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Acknowledgments
This account is dedicated to the memory of Nicholas L. Cuthbert, who took FJC to her first tern colony when she was 4 years old and on birding adventures throughout North America for 4 decades.
FJC’s knowledge of Caspian Tern biology has been greatly enhanced by interactions with H. Blokpoel, J. Ludwig, J. Quinn, and G. Shugart since 1975. Many field assistants participated in Caspian research, especially M. and N. Cuthbert, D. DeRuiter, E. Donnelly, A. Kraupa, C. Lovekin, D. Smith, and M. Whitmore. The University of Michigan Biological Station and Central Michigan Biological Station provided logistic support. C. Collins and D. Roby provided important insights on the Pacific Coast population.
The authors thank all those that contributed unpublished information on population estimates, trends, and distribution.
Over the years, research on Caspian Terns has been funded by the following sources: Bergstrom Award (Northeastern Bird Banding Association); Frank M. Chapman Fund (American Museum of Natural History); Dayton Natural History Fund (Bell Museum of Natural History); Dept. of Biological Sciences (Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth); Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (Univ. of Minnesota); Graduate School (Univ. of Minnesota); Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station; National Audubon Society; Society of Sigma Xi; USFWS; and Wilkie Fund for Behavior and Evolution (Bell Museum of Natural History).
Cuthbert, Francesca J. and Linda R. Wires. 1999. Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia), 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/403
