"Common Terns and Peregrine Falcons" will be the presentation at
the Audubon Center and Sanctuary's upcoming First Friday Lunch
Bunch gathering. At 11 a.m. on Friday, Connie Adams, a state
Department of Environmental Conservation wildlife biologist,
will compare these two aerial predators, describing their life
histories, habits and the way they make their living preying on
aquatic and land-based prey. Common terns are listed as a
threatened species in New York state. In the early 1900s, common
terns were almost exterminated by plume hunters. Protective
legislation in 1918 allowed the species to make a comeback in
the 1920s and 1930s. Today, common terns face a variety of
threats. At the Audubon Center and Sanctuary’s First Friday
Lunch Bunch on Friday, Connie Adams, a state Department of
Environmental Conservation wildlife biologist, will compare two
aerial predators, the peregrine falcon and the common tern.
Peregrine falcons are also listed as an endangered species in
New York state. They were eliminated a