Interregional Breeding Dispersal of Adult Roseate Terns

Jeffrey A. Spendelow; Carolyn S. Mostello; Ian C. T. Nisbet; C. Scott Hall; Linda Welch

doi:10.1675/063.033.0213

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Jeffrey A. Spendelow,^1,* Carolyn S. Mostello,² Ian C. T. Nisbet,³ C. Scott Hall,⁴ Linda Welch⁵

¹1USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD, 20708, USA
²2Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA, 01581, USA
³3I.C.T. Nisbet & Company, North Falmouth, MA, 02556. USA
⁴4National Audubon Society, Seabird Restoration Project, Bremen, ME, 04551, USA
⁵5U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Petit Manan NWR, Milbridge, ME, 04658, USA

^*Corresponding author; E-mail: jspendelow@usgs.gov

Abstract

Long-distance breeding dispersal is infrequent among seabirds and has rarely been quantified. Six adult Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) that had bred at colony sites in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA from 2004–2006 switched regions and moved 200–400 km to two colony sites in Maine between 2005 and 2007. Two of the emigrants presumably had nested for at least eight years in Massachusetts before moving to Maine, demonstrating that even long-time philopatric residents of one region may switch to another region.

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Jeffrey A. Spendelow, Carolyn S. Mostello, Ian C. T. Nisbet, C. Scott Hall, and Linda Welch "Interregional Breeding Dispersal of Adult Roseate Terns," Waterbirds 33(2), 242-245, (1 June 2010). https://doi.org/10.1675/063.033.0213

Received: 6 October 2009; Accepted: 1 February 2010; Published: 1 June 2010

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breeding dispersal

Buzzards Bay

intercolony movement

Maine

Massachusetts

Petit Manan Island

philopatry

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

Stratton Island

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