Date: 6/24/25 11:35 pm From: pan via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] banded Caspian Tern, Discovery Park (Seattle)
Tweets,
Before the walker followed her uncontrollable urge to walk to the end of the point and flush all the birds, I was able to get details of the leg bands of one of the eight Caspian Terns' with all the gulls at West Point in Seattle's Discovery Park this morning. Less than 12 hours after my report, I got the details:
"HATCHED IN 2007 OR EARLIER," banded "NEAR CHINOOK, CLATSOP COUNTY, OREGON, USA (COORDINATES: LAT: 46.25833; LON: -123.975 )"
So at least 18 years old. The response time is a far cry from the months such took in the old days. Longevity is one of the reasons we still have Caspian Terns despite many years of low breeding success.
