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Acknowledgments
We thank many people who have shared in our field studies of Black Skimmers over the past 30 years, most notably Carl Safina. Darrel Ford trapped many adult skimmers. Robert Paxton and Sarah Plimpton provided accommodations at Cedar Beach, Jim Jones and Fred Lesser transportation and companionship in the New Jersey estuaries. The Long Island State Park Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection provided permits. Michael Erwin, David Weidner, and Claudia Wilds carefully reviewed the manuscript and provided valuable comments and personal communications. Chris Thompson contributed significantly to the section on Molts and Plumages.
Gochfeld, Michael and Joanna Burger. 1994. Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/108
