November 29: Roseate Tern (ROST) Recovery Group Session
8:30 AM – Introductions, Logistics, Meeting Objectives – (Susi von Oettingen & Caleb Spiegel)
8:45 AM – ROST Colony Updates
- United Kingdom
- Northwest Atlantic population
- Florida
- Discussion/Questions
10:00 – BREAK (15 minutes)
10:15 AM – Location-based ROST updates & discussion
- Brazil (10:15 AM)
- Results of the first year of monitoring in Galinhos – powerline study- Rafael Revorêdo.- 20 min
- Canada (10:35 AM) –
- Quebec – new site – Jean-François Rail -10 min
- Nova Scotia – new site – Alix D’Entremont – 10 min
11:00 AM – ROST Presentations
- Single deserted eggs – Ian Nisbet – 10 min
- Resighting ROST and COTE staging at Norton Point – Shea Fee (TTOR) – 15 min
11:30 AM – Great Gull Island
- Great Gull Island
- Resighting banded Roseate Terns on Great Gull Island to assess breeding phenology and apparent survival – Peter Paton, Joan Walsh, Margaret Rubega – 15 min
- Great Gull Island Project – Joan Walsh/Margaret Rubega – 15 min
- Questions/Discussion – 10 min
12:15 – LUNCH (60 minutes)
1:15 PM AMBC-ROST General Presentations
1:15 PM – Forage Fish
1:15-1:30 Preliminary results from two summers of monitoring Atlantic Puffin diet using fecal DNA metabarcoding (William Kennerly, et al.)
1:35-1:50 Spatiotemporal variation in Common Tern foraging movements (Aliya Caldwell, et al.)
1:55-2:10 Marginal effects of oceanographic variables and wind on the foraging behaviour and habitat preferences of the endangered Bermuda petrel (Letizia Campioni, et al.)
2:15-2:30 Preliminary Findings for Camera-Based Tern Chick Diet Monitoring (Sarah Guitart)
2:35 PM – Sea Ducks, Bycatch, & Offshore Wind
2:35-2:50 Atlas of Sea Duck Key Habitat Sites in North America (Kate Martin, et. al)
2:55-3:10 Seabird bycatch in the Eastern Canadian Arctic (Allison Anholdt, et. al)
3:15-3:30 Transparent modeling of collision risk for three federally-listed bird species in relation to offshore wind energy development (Evan Adams, et. al)
3:30 PM – Wrap up
November 30: General Presentations – AMBC & Roseate Tern (continued)
8:30 AM Housekeeping – (Caleb & Susi)
8:45 AM Disease & contaminants
8:45-9:00 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Canadian Seabird Colonies (Stephanie Avery-Gomm, et al. – first half of recording)
9:00-9:15 Seals, seabirds, and influenza in the Northwest Atlantic (Wendy Puryear – second half of recording)
9:20-9:35 Avian influenza on Coquet Island, UK (Ibrahim Alfarwi)
9:35-9:50 Malaria parasites, disease, and death in Common Loons (Ellen Martinsen, et. al)
9:55-10:10 Respiratory fungal disease in the Common Loon (Thomas Hilling, et al.)
10:10 AM – BREAK (15 minutes)
Disease & contaminants continued
10:25-10:40 Investigating Great Shearwater mass mortality events along the U.S. East Coast using a collaborative necropsy program (Anna Robuck, et al.)
10:45-11:00 Reassessing the presence of tick-borne pathogens transmitted by the seabird tick Ixodes uriae in Gulf of Maine seabird colonies (Joe Cleaves)
11:00-11:15 Fifty years of changes in concentrations of mercury and organohalogenated contaminants in the Northern Gannet of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence (Raphael Lavoie & Louise Champoux)
11:20 AM At Sea Surveys
11:20-11:35 Research applications from GoMMAPPS seabird surveys to offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico (J. Christopher Haney, et al.)
11:35-11:50 Lessons learned and early results on the automated classification of seabirds from digital aerial imagery (Bradley Pickens, et al.)
11:55-12:10 Modeling past and future spatial distributions of marine bird species in US Atlantic waters (Arliss Winship, et al.)
12:10 PM – LUNCH (50 minutes)
1:00 PM Tracking Studies
1:00-1:15 The northern Gulf of Mexico seabird colony atlas and registry: a forthcoming resource (Kathy Hixson, et al.)
1:15-1:30 Satellite tracking of shearwaters in the Gulf of Maine (Kevin Powers, et al.)
1:35-1:50 Exploring the use of Great Shearwaters as a dynamic ocean management tool to mitigate threats to large whales (Tammy Silva, et al.)
1:50-2:05 Tern and Storm-Petrel Tracking in the Gulf of Maine (Keenan Yakola & Don Lyons)
2:10-2:25 Post-breeding distribution of Common Eiders in the Grand Manan Archipelago, Bay of Fundy, NB (Sarah Wong & Rob Ronconi)
2:30 PM Colony Management & Monitoring
2:30-2:45 Evaluating the effectiveness of gull control as a management tool for increasing Common Eider duckling survival (Dustin Meattey, et al.)
2:45-3:00 28 years of seabird monitoring at Machias Seal Island (Heather Major & Anthony Diamond)
3:05-3:20 Seabird conservation in a coastal urban setting: An adaptive management challenge (Ruth Boettcher, et al.)
3:20-3:35 Build an Island – Terns will Come! (David Brinker, et al.; Archer Larned – presenter)
3:40 PM – Community Science
3:40-3:55 Stellwagen Sanctuary Seabird Stewards (S4) program (Fitzmaurice & Kwit)
3:55 PM – END
December 1: Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative Session
8:30 AM Introductions, Logistics, Meeting Objectives – (Caleb)
(Type names/affiliations in chat, briefly go over Teams and Teams breakout rooms)
8:45 AM AMBC Overview, Website, and Accomplishments (Caleb)
9:00-9:15 AM New accomplishments reporting process – options for serving on website (Deb Reynolds & Caleb)
9:15 AM ‘State of the Seabirds’ targeted outreach discussion (Scott Johnston)
9:45 AM Working Group Updates, Review of Team objectives & Breakout Meeting Goals
- Forage Fish – Linda Welch
- Seabird Colonies & Adjacent Waters (SCAW) – Ruth Boettcher
- Marine Spatial Planning – Holly Goyert
- Community Science & Disease – Mark Pokras
10:30 AM World Seabird Union Update (Pat Jodice)
10:40 AM – BREAK (10 minutes)
10:50 AM Working Group Break Out Meetings, concurrent (Session 1)
12:50 PM – LUNCH (35 minutes)
1:25 PM Working Group Break Out Meetings, combined (Session 2)
3:35 PM – BREAK (10 minutes)
3:45 PM Working Group Report Outs & Discussion
4:25 PM AMBC Organization & Development
- Steering Committee goings and comings (Caleb) – 5 min
- Voting & decision making processes review, update, next steps/discussion (Caleb) – 15 min
- 2023 in-person meeting venue – 5 min
4:50 PM – END