Great Gull Island, a Museum research station in Long Island Sound, is the site of ongoing research on the endangered Roseate Tern and threatened Common Tern. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to journey by boat from Waterford, CT, to the 17-acre island, which is normally open only to researchers and scientists. Led by Great Gull Island Project Chair Helen Hays, a Museum ornithologist, participants will watch hatching chicks, track nests, analyze colonies, and explore the army buildings and battlements of an old fort built in 1898.