1. Lindsay Addison (NC Audubon Staff) conducted the Black Skimmer nest census Monday, 6/15 (assisted by Jill and Marlene) and they counted 175 nests!!! A new record for the south end...prior record was 137.
Totals are Least Terns 232
Black Skimmers 175
Oystercatchers 4
Common Terns 12
Willets 4
Skimmers on the beach
(photo by Laura Scullin)
2. Katharine Frazier (Audubon's Coastal Team writing intern) and our fellow steward debuted her first writing for the Audubon NC website. Well done, Katharine!!! We love her writing style and think you will too. Check out the link below..
3. Thanks to stewards, Julie Hurley & Jackson Travis for rescuing 4 Willet chicks on Monday, 6/15. The chicks were being carried away in the current in Masonboro Inlet. Julie and her son Jackson were alerted by the willet parents and used their paddle and surf boards to carry the chicks safely to shore! Thank you for your quick action and concern!
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| Willets at the shoreline (photo by Laura Scullin) |
And now for the big news today (6/16)...
We have Black Skimmer chicks!!!!!
You will have to look very close to see the chicks!
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| Both parents are providing shade for the chicks. |
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| This chick was probably born today. |
In the next set of pictures two chicks are visible (barely, but they are there)
We've already had two fantastic bird walks this week. Yesterday there were at least 10 adults and 10 children for our weekly Monday morning walk. And today a group of over 20 people from the Wilmington Newcomers' Club were on the beach. In fact it is one of the Newcomers who saw the first Black Skimmer chick. (Perhaps we will have to recruit her to be a Bird Steward!)
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