[nysbirds-l] Least Tern Colony in Shelter Island devestated

2012-06-22 Thread Orhan Birol
There has been an active Least Tern colony at the end of Shell Beach for many years consisting of at least 25 pairs. This year the colony was wiped out by one or more raccoons. For some reason the raccoon population on the island has boomed. There are so many of them around, that on a walk of 2-3

[nysbirds-l] Least Tern Colony in Shelter Island devestated

2012-06-22 Thread Orhan Birol
There has been an active Least Tern colony at the end of Shell Beach for many years consisting of at least 25 pairs. This year the colony was wiped out by one or more raccoons. For some reason the raccoon population on the island has boomed. There are so many of them around, that on a walk of 2-3