tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25134720943282735802024-03-18T02:17:48.177-07:00Wrightsville Beach Bird StewardsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-35205976097482386772023-08-19T15:55:00.000-07:002023-08-19T15:55:15.871-07:00Photographing the Nesting Colony<p> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">We have some important reminders for our </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">folks </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">who enjoy photograph</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">y</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> at the south end of Wrightsville Beach…</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH64Dvds10FLs4Ec3AVu7oOmIo21NHQUS9F7oh3d2mbz_Yu2CPcojYiQbs6FO6mnycsK1pGNJ6wSvjqBMV7ZJ8-L9sfDsVmG9Bl4G9dz1i6UsGv_DkwNPVwS0o8djT2fNYDpaZEZ0G26GR6fcv_T_go5bANJqPX2uGGAlRXcvUWJ2NyBKjtdZhuJAbcCs/s4608/IMG_5333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH64Dvds10FLs4Ec3AVu7oOmIo21NHQUS9F7oh3d2mbz_Yu2CPcojYiQbs6FO6mnycsK1pGNJ6wSvjqBMV7ZJ8-L9sfDsVmG9Bl4G9dz1i6UsGv_DkwNPVwS0o8djT2fNYDpaZEZ0G26GR6fcv_T_go5bANJqPX2uGGAlRXcvUWJ2NyBKjtdZhuJAbcCs/w640-h480/IMG_5333.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Black Skimmers at the shoreline with their fledglings. <br />Photo taken at a safe distance to minimize disturbance.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">As you know, the 2023 nesting season has been extremely difficult for the birds </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">due to stormy weather around Memorial Day that struck while the first nests were incubating. In addition to the weather, the Town’s concerns about leaving enough space for vehicles to drive on the beach meant that the posting is much more narrow than it should be, leaving no buffer between the nesting birds and beachgoers.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> It’s typical for the posting to be narrow on the west side of the site, but this year the east (ocean) side is extremely narrow as well. </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">While the Least Terns lost most of their nests to the weather, Black Skimmers and Common Terns, which were closest to the string fencing</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">,</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> lost theirs to predation</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">, mostly </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">by Ruddy Turnstones which peck open the eggs whenever they are </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">unattended.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">After </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">the failure of the first wave of nesting, the Least Terns, </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">Black Skimmers</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">, and Common Terns</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> began nesting again and were incubating eggs </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">and hatching chicks throughout July.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">The habitat was best for them on the east (ocean) side of the posting.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">July and August incubation has been </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">critically challenging </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">because of the excessive heat and the continued disturbance</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> of photographers and beachgoers</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> We expanded the posting as much as we could and we removed signs to prevent causal visitors from walking up to </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">read </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">them. But, we still face challenges when people choose to approach the birds, including because they want to take pictures of them.