Bridled Tern

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Press Release: Tricking Seabirds to Curb the Extinction Crisis

A new paper details the measures conservationists have taken to revive one of the Caribbean’s largest seabird colonies on Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico—a steppingstone for regional and global conservation goals. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASED: April 15, 2021 Media contact: Claudio Uribe, Island Conservation – claudio.uribe@islandconservation.org, +1 831-316-4047 Resources: Interviews, research paper, and multi-media assets. […]

Written by on April 15, 2021

Social Attraction—Bringing Seabirds Back to Desecheo Island

Desecheo Island restoration takes another step forward as U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Island Conservation, and Effective Environmental Restoration set up decoys and sound systems to bring seabirds back to the island.   On rocky outcrops on the southwestern side of Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico two new decoy colonies of Bridled Terns have been set […]

Written by on April 30, 2019

Seabirds Return to Desecheo Island One Year After Restoration

One year after Desecheo Island, Puerto Rico was declared free of invasive species, Island Conservation and partners are beginning to see signs of recovery, including Audubon’s Shearwaters sighted on the island for the first time and new Bridled Tern nests discovered. Historians say that you could hardly see the sky for the birds. This was […]

Written by on June 27, 2018