What’s in a name? For birds, the scientific, or Latin, name is selected by the person who discovers and describes a species, but the common name evolves organically and can differ regionally. The name ...

Ten years ago, conservationists tried a novel experiment to protect the common tern, a threatened native bird on the St. Lawrence River. The... Apr 12, 2010 — Ten years ago, conservationists tried a ...

If you walk to the end of the pier off 12th Street in Hoboken and look carefully at the neighboring one, you’ll see the city’s newest wildlife darlings, a colony of common terns tending to nests and ...

Almost ten years ago, conservationists tried a novel experiment to protect the common tern, a threatened native bird on the St. Lawrence River. ... May 07, 2009 — Almost ten years ago, ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Environmental Analysis Biologists Richard Ruby and Jay Miller, along with the Floating Plant Crew captained by Tim Colburn, were at the Ashtabula ...

Vermont Fish and Wildlife says there are more than 50 animals in Vermont that are listed as threatened or endangered. One of those is the common tern. But something is being done about it and you may ...

Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) typically favor nest sites with 10-30% vegetative cover, and cover >30% may decrease nest success. Vegetation manipulations were performed in summer 1998 on Lime Island, ...

The tern breeding colony in the Isles of Shoals has returned for another nesting season, thanks to a project which brought back a human presence to White and Seavey Islands.It represents a remarkable ...

Hennepin Island%2C 2 miles off Lake Mille Lacs' southeastern shore%2C supports a common tern colony. Common terns are not so common%3B they're a threatened species in Minnesota. Managing the 225-pair ...

The largest river in Lithuania, the Nemunas, was once the perfect habitat for the Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) and the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) with its abundant islands and sandy shores.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) rarely produces more than one brood per breeding cycle. In 1996, 18 of 365 pairs (5%) of Common Terns nesting ...