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;">WHAT DO WE MEAN BY DISTURBANCE BY </span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;">PHOTOGRAPHERS</span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;">?</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">Least Terns and Black Skimmers with chicks are favorite subjects for photog</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">raphers and photography groups. Photography is a great way to appreciate birds, but it can also be harmful, regardless of whether or not the photographer realizes it.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;">Disturbance is any activity that causes the birds to change their behavior.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> The feelings or intentions a person has towards birds has no bearing on whether or not the person’s actions have a negative impact. Approaching so closely that the birds respond because the person is </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">upset </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">at the birds for taking space on the beach or because the person </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">likes them and </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">wants to get a closer view has the same impact.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> Birds respond to disturbance by disrupting important survival behaviors like incubating, protecting eggs and chicks from predators and temperature stress, feeding chicks, foraging, and resting. Birds that are chronically disturbed are also stressed out, which is harmful to their well-being and ability to incubate and raise chicks.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">This is why it’s important to practice ethical, responsible photography practices and teach others to do the same.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">HOW TO OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH BIRDS RESPONSIBLY</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">As explained, t</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">he string is </span><span class="s2" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 12px;">NOT</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> a good gu</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">ide for how close is too close. Instead, it’s essential to pay attention to the birds’ behaviors. Observe from a distance at first, then approach slowly. Stop before </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">any birds </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">change their behavior and watch or photograph them from that distance. Note that if they are approached, react, and then settle </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">back </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">down, that is still too close because chicks have probably fled from their preferred areas and not </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">all </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">adults may be able to settle back down on small chicks or eggs.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">Good cues that the birds are disturbed are that they</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> start paying attention to you,</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">they </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">become fidgety, chicks start to</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> move away and/or</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">hide</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">, adults start to vocalize, and they fly up</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> and/or swoop at you</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">While observing the nesting colony</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> from </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">an appropriate distance</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">, the habitat is peaceful and the birds appear calm </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">while caring for their chicks.