Caspian Terns Discovered Nesting 1,000 Miles Farther to the North Than Ever Recorded in Alaska
Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 22:31
in Earth & Climate
WCS reported today that in the late summer of 2016, a WCS field team led by Dr. Trevor Haynes monitored Caspian tern chicks through to fledging in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in Alaska. This discovery of Caspian terns breeding above the Arctic Circle in the Chukchi Sea is nearly 1,000 miles farther north than previously recorded - a strikingly large jump in the range of nesting for this (or any) species.