Seasonal and annual variation in brood attendance, prey type delivered to chicks, and foraging patterns of male Common Terns ( Sterna hirundo )

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Burness, Gary P., Morris, Ralph D., Bruce, Jeffrey P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1994
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Breakwater; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z94-166; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z94-166

The study took place over 2 years (1990 and 1991) on a concrete breakwater located 1 km offshore on Lake Erie near Port Colborne, Ontario. Ten male Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) in 1990 and 12 in 1991 were radio-tracked by boat or car during the chick-rearing stage. Concurrent behavioural observatio...