Bird Island

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Land
USA
Soort
Common tern
Pipeline
Nee
Max. nr nestboxes
2200
Lopende periode
1968–2005
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Tags
Omgevingsdata
Temperature
Individuele data
Morphological measures
Physiological data
Habitat
Sea
Genetische data
Blood samples collected
Feather samples collected
Basale broeddata
Ja
Winter data
Winter ringing
Voederdata beschikbaar
Ja
Geen data beschikbaar Data aanvragen
General Information
Data owner Ian C. T. Nisbet
Contact  
Institution NA
Conditions of use/Licence Open Data, data are available for unrestricted use. However, the data owner asks to be notified when anyone downloads data during his lifetime. Data owner would also like to communicate with anyone who plans to use the data so that he can help with interpretation.
Data available via pipeline No
Quality check of the original data Several QA procedures were used in the field. Detailed QA checks were made during the preparation of the database.
Study site
Name Bird Island
ID BIR
Country United States of America
Size (ha) 1.0 (about 0.5 ha above high water mark and suitable for tern nesting)
Major site changes Yes. Erosion by storm waves reduced the area suitable for tern nesting by about 15% during the study period.
Latitude 41° 40' 09" N
Latitude 70° 43' 01" W
Number of nests (min) NA
Number of nests (max)

The largest number of nests was about 2,200.
Vegetation Type Scattered herbaceous vegetation on substrate of gravel, cobbles and rocks.
Description of study site Small island composed of glacial till, partially protected from erosion by surrounding wall
Species
Species Common tern
Start year 1968
End year 2005 (continued by others, but not in this database)
Continuous collection of data Yes, but limited data in 1968-69 and 1973-1979
Gap years NA
Longest data collection 38
Parental ID's recorded Yes, at some (but not all) numbered nests
List of basic breeding data collected Mate identity (in some but not all cases); laydates of each egg, clutch-size,  hatchdates of each egg, hatching success, chick growth and survival, productivity.
Description of the protocols for breeding data collection Nisbet, I. C. T., D. Iles, A. Kaneb, C. S. Mostello and S. Jenouvrier.  2020.  Breeding performance of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) does not decline among older age classes. Auk, Ornithological Advances 137: 1–17.
Description of the protocols for taking individual level measurements NA
Experimental manipulations Yes
Description of experimental manipulations

See Nisbet, I. C. T., J. M. Arnold, H. Galbraith and J. J. Hatch.  2004.  Responses of known-aged Common Terns to experimental shortening of the wings.  Waterbirds 27: 13–20.

Arnold, J. M., J. J. Hatch and I. C. T. Nisbet.  2004.  Seasonal declines in reproductive success of the Common Tern: timing or parental quality?  Journal of Avian Biology 35: 33–45.

Nisbet, I. C. T.  1978.  Dependence of fledging success upon egg-size, parental performance and egg-composition among Common and Roseate Terns, Sterna hirundo and S. dougallii.  Ibis 110: 205–214.
Predation events recorded Nest predation was rare at Bird Island during the observation period, but a few cases are recorded in the 'Notes' column.
How are second clutches recorded? Second clutches are very rare in common terns and replacement clutches were rare because common terns rarely failed during the study period.
Catching data
Individual data Yes
Type of individual data Parental body-mass, head-length, wing-length, chick growth. Many physiological parameters have been collected on small samples and have been reported in published papers but are not in this database
Feeding data Some
Type of feeding data Chick provisioning data were collected in several years but are not included in this database.
Other catching data NA
Roosting checks No
Winter ringing No
Colour rings Yes
Tags Yes
Other No
Genetic data
Blood samples Yes
Feather samples Yes
Other samples No
Samples analysed Yes
Environmental data
Food availability data No
Temperature data Yes, Station BUZM3 of NOAA National Data Buoy Center, 43 km SW (NOAA 2011)
Rainfall data No
Other environmental data No

Details

Land
USA
Soort
Common tern
Pipeline
Nee
Max. nr nestboxes
2200
Lopende periode
1968–2005
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Tags
Omgevingsdata
Temperature
Individuele data
Morphological measures
Physiological data
Habitat
Sea
Genetische data
Blood samples collected
Feather samples collected
Basale broeddata
Ja
Winter data
Winter ringing
Voederdata beschikbaar
Ja