Patrick Larson, shows off the common tern that has taken up residence on top of his hat. While researchers and volunteer survey nests and gather data in the tern colony, the adult birds will do their best to harass and defend their nests. Photo Courtesy Of Betsy Baldwin
Out on the Project Puffin Islands, arctic tern colonies are prepared to defend their own. As a group the birds rise into the air, divebombing the hapless seabird biologists who move among them to tally, weigh, and measure the growing chicks. All the biologists wear hats, and if they happen to glance overhead, they would