</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"> </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">By staying back from the posting, it’s possible to get better views of the birds’ natural behaviors, and you are allowing them to choose where they need to be to seek respite from the heat, avoid conflicts with other birds, and feed chicks. By stepping back and prioritizing the birds’ well-being you’re setting a positive example for others and creating the best conditions to capture images of their amazing behaviors!</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">Note: </span><a name="_GoBack"></a><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">The beach is just one of many settings in which peop</span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">le enjoy photography. There are </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">excellent </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">online </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">resources that explain the principals and actions of ethical wildlife photography. We especially like this one </span><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">(</span></span><span class="s3" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;"><a href="https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/audubons-guide-ethical-bird-photography?fbclid=IwAR0ASomDUQYq3Hk0_8DGg3c9FWWB1dRKYwdcbdzoocWH5mCoHcFGoK_ErQk">Audubon’s Guide to Ethical Bird Photography and Videography</a>)</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;">, which covers </span><span class="s3" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;">all types of birds and situations, including of nesting birds and birds on the beach.</span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">Thanks</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="s3" style="line-height: 12px;">Lindsay Addison, Audubon NC Coastal Biologist</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="line-height: 21.6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Marlene Eader, volunteer coordinator</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-56036815799398892362023-06-29T12:22:00.011-07:002023-06-29T18:49:39.994-07:00Tenacious Terns and Strong-Willed Skimmers Continue To Nest<p><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtUUra_pWoKWswkxslDsBtPisTyD5ROgc-PQca5k5cVUixKlhBRqGV7OZkDhgOGetyGYzKbjgwfbSIo3je5uVjBcG5R6HZXfSYmtZ6MdoJ6_hqrlzgap_KL9W2oubPHyQ7vH8jgZYG5_fI2IZanMrbDh_beFxyy9IfPWj5O8JtzIBNI9i7LFaFTsGWzM/s2494/75F40500-FACF-47EC-9BA0-851FB2DC4DED.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2494" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtUUra_pWoKWswkxslDsBtPisTyD5ROgc-PQca5k5cVUixKlhBRqGV7OZkDhgOGetyGYzKbjgwfbSIo3je5uVjBcG5R6HZXfSYmtZ6MdoJ6_hqrlzgap_KL9W2oubPHyQ7vH8jgZYG5_fI2IZanMrbDh_beFxyy9IfPWj5O8JtzIBNI9i7LFaFTsGWzM/w640-h360/75F40500-FACF-47EC-9BA0-851FB2DC4DED.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern EGGS!</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;">Several dozen<b> Least Terns</b> are continuing to nest at the corner on the oceanside. A Least Tern nest was found outside the string so please be careful when entering the colony from Access 43 (by the gazebo). At least one <b>Common Tern </b>pair is also nesting near the posting oceanside. And a large group of <b>Black Skimmers </b>can be seen near the dunes. Our shore birds seem determined to mate, nest, and raise chicks for us to watch this summer. </span></p><p><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; text-size-adjust: auto;">On the inlet side there is another large group of <b>Black Skimmers </b>and at least two pairs of <b>Common Terns </b>that appear to be sitting on eggs</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvxKODYP4ZvTsW8qaB3rkrYwCU77JDj48VtsL6MwGzjeEKA-a-GURWo5b1OhpB1QNXXOVKcVHQihe-img4B7SR98WLRlr3TPKNY9iYTYr-Ziawst9pSF-i3EIC5YujVFGSELD57zjCttKny14flURigPHTYnlveIp-J6CDptqcJN5RH-0Leo_tS6zGMQ/s4608/61F86BEB-991D-4817-AC76-549EC2834837.