Don’t let too many birds ‘wreck’ your survey!
How to modify beached bird surveys for a wreck event
Photo: Hillary Burgess
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HPAI in the Pacific Northwest
Updated August 9, 2023 Beginning in mid-July, COASST received reports from partners at WDFW of unusual numbers of dead Caspian Terns on a colony at Rat Island, WA (near Fort Flagler). Testing results indicate HPAI (Highly Pathogenic
The trees behind the tags
COASSTers have now been surveying with the wooden tags for a few years, and we wanted to share an interesting update that answers the common question: what is the source of wood for your tags?