2. SHARP DECLINE IN ESTUARY TERNS; STEEP RISE OF COMORANTS

Researchers this summer witnessed a sharp decline in the number of Caspian terns nesting on the Columbia River estuary’s East Sand Island, though their diminished predatory presence was likely counterbalanced by an even more dramatic increase in the number of doubled-crested cormorants that share that locale.

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