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Rapid 3-week transition from migration to incubation in a female Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

Jeffrey A. Spendelow
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A female Roseate Tern that staged in Puerto Rico on 10 May 2008 on its migration north was first observed in the nesting area at Bird Island, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts on 21 May. It was incubating a complete clutch of two eggs by 1 June and likely had initiated laying within 20 days of having been in Puerto Rico.

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Jeffrey A. Spendelow. 2017. Rapid 3-week transition from migration to incubation in a female Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii). https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70194706

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