A really bad tern of events in the Gulf

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/[news-gallery]/2010/07/photogalleries/100719-gulf-oil-spill-birds-brown-pelican-environment-chick-pictures/#/gulf-oil-spill-birds-raccoon-island-oiled-terns_23478_600x450.jpg

How sad to see these young terns doomed within days and weeks of their hatching.

Listening to Caspian Terns ... around the World

Xeno-Canto is a community database of shared bird sounds from the whole world and has a nice recordings from the United States, Mexico, Oman, Poland, New Zealand and Australia.

http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=caspian+tern

Birder's World has a great tern id article

Large terns

Why bill color remains an important field mark for identifying Caspian and Royal Terns

Contributed by David Allen Sibley

Published: June 25, 2010

Contributing Editor David Allen Sibley discusses wingtip markings, forehead color, and overall shape of Caspian Tern and Royal Tern and tells why bill color remains an important field mark for identifying the species. Accompanying the article are paintings by Sibley showing the head of each species.

http://www.birdersworld.com/Our%20Contributors/ID%20Toolkit/2010/06/Large%20terns.aspx

More turns to see Bellingham terns

http://www.northcascadesaudubon.org/index.php?cates_2010

The Bellingham Herald / Top Stories / Researchers band Caspian terns at Bellingham waterfront to track them

The Bellingham Herald / Top Stories / Researchers band Caspian terns at Bellingham waterfront to track them

Missed my tern

I had to miss out on banding at a new breeding colony last week, but luckily the press was there to capture the historic work. Read more at

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/07/30/1549679/caspian-tern-banding.html#http://mediaPublish Post.bellinghamherald.com/smedia/2010/07/30/19/Tern_Banding_1.standalone.prod_affiliate.39.JPG

Caspian Tern TV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0frrs8mEVEQ&feature=youtube_gdata

It's only an intro from in the lab, but soon there will be a regular posting of great Caspian Tern video segments. Stay tuned.