Least Tern hatchling (Sternula antillarum)
We have a bunch of our Connecticut locations with hatchling Least Terns right now though they are not anywhere in the state in high numbers this year. They can be a difficult species to predict and protect, sensitive to a multitude of disturbances both natural and introduced by humans and vulnerable to changes in prey levels.
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We here at RTPI care a lot about advancing education as we work with children and adults, students and teachers, researchers and communities in a wide variety of programs and initiatives. You can see more here on our education page. We use our website and this blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and more to help advance this mission. One group that we have not worked hard enough to educate is one I plan to focus on going forward – the cats. Cats, or Felis catus as some of them prefer to be referred to as, are notoriously difficult students. They dislike having to sit through long classes...
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