The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided that it is not going to continue killing gulls that have been preying on baby Caspian terns at a nesting colony at the mouth of the Columbia River. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Caspian terns

Not a single chick has survived this year at the world's largest colony of Caspian terns. Researchers call it "complete colony failure." Meanwhile, on the very same island in the mouth of the Columbia River, the world's largest double-crested cormorant colony also faces mass nest collapse. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, bald eagles, cormorants, Oregon Field Journal, Terns