Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5278
Table 8. Summary of Arctic Tern nests and contents in Glacier Bay, Alaska, 2003–05.
[Areas of concern are shown with gray shading. Number of nests and contents: C, chick; E, egg; F, nests with predated eggs or dead chicks. Active unknown: Nests in which adults were observed sitting on nests but would not move or behaved in an unusually aggressive manner but the nest contents were not observed. ADF&G, Alaska Department of Fish and Game]
| Location | Date | Number of nests and contents | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1E | 2E | 3E | 1C | 2C | 3C | 1C, 1E | 2C, 1E | F | Active unknown |
Territorial pairs |
Total | ||
| 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Adams Inlet | 6/18–6/19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Closed Boulder Island | 7-12 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Closed Islands east of Russell Island | 7-02 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Fan at Russell Cut | 6-29 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Islet northwest of Eider | 6-13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Queen Inlet | 7-01 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Riggs to Muir | 6-22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Sealers Island | 6-15 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Tarr Inlet | 6-29 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Topeka outwash | 6-28 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | |||||||||||||
| Adams Inlet | 6/12–6/14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 | |||||
| Beardslee Islands (ADF&G data) | 5-27 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Beardslee Islands (ADF&G data) | 6-10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Beardslee Islands (ADF&G data) | 6-17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Fan at Russell Cut | 5-21 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| Geikie Islet | 5-24 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Islet at Tlingit Point | 6-01 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| McBride, north spit | 5-28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Queen Inlet | 5-20 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 23 | |||||||
| Reid Inlet | 5-27 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||
| Riggs to Muir | 5-29 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tarr Inlet | 5-23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Wachusett | 5/31–6/01 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| Adams fan | 6-14 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 44 | |||||
| 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Beardslee Islands (ADF&G data) | 6-20 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Fan at Russell Cut | 6-04 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Grand Pacific | 6-13 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 64 | ||||||||
| Islet at entrance to Scidmore | 6-17 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Islet at Tlingit Point | 5-25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| Leland Island | 6-23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| McBride, north spit | 5-29 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| McBride, south spit | 6-06 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Queen Inlet | 5-22 | 7 | 9 | 16 | |||||||||
| Queen Triangle Island and moraine | 6-05 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 19 | |||||||
| Riggs to Muir | 5-28 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Scidmore Bay east shoreline | 6-18 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Sealers Island | 5-29 | 9 | 25 | 12 | 46 | ||||||||
| Topeka outwash | 6-03 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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