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Article: First report of Black Terns breeding on a coastal barrier island.
- Article from:
- The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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The North American subspecies of Black Tern (Chlidonias niger surinamensis) breeds locally across the northern United States and central Canada. Black Terns are semicolonial, typically nesting in productive, shallow freshwater marshes, semipermanent ponds, prairie sloughs, and along margins of lakes and rivers (Stewart and Kantrud 1984, Dunn and Agro 1995, Schummer and Eddleman 2003). Nests are generally placed in areas of calm water within stands of emergent bulrush (Scirpus spp.), cattail (Typha spp.), bur-reed (Sparganium spp.), or pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata; Cuthbert 1954, Dunn 1979, Mazzocchi et al. 1997). Nests are usually built over shallow water (0.5-1.2 m ...