco Bay is not occurring as part of this project in 2011
Weekly UpdateS 6/13 - 6/19/2011
6/13 – 6/19/11 ›
Second visit to former Caspian tern colony sites in the San Francisco Bay area to determine nesting status; more than 196 adults and 52 chicks counted on the Brooks Island Caspian tern colony, the smallest colony size observed for this colony since monitoring began in 2003; 20 adults and 4 chicks counted at Agua Vista Caspian tern colony; terns were not nesting on former colony sites at Stevens Creek (B2) and Eden Landing (E10)
Weekly UpdateS 5/16 - 5/22/2011
5/16 – 5/19/11 ›
First visit to former Caspian tern colony sites in the San Francisco Bay area to determine nesting status; more than 295 Caspian terns and 197 attended nests counted on the Brooks Island Caspian tern colony, the smallest colony size observed for this colony since monitoring began in 2003; terns were not nesting at the former colony sites at Stevens Creek (B2) and Eden Landing (E10)