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Sophia Ly at the UN Headquarters in New York in NYC during the 23rd meeting of the United Nations Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP). The meeting, held June 5-8, 2023, coincided with UN World Oceans Day.

2023 Exetnsion intern Olivia Hooper

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Two American Oystercatcher chicks huddle together on Bird Island. Photo taken June 5, 2023.

This photo was taken inside a pop-up blind looking at my Roseate Tern methodology testing plot on Bird Island. Roseate Terns are more timid than Common Terns, so they nest in the wooden boxes seen here. I record what prey is brought to their chicks from my location inside the blind, and two different trail camera set-ups captured images simultaneously. This semester I’ll determine the different capabilities of each method!

One of my Common Tern trail camera monitoring plots on Ram Island. The trail cameras were set up to observe and take photos of adult Common Terns bringing in prey to their chicks. The fencing is set up to keep the mobile chicks from running away during productivity checks and into another adult’s territory.

A nesting Common Tern on Ram Island, Buzzards Bay, MA. Ram Island is another important Common and Roseate Tern colony. Photo taken on June 7, 2023.