Caspian terns discovered nesting 1,000 miles farther to the north than ever recorded in Alaska

Saturday, September 24, 2016 - 03:51 in Earth & Climate

In the late summer of 2016, a field team monitored Caspian tern chicks through to fledging in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in Alaska. This discovery of Caspian terns breeding above the Arctic Circle in the Chukchi Sea is nearly 1,000 miles farther north than previously recorded – a strikingly large jump in the range of nesting for this (or any) species.

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