Foraging ecology and parental care of common terns (Sterna hirundo) nesting in Windermere Basin, Lake Ontario

• Main Author: Moore, David Joseph.
• Other Authors: Department of Biological Sciences
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Brock University 2009
• Subjects: Common tern > Ecology > Ontario > Windermere Basin; Common tern > Ecology > Ontario; Lake (N.Y. and Ont.); Common tern > Behavior > Ontario > Windermere Basin; Common tern > Behavior > Ontario; Seafood gathering > Ontario > Windermere Basin; Minnows; Common tern; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10464/2748

The relationships among chick feeding, size and type of prey item, and foraging time away from the brood have not been well studied in seabirds. This study investigated spatial and temporal patterns of foraging and chick-provisioning among 23 radio-tagged male common terns nesting at Hamilton Harbou...