Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Life on Tern Island

Our Internet use has been so restricted it is hard to keep up this blog. I will continue with small posts but I still can't use pictures. The biology is slowing down with most of the nesting activity finished. I still see new nests occasionally in my Red-footed Booby and Red-tailed Tropicbird plots but they are rare. I still monitor these plots every other day but the numbers of birds are way down. The biggest job left for me is banding about 130 Red-footed Booby chicks that will fledge within the next 3 weeks. We continue to have rainy days every few days so our water storage looks good. I have enjoyed my time here immensely but I can see the end coming.

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