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvxKODYP4ZvTsW8qaB3rkrYwCU77JDj48VtsL6MwGzjeEKA-a-GURWo5b1OhpB1QNXXOVKcVHQihe-img4B7SR98WLRlr3TPKNY9iYTYr-Ziawst9pSF-i3EIC5YujVFGSELD57zjCttKny14flURigPHTYnlveIp-J6CDptqcJN5RH-0Leo_tS6zGMQ/w400-h225/61F86BEB-991D-4817-AC76-549EC2834837.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern nest</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjtIETptHhsP3cAOw45GFjJpZNeYZt0Ej5aXgn_X87-tvYVBSDVgbE0uP10hwm-v4g6GLekcyqE7nWqdYAUQlFuiwzpyJrlOJTSXBacLknWXKStSkxRfKTXWxTSB3qkAOBkXMvGT2shnDJtm0tmEaKC7xLe7KqYcJm5zzbGbPiGaTPUxezjzrJ0FiMfs/s4608/5381667E-CEFA-419E-96C8-9F97C18A4085.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjtIETptHhsP3cAOw45GFjJpZNeYZt0Ej5aXgn_X87-tvYVBSDVgbE0uP10hwm-v4g6GLekcyqE7nWqdYAUQlFuiwzpyJrlOJTSXBacLknWXKStSkxRfKTXWxTSB3qkAOBkXMvGT2shnDJtm0tmEaKC7xLe7KqYcJm5zzbGbPiGaTPUxezjzrJ0FiMfs/w400-h225/5381667E-CEFA-419E-96C8-9F97C18A4085.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Skimmer colony</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Least Terns on nests</span></b></span></h3><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='509' height='423' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwcxY-Zm2psKWypmAhk-aCwPBqIz3-RD89NTs2I_aHyVwXDtZiXkbggK2AYyf1EqL6TR8RvxGl46lrWOYKfgA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Video shows Common Terns taking turns sitting on their nest. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Look for eggs!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='461' height='383' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYx7DYwjXOzS6YcDZF5fgUt_HtLGpEejP2uPTKJ_JTiF_fua6m-I2u1T7XwXrsqYU1FVWxTHdS4tCjJAFrMA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b>Video shows Common Tern adding wrack to nest.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">With the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaching there will be a lot of people coming to the beach. It is important to remember that our birds and beach visitors need to work together to coexist.</span></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxF16kHP_xa9kPUIKgMkByDfjk9esxYde0ELKiwBBRK9Z4VYIQFwFrZ-8Gt8URXPBoZGJFzLjv-wrpEj05QCWJutEpm65W1bOZXAJlMKlf81JP9qxIvIqNk8JashCCxtVIdG2CWXWqud-Hk5TbYdJsZEYC0EERCjOE8qLWIu3V9T7HlUeJXDXywxSgS4/s960/3716578E-1824-42DF-AF4C-B97BC51F9D8F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="960" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxF16kHP_xa9kPUIKgMkByDfjk9esxYde0ELKiwBBRK9Z4VYIQFwFrZ-8Gt8URXPBoZGJFzLjv-wrpEj05QCWJutEpm65W1bOZXAJlMKlf81JP9qxIvIqNk8JashCCxtVIdG2CWXWqud-Hk5TbYdJsZEYC0EERCjOE8qLWIu3V9T7HlUeJXDXywxSgS4/w640-h456/3716578E-1824-42DF-AF4C-B97BC51F9D8F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-75180749360879501832023-06-25T09:02:00.070-07:002023-06-25T09:25:32.692-07:00Recent Updates From the Colony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q8TJcERsPLGGycCvIFjV_VbTmiHMCnH2F6PxUlBY_RQ_sEDeVZI0sYTTaMwiLHQ8losns6Dn9qi20I2DVpBWMyYaYiXXHK2cK-mjF1ilYSiV6vl5qitLwIp624XjRt1sgxGQkbMMTWKDM5bNXu3KzC8-fAHDyeGQ0jI0ZmxPPqeZ_Sovah3RbCLruVo/s2048/IMG_0937.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q8TJcERsPLGGycCvIFjV_VbTmiHMCnH2F6PxUlBY_RQ_sEDeVZI0sYTTaMwiLHQ8losns6Dn9qi20I2DVpBWMyYaYiXXHK2cK-mjF1ilYSiV6vl5qitLwIp624XjRt1sgxGQkbMMTWKDM5bNXu3KzC8-fAHDyeGQ0jI0ZmxPPqeZ_Sovah3RbCLruVo/w512-h640/IMG_0937.jpeg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Stan Washlesky<br /><br />Common Tern demanding his space back from the Black Skimmers mid-June<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">LEAST TERNS (LETE) –</b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;"> Ten </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;">Least Terns were seen on the south end and a couple were nesting in the posting. The good news is 3 adult Least Terns were seen with their fledglings June 12th on the south end at the water’s edge! It appeared that a fishing lesson was happening as the fledglings practiced “hovering” over the water during the high winds!