Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern walking along a sandy beach holding a stick in its beak.

Essex Co, 2010. Photo by J. Fenton.

23 records

Key

  • A = record accepted
  • NA = record not accepted
  • * indicates the original finder(s)
  • † indicates that documentation was submitted to the committee
  • (ph) indicates the observer obtained photographs
  • (au) indicates audio recordings
MARC numberDecisionCountLocationCountyArrivalDepartureObserversNotesReport
1997-008A1Parker River NWR--Plum IslandEssex5/11/19975/11/1997A. Magee3
1999-023NA1Bill Forward Pool, Parker River NWR, Plum IslandEssex7/31/19997/31/19995
2010-075A1Sandy Point State Reservation, Plum IslandEssex9/14/20109/20/2010Suzanne Sullivan* (ph), J. Fenton (ph)16
2010-076A1South Beach, ChathamBarnstable8/27/20108/27/2010Francois Grenon (ph)16
2010-079A1Bartlett Farm, NantucketNantucket6/10/20106/10/2010Vernon Laux (ph)16
2011-096A1Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Martha's VineyardDukes8/31/20118/31/2011Tim Spahr*17
2014-057Aup to 2Parker River NWR--Plum IslandEssex7/13/20148/30/2014Suzanne Sullivan (ph), Brian Tucker* (ph)19
2014-058A1New Seabury Country Club, MashpeeBarnstable7/16/20147/16/2014Mary Keleher (ph)19
2014-059A2South Beach, ChathamBarnstable8/12/20148/12/2014Ben Lagasse (ph), Keenan Yakola* (ph)19
2016-032A2Lieutenant Island, WellfleetBarnstable6/17/20166/17/2016Maili Waters†* (ph)22
2016-039Aup to 2Parker River NWREssex6/11/20166/17/2016Suzanne Sullivan* (ph); John Keeley*; Dan Prima (ph)22
2019-038A1New Seabury Country Club, MashpeeBarnstable4/28/20195/1/2019Mary Keleher* (ph)23
2019-039A1Demarest Lloyd SP, DartmouthBristol6/3/20196/3/2019Nicole Kirkos* (ph)23
2019-097A1Great Neck, IpswichEssex9/11/20199/11/2019Margo Goetschkes*, Steve Grinley*major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 2019, which made landfall in Atlantic Canada24
2019-100A1Monomoy NWRBarnstable9/17/20199/18/2019Jacob Drucker* (ph)major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 201924
2019-139A125th St., Plum Island, NewburyportEssex9/12/20199/12/2019Nick Tepper* (ph)major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 201924
2019-140A1Parker River NWR--Plum IslandEssex9/14/20199/17/2019Warren Tatro*, Steve Babbitt (ph)major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 201924
2019-141A1Parker River NWR--Plum IslandEssex9/14/20199/16/2019Steve Babbitt* (ph)major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 201924
2019-142A1Parker River NWR--Plum IslandEssex9/23/20199/24/2019Sue Hedman*, Tom Murray* (ph)major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 201924
2019-143A1Parker River NWR--Plum IslandEssex9/29/201910/1/2019Valerie Burdette* (ph), Emily Jew*major influx involving at least 7 individuals in wake of Hurricane Dorian 201924
2022-054A2Dowses BeachBarnstable6/1/20226/1/2022Nancy Villone* (ph)SAME BIRD ISSUES: same wandering pair over span of 11 days; each pertained to two adults traveling together on Outer Cape Cod, seen briefly at each site on similar dates.26
2022-056A2Wellfleet Bay MASBarnstable6/7/20226/7/2022Joey Negreann* (ph)SAME BIRD ISSUES: same wandering pair over span of 11 days; each pertained to two adults traveling together on Outer Cape Cod, seen briefly at each site on similar dates.26
2022-057A2Nauset BeachBarnstable6/11/20226/11/2022Keegan Burke* (ph)SAME BIRD ISSUES: same wandering pair over span of 11 days; each pertained to two adults traveling together on Outer Cape Cod, seen briefly at each site on similar dates.26