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Last year, the main Arctic Tern nesting colony on the Skagway river bar next to the airstrip was washed out by a flood. We will collect observations this year from anybody who sends them in (see below).
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2022 general observations.
The observations below were collected from Skagway Bird Club members through our forum, or from anybody who wished to contribute via email to sbc@aptalaska.net
Information requested:
date,
observer name,
location,
observation,
what you think it means (optional)
CWS = coastal waterbird survey, observers: Elaine Furbish, Adrian Wakeen, Mike Konsler, Yuan Li, Jay Hamill, Olivia Varga, Rhys Henning,
April and May
April and May
date-observer / where / birds / notes
28 April-Deb B. / ore peninsula / 8 terns / off temsco parking lot
28 April-CWS / ore peninsula / 28 terns / flying at mouth of Skagway river
6 May-CWS / ore peninsula / 39 terns / around mouth of Skagway river
13 May-CWS / ore peninsula / 3 terns / flying around end of peninsula
20 May-Elaine F. / ore peninsula, inside roped-off area / a pair of adults / one was sitting, the other was standing close by
20 May-CWS /ore peninsula / 4 terns /flying near river mouth
27 May-CWS / ore peninsula / 37 terns / some were flying over and landing in roped-off area
29 May-Annalia S. / ore dock / a tern egg & adults / egg was on concrete at edge where ships tie up
30 May-Elaine F. / ore dock /2 pairs adults / same place where egg reported, no egg found, adults aggressively defending area (see rescue summaries for more description)
June - July no observations
June - July no observations
Later, new bird club member Eliza Russell reported that the main colony had nested on river bars north of the main car-foot bridge over the Skagway River.
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