The birds prefer to nest on beaches. But as the migrate, they also seek refuge on roofs, which offer little protection. The chick, speckled black and white and probably two days old, sat on the ...

(The Center Square) — On the shores of Pennsylvania’s sliver of Lake Erie, something has happened that hasn’t been seen for decades: common terns nesting on the beach, raising their young chicks to ...

As Florida’s wild natural beaches have become more and more scarce, beachside buildings with gravel rooftops have multiplied by the thousands. Shorebirds that nest in the sand have had to adapt.

In what is being described as a “landmark event”, common terns have successfully nested again in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported Wednesday that for the first time in six ...

If you walk to the end of the pier off 12th Street in Hoboken and look carefully at the neighboring one, you’ll see the city’s newest wildlife darlings, a colony of common terns tending to nests and ...

A nature reserve has recorded its largest number of fledglings of a threatened bird species in half a century. RSPB Minsmere, on the Suffolk coast, counted at least 205 sandwich terns chicks this ...

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — Four least tern chicks were fitted with tracking bands for officials to keep track of their population and migration patterns. The birds ranged in age from three to four weeks ...

With some luck and outside advice, the price tag of reshoring the tern here was also shockingly low: $350 on equipment, not counting personnel time. The Game Commission built a wooden exclosure around ...