Almost Time to Say Goodbye

We have had two weeks now of extremely few sightings of our nesting birds at the south end of Wrightsville Beach.  The birds are moving all the time and if you happen to arrive when they decided to fly across the inlet and roost on the other side it seems like the season is over ... but it is not.  Black Skimmers and Common Terns will randomly fly over the posted area, and even a solitary Least Tern on occasion.  But, they are few and far between.

These amazing photos of Black Skimmers bringing food to their fledglings were recently taken...

photo by Tom Hanna

photo by Tom Hanna

photo by Tom Hanna

photo by Tom Hanna

Willets continue to hang around and this one was seen snacking on a sand flea.

photo by Macky Miller

photo by Macky Miller

photo by Macky Miller

photo by Macky Miller

Large, impressive looking Black Backed Gulls are still hanging around the colony.

photo by Macky Miller

photo by Macky Miller

Ruddy Turnstones are also being seen in the colony.
















In addition two children from Winston-Salem who love shorebirds asked their parents to go on the bird walk this week!

photo by Macky Miller

photo by Macky Miller