2007

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Caspian Terns - Columbia River Estuary

Date Colony/Location Note
3/6/07 East Sand Is. First terns (3) observed on island, roosting on sand bar to the north of the colony
3/23/07 East Sand Is. Habitat work on tern colony completed by USACE
3/25/07 East Sand Is. First terns (3) observed on colony
3/28/07 East Sand Is. PIT tags (200) released on tern colony for detection efficiency studies
3/28/07 East Sand Is. Tern colony preparation completed; decoys (50) deployed, plots established, and blind construction completed
4/2/07 East Sand Is. First tern courtship feed, copulation, and scrape digging observed
4/5/07 East Sand Is. Colony monitors moved onto island
4/19/07 East Sand Is. First tern egg observed on colony
5/5/07 Astoria, OR Tern observed roosting on a rooftop just east of the Astoria-Megler Bridge
5/23/07 East Sand Is. Aerial photo census conducted (for estimating the number of adults on colony)
5/27/07 East Sand Is. First tern chick observed on colony
5/30/07 East Sand Is. Adult terns (56) banded at the colony
7/6/07 East Sand Is. First fledgling tern observed at colony
7/6/07 East Sand Is. Aerial photo census conducted (for estimating the number of fledglings on colony)
7/12/07 East Sand Is. Tern chicks near fledging age (329) banded at the colony
7/13/07 East Sand Is. Tern chicks near fledging age (119) banded at the colony
7/27/07 East Sand Is. Final day of daily data collection for the 2007 field season (some periodic monitoring of bird colonies will continue on East Sand Island through August)

 

Caspian Terns - Columbia Plateau

Date Colony/Location Note
3/12/07 Mid-Columbia River First terns (3) observed on Mid-Columbia, flying near Crescent Island
3/13/07 Crescent Is. PIT tags (200) released on tern colony for detection efficiency studies
3/13/07 Crescent Is. New blind consructed
3/28/07 Crescent Is. Tern colony preparation completed; no terns observed on colony
3/29/07 Rock Is. PIT tags (100) released on tern colony for detection efficiency studies; no terns observed on colony, 17 loafing nearby
3/30/07 Crescent Is. Live mammal traps set on island due to suspicion of mink presence; terns (2) observed flying over the colony
3/31/07 Crescent Is. First terns (17) observed on colony
4/2/07 Potholes Reservoir PIT tags (5) released on colony for detection efficiency studies; no terns observed on colony, 10 loafing nearby
4/19/07 Crescent Is. First tern egg observed
4/21/07 Crescent Is. Live mammal traps removed from island
5/1/07 Rock Is. First terns observed on colony
5/5/07 Rock Is. Rough estimate of first tern egg laid on colony
5/5/07 Banks Lake Rough estimate of first tern egg laid on colony
5/16/07 Crescent Is. First tern chick hatched on colony
5/22/07 Crescent Is. Aerial photo census conducted (for estimating the number of adults on colony)
5/29/07 Banks Lake Terns discovered attempting to nest on Dry Falls Island
6/1/07 Rock Is. Rough estimate of first tern chick hatched on colony
6/1/07 Banks Lake Rough estimate of first tern chick hatched on colony
7/1/07 Crescent Is. First fledgling tern observed at colony
7/2/2007 Potholes Reservoir Tern chicks near fledging age (139) banded at the Goose Island colony
7/3/2007 Crescent Is. Tern chicks near fledging age (213) banded at the colony
7/21/07 Rock Is. PIT tags (100) released on tern colony for detection efficiency studies; no terns observed on colony
7/27/07 Columbia Plateau Final day of daily colony monitoring for the 2007 field season

 

Double-crested cormorants – Columbia River Estuary

Date Colony/Location Note
3/28/07 East Sand Is. First cormorants (141) observed on island, roosting on on North Beach
4/4/07 Miller Sands Spit Social attraction plot for cormorants established
4/5/07 East Sand Is. Cormorant colony preparation completed; six social attraction plots established on the colony, PIT tags released on cormorant colony for detection efficiency studies
4/8/07 East Sand Is. First cormorants (53) were observed on colony
4/12/07 East Sand Is. First cormorants observed in all six social attraction plots
4/18/07 Miller Sands Spit First cormorants observed on the experimental colony
4/26/07 East Sand Is. First cormorant egg observed on colony
5/23/07 East Sand Is. Aerial photo census conducted (for estimating the number of adults on colony)
5/26/07 East Sand Is. First cormorant chick observed on colony
7/19/07 East Sand Is. First fledgling cormorant observed at colony
7/27/07 East Sand Is. Final day of daily data collection for the 2007 field season (some periodic monitoring of bird colonies will continue on East Sand Island through August)

 

Double-crested cormorants – Columbia Plateau

Date Colony/Location Notes
3/13/07 Foundation Is. First cormorants (108) observed on colony
3/14/07 Foundation Is. Cormorant colony preparation completed; nesting platform constructed, PIT tags released on platform (50) and below tree colony (100) for detection efficiency studies
3/24/07 Foundation Is. Rough estimate of first cormorant egg laid on colony
4/3/07 North Potholes Reservoir First cormorants (988) observed on colony
4/19/07 Foundation Is. Rough estimate of first cormorant chick hatched on colony
6/2/07 Foundation Is. First fledgling cormorant observed at colony
6/3/07 North Potholes Reservoir PIT tags (100) released on cormorant colony for detection efficiency studies
6/7/07 Foundation Is. PIT tags (100) released on cormorant colony for detection efficiency studies
7/27/07 Columbia Plateau Final day of daily colony monitoring for the 2007 field season

 

Double-crested cormorants – Fern Ridge Lake

Date Colony/Location Note
3/17/07 Fern Ridge Lake Site for cormorant nesting platform selected; first cormorants observed (400) on lake
3/24/07 Fern Ridge Lake, Fisher Butte Cell #2 Floating nesting platform construction commenced; cormroants (14) observed near nesting platform
3/30/07 Fern Ridge Lake, Fisher Butte Cell #2 Floating nesting platform completed and anchored in impoundment with tires, nest material, decoys, and one sound system
4/5/07 Fern Ridge Lake, Fisher Butte Cell #2 2nd sound system deployed on platform, no DCCOs seen on platform; 7 DCCOs seen in cell; < 100 DCCOs seen in lake
4/9/07 Fern Ridge Lake, Fisher Butte Cell #2 Schedule of 3-4 platform checks per week initiated