Common Tern Decoys
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Common Tern – Hollow, rotomolded polyethylene, 1”
hole for wooden dowel or plastic plug.
Common Terns were first used in 1995 by the National Audubon
Society Seabird Restoration Program on Petit Mannan Island
National Wildlife Refuge to bring this species back to an
historical nesting area. Birds responded by nesting in the
decoy colony and a replacement colony was established. The
decoys were then moved to Pond Island at the mouth of the
Kennebec River to re-establish a colony there. That project
was also successful. In 2002, Audubon’s Seabird Restoration
Program used 100 Common Tern decoys along with mirrors and
a solar powered sound system to re-establish a colony on Outer
Green Island off the coast of Maine where terns had not nested
for more than 90 years. By the summer of 2004, 700 pairs of
Common Terns and 13 pairs of Roseate Terns were nesting there.
(Source: http://www.projectpuffin.org/island_news.html)
Common Tern decoys are also being used in Maryland, North
Carolina, the Saint Lawrence River, New York and Grand Manan,
New Brunswick, Canada.
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