<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thank you for this Steve. Is this refugee colony also made up of the terns that used to nest along the Duwamish and that suffered such a huge loss during the 2021 heat wave? <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jill</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 2, 2023, at 12:17 AM, Dan Reiff <<a href="mailto:dan.owl.reiff@gmail.com" class="">dan.owl.reiff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Great, comprehensive and informative writing, Steve.<div class="">Thank you for sharing it.</div><div class="">Also, great to see you have a blog, which I will now be looking forward to reading. Please add me to your list.</div><div class="">Dan Reiff, PhD<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Sep 1, 2023, at 6:20 PM, Steve Hampton <<a href="mailto:stevechampton@gmail.com" class="">stevechampton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">All, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Here is an update of the Caspian Tern colony at Rat Island near Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island near Port Townsend, which has been stricken by avian flu. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Short version: WDFW has collected over 1,100 dead adults and 400 dead chicks. Smaller numbers of dead gulls and one to three dead Harbor Seals have tested positive as well. That said, there are still 200+ adult terns present and they have chicks that are now capable of flight, so there is some successful breeding. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">There are some pics as well. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><a href="https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2023/08/21/after-hazing-and-avian-flu-will-the-last-colony-of-caspian-terns-in-the-salish-sea-survive/" class="">https://thecottonwoodpost.net/2023/08/21/after-hazing-and-avian-flu-will-the-last-colony-of-caspian-terns-in-the-salish-sea-survive/</a><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">good birding, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font size="4" color="#073763" class=""><span class=""></span>Steve Hampton<span class=""></span></font></div><div class="">Port Townsend, WA (<span style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" class="">qatáy</span>)</div></div><br class=""><div class=""><font color="#073763" class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></font></div></div></div></div>
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