Yakima Herald-Republic

Bird colony feasting on Columbia River fish supply

The birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so the agencies have no plans to kill them outright. In a related action, a series of manmade ponds that lie between the tern colony and the ...
Seattle Times

Battling nature may be for the birds

EAST SAND ISLAND, Columbia River — On a tiny uninhabited wash of ground near the river’s mouth, thousands of squabbling Caspian terns pack the sand like giant cotton balls — fluttering on the breeze, ...
The Union Democrat

When the beach was off-limits to humans, a rare colony of seabirds found a place to nest

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When the humans left, the seabirds flocked home. A rare colony of least terns, a threatened, federally protected seabird, landed on Deerfield Beach in March, when humans did ...
Los Angeles Times

In the Everglades, birds nest near alligators for safety. But what’s in it for the gators?

Birds choose the safest trees to build their nests. In the Florida Everglades, that means living directly above alligator-infested water. If that sounds like a perilous choice, consider this: Egrets, ...