</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">COMMON TERNS (COTE) – </b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;">Only 2 Common Terns were seen nesting in the posting on the wrack line on the inlet side the morning of July 13th. The high tide went into the posting and appears to have washed out the other nests. We have not seen the chick that was on the ocean side of the posting.</span></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BLACK SKIMMERS (BLSK) – </b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">We </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;">counted 145 Black Skimmers in the posting and saw a large number of Skimmers roosting across the inlet on July 13th. Courtship, mating and nesting continues. </span></p><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwBWj452MJse9-pVd69j2pSUmg0iwAG9Awk2xkK7luYO5KpdGc8H25tlaqF3qX4e6iwUHvMzL6gO2mylEGoF0UnlQObyoX9_Y5SRJ7ohYaYH5ZZ_FT_NPIw0yGs2CFhuCI0XOrxVh2YrjtBDDyj6dZAsfv98zXMenab5BM-ikZr3FcXi7QgXzskRf4Qo/s2048/IMG_0940.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwBWj452MJse9-pVd69j2pSUmg0iwAG9Awk2xkK7luYO5KpdGc8H25tlaqF3qX4e6iwUHvMzL6gO2mylEGoF0UnlQObyoX9_Y5SRJ7ohYaYH5ZZ_FT_NPIw0yGs2CFhuCI0XOrxVh2YrjtBDDyj6dZAsfv98zXMenab5BM-ikZr3FcXi7QgXzskRf4Qo/w400-h320/IMG_0940.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Stan Washlesky </td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4nD20ds5IvXuyzzgLRWHVWBVx9Ey9hXfnFfAazkeIs2fROmPO1QCWdor3tXZw_r9Atnz9i4HqNqRIlV0bB5B4REFChAblQOnd1QtbEfA3nsTxbTYE52Q2D1GSZ4_fYxH16zdi2QBpYPX72-V-YVSgp_MrdZ1LMr2ZYeJsSvFkVW0h3EonwpQ7xrETQQ/s2048/IMG_0938.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4nD20ds5IvXuyzzgLRWHVWBVx9Ey9hXfnFfAazkeIs2fROmPO1QCWdor3tXZw_r9Atnz9i4HqNqRIlV0bB5B4REFChAblQOnd1QtbEfA3nsTxbTYE52Q2D1GSZ4_fYxH16zdi2QBpYPX72-V-YVSgp_MrdZ1LMr2ZYeJsSvFkVW0h3EonwpQ7xrETQQ/w400-h266/IMG_0938.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Stan Washlesky </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPadyBlF5iuEVjUEZtMcPHGwyU8Yx1pD6gq1YYCzsBMJEK_vHdQGkyYQn8ECI6ZtUzbWbqiTyU3_-bTBrAU-fi91q5SCVfg7EWXiCAKmBcIV1GsB3s_DdnmjSbkGlXUZjVIZjNZefU26J-piQ7Ap3f0VxNEmA2941QSESyooaggz9cWSCqY-gTyY2Na8A/s2048/IMG_0936.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1639" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPadyBlF5iuEVjUEZtMcPHGwyU8Yx1pD6gq1YYCzsBMJEK_vHdQGkyYQn8ECI6ZtUzbWbqiTyU3_-bTBrAU-fi91q5SCVfg7EWXiCAKmBcIV1GsB3s_DdnmjSbkGlXUZjVIZjNZefU26J-piQ7Ap3f0VxNEmA2941QSESyooaggz9cWSCqY-gTyY2Na8A/w320-h400/IMG_0936.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Stan Washlesky </td></tr></tbody></table></span><p></p><p>The aerial choreography of the Black Skimmers continues to provide great entertainment.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K4mKS02qTwfIOThNnJINk6vAqAiruJ35ZhvINkks0B26RnDSqRjoijTlb5IOHpKvQW7VLrXosphnd33NFdUfqzihCwVuca8xZLACbnK_jDfGZDZKY7_m0wA8Xs8ZQpwqzwT3QcF-cBFAqMe5RhhN4FXAC-drLJP4DL4EILqGe0zRlbf0c2dF2sRCYoE/s1936/IMG_0945.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K4mKS02qTwfIOThNnJINk6vAqAiruJ35ZhvINkks0B26RnDSqRjoijTlb5IOHpKvQW7VLrXosphnd33NFdUfqzihCwVuca8xZLACbnK_jDfGZDZKY7_m0wA8Xs8ZQpwqzwT3QcF-cBFAqMe5RhhN4FXAC-drLJP4DL4EILqGe0zRlbf0c2dF2sRCYoE/w640-h640/IMG_0945.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos by Jeff Hall</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">OYSTERCATCHERS (AMOY) –</b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;">We enjoyed our Oystercatcher chicks while we had them. The lone chick of CT4 and CFO was last seen</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: initial; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;">on Friday afternoon, June 9th</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;"> walking all over the beach with the parent CFO close by. An </span><span face="HelveticaNeue-Regular, Helvetica" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;">observation from one of the Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards was that he hung out too long outside the fencing after being escorted down to the water. He had no fear leaving his parents. The</span><span face="HelveticaNeue-Regular, Helvetica" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"> Oystercatchers had just decided to take the little one back into the dunes. