Inland Common Terns

[Charles Duncan]

Thanks to all who responded to my rfi about Common Terns breeding away from the coast.  These, plus everyone's submissions to eBird, are most helpful.  Areas with significant numbers seem to be Portage and Fish Lakes (Aroostook), Allagash River, Chamberlain Lake and Allagash Lake (all Piscataquis) and especially Long Lake (Aroostook).

I'll repeat Jeff Well's comment that he has "always thought that the number of inland nesting Common Terns is vastly underestimated but also that they are incredibly ignored as a conservation priority both for surveying and for protections."

If you have records of more than a few at an inland site, they are still welcome.

Thanks and g.b.,

--Charles