Study

Survival of least tern chicks hatched on gravel-covered roofs in north Texas

  • Published source details Butcher J.A., Neill R.L. & Boylan J.T. (2007) Survival of least tern chicks hatched on gravel-covered roofs in north Texas. Waterbirds, 30, 595-601.

Actions

This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Physically protect nests with individual exclosures/barriers or provide shelters for chicks of ground nesting seabirds

Action Link
Bird Conservation
  1. Physically protect nests with individual exclosures/barriers or provide shelters for chicks of ground nesting seabirds

    A small study in 2003 on two warehouse roofs in Texas, USA (Butcher et al. 2007) found that least tern Sterna antillarum chicks did not use wooden shelters more than would be expected by chance. However, on 18% of occasions when adults were observed mobbing predators (n = 39), chicks were seen using either artificial plants or skylights as cover (on two occasions chicks ran towards structures, on five occasions chicks were already in cover).

     

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