Least Terns were seen on Wrightsville this week and the timing of installing the posting around the south end nesting area for the 2022 season was perfect!
About 25 excited Wrightsville Beach Bird Steward volunteers showed up for the laborious task of getting the posts set up. It was truly a labor of love and we are looking forward to welcoming our nesting birds back soon.
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| Signs are designed by the 5th students at the Wrightsville Beach School and sponsored by the Harbor Island Garden Club. |
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| A lot of wrack (organic material that is cast up onto the beach by surf, tides, and wind) needed to be raked out of the nesting area to provide the sandy beach preferred by our nesting birds such as Least Terns and Black Skimmers. |
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| Looking forward to seeing lots of birds in this area. |
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| There were about 80 posts to install which required some very hard work by our crew! |
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| After the posts were in, string needed to be wrapped around to provide the symbolic fence we use to remind our beach guests not to enter the nesting area. |
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| Two American Oystercatchers came to oversee our work! |
And now that the nesting season has begun please remember .......
So welcome back! We will keep our blog updated as the birds arrive.
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