SUMMARY 



Colonies of pelicans, cormorants, gulls, terns and black skimmers were 

 inventoried in 1976 from North Carolina to Key West, Florida, Five teams of 

 investigators used ground and aerial counts of nests or adults, or both, 

 throughout the spring and summer. This atlas shows the location of each known 

 active colony and includes information on nesting site and substrate, species 

 composition and numbers, nesting stage, and inventory method. Field work was 

 conducted in conjunction with a survey of wading birds under the direction of 

 T. Custer and R. Osborn at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. 



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