New chick observed, marking second year in a row for nesting of grey-backed #terns at Palmyra Atoll https://mauinow.com/2024/06/06/new-chick-observed-marking-second-year-in-a-row-for-nesting-of-grey-backed-terns-at-palmyra-atoll/

"This bird is one of 8 seabird species that have been conspicuously absent from the atoll due to invasive #rats... In 2011, rats were successfully eradicated from #PalmyraAtoll and in 2020 scientists began deploying attraction techniques including hand-painted seabird decoys mimicking colonies and 'seabird discotheques' that play the calls of targeted, absent #birds"