The Caspian tern management project also calls for establishing and/or restoring three alternative nesting sites in the San Francisco Bay area, where the OSU-led team also has a research crew.

Caspian terns feeding on young fish have a significant impact on runs of steelhead in the Columbia River, new research suggests. Caspian terns feeding on young fish have a significant impact on ...

Caspian tern chicks with a decoy adult tern. The species is a protected migratory bird that feeds on endangered wild salmonids, and preserving both populations poses a conundrum for conservationists.

The Caspian terns of Rat Island have had a difficult couple of years. "They ended up here because they were basically hazed away from other places where they had conflicts with humans," said Steve ...

Caspian tern colonies were "wiped out" on Bellow Island in Grand Traverse Bay with 255 dead adults, according to a Michigan Radio report. Conversely, common terns in the region are faring much ...

An epidemiological study found that 56% of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state. Since then, no ...

Caspian terns are migratory and return to the Northwest in late April or May after wintering elsewhere, mostly in southern California and Mexico. They can live for 20 years or more.

Caspian tern colonies were "wiped out" on Bellow Island in Grand Traverse Bay with 255 dead adults, according to a Michigan Radio report. Conversely, common terns in the region are faring much ...

Biologists had no sooner set out a couple hundred plastic Caspian tern decoys and turned on a recording of the birds squawking than five real ones flying overhead came around for a closer look. In ...

A rare bird was spotted soaking up the sun in Norfolk over the weekend. The Caspian Tern was pictured splashing around in the ...

Terns are generally smaller and, in my opinion, cuter than the gulls. The common species you will find here are the least tern, Caspian tern, Forster’s tern, and royal tern.

Caspian terns are migratory and return to the Northwest in late April or May after wintering elsewhere, mostly in southern California and Mexico. They can live for 20 years or more.