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These photos were all taken Friday, June 9th </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">by Camille Daniels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have not seen the chick since then. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ29sjqSkaCQfE5fxWBeoE0-i3txOJl6jv3MAZgV-C9jsW7yhbjfNeJtcGNSprROyTgR4jmO1OI1qWtTjwLxhwcjcBJNr0y0PI785sXG1_DTSv1Na3imAy0bjaFwwMGfDUh2x5wNfNt5UNaM_0Him-KsKj8YDXVO9dEjWrCshbuNQlGwPq7ptKqmRvvk/s850/0E44E43D-16DC-498E-AAED-3BD7BDE7EB00.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: medium;"> <b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; overflow-wrap: break-word;">WILLETS (WILL)</b></span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We had two Willet families make an appearance on the beach with chicks this week. </span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Wednesday morning (5/31) one pair of Willets with five (yes 5!) chicks came out of the dunes and went to the water What a thrill! Both parents were with all the chicks and it was fun to see them try to keep them together going to the water and back up into the dunes. </span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Another pair of Willets brought 4 chicks to the water early <span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: underline;">Thursday morning</span> (June 1). Willet chicks are so adorable and it is a rare event to be able to see them when the parent birds bring their chicks to the beach! </span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zbi26fJ1xcJywsBGHW2jPe3O_WJsNpu4iBNCWgfwW06XtULTN6MeE0b7Pe55pg3v36BCEJQfBhtCTypRS9sJMktBlhT4mPgVK8kBDe3UXc4cFUliSYX5eCQ0eSwtvIjfU0tbfMhbHeHsaviUgsN7EquEKlPN8lm0mwhwPjoilY-aSAv_GRQefjgy/s400/IMG_8496.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="400" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zbi26fJ1xcJywsBGHW2jPe3O_WJsNpu4iBNCWgfwW06XtULTN6MeE0b7Pe55pg3v36BCEJQfBhtCTypRS9sJMktBlhT4mPgVK8kBDe3UXc4cFUliSYX5eCQ0eSwtvIjfU0tbfMhbHeHsaviUgsN7EquEKlPN8lm0mwhwPjoilY-aSAv_GRQefjgy/w400-h333/IMG_8496.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlxPK9YA2fz9O4uMTAbxHIWxg3YxszaIxBevTnZr8nmsq558HpoxVL7Tummv0hrRCgJfWS0qPVRSmP9F_dAuQR-pnn87ah4O_ruT0Mui6AZjecZsposlkZV2WspeNKqqcxIHnXzyUBYM9b8v1TltzITJg6e2SIrohjnSU61GEcUOWz7nQkA-ARiln/s4608/12E37B9C-6B8B-49FC-A5C8-698BCCCA9CD9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlxPK9YA2fz9O4uMTAbxHIWxg3YxszaIxBevTnZr8nmsq558HpoxVL7Tummv0hrRCgJfWS0qPVRSmP9F_dAuQR-pnn87ah4O_ruT0Mui6AZjecZsposlkZV2WspeNKqqcxIHnXzyUBYM9b8v1TltzITJg6e2SIrohjnSU61GEcUOWz7nQkA-ARiln/w400-h225/12E37B9C-6B8B-49FC-A5C8-698BCCCA9CD9.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2EwL3qtw6GmJQWte7g-fa2-m1uhw9766RsLHj4r5nJ8iujA8e_G_q9TfrUBgXkMsax9x_BhHlc_nqFzInTz0hTO0v6XKddsnwCgpCk9f_CwyCTUDXxiZMlSl6_ZlJpd0wqFStRK-PRRgYmQm1Gje9FRMK3c9IXFRy4onyeCg46i1_DUDQuWQK4m1/s1955/80F7A9A0-9F02-4257-A733-663B0124E4C3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1955" data-original-width="1824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2EwL3qtw6GmJQWte7g-fa2-m1uhw9766RsLHj4r5nJ8iujA8e_G_q9TfrUBgXkMsax9x_BhHlc_nqFzInTz0hTO0v6XKddsnwCgpCk9f_CwyCTUDXxiZMlSl6_ZlJpd0wqFStRK-PRRgYmQm1Gje9FRMK3c9IXFRy4onyeCg46i1_DUDQuWQK4m1/w374-h400/80F7A9A0-9F02-4257-A733-663B0124E4C3.jpeg" width="374" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS (AMOY)</span></b></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Oystercatcher pair, EMY & unbanded, lost their 2 chicks sometime <span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: initial; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: underline;">Thursday night</span> (6/1). There was a “territorial dispute” between the two Oystercatcher pairs and misbehavior from beachgoers that evening that may have played a part…including fireworks and a campfire. We really don’t know the specifics, but sadly the adult birds are now on the beach without chicks.</span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">CT4 & CFO and chick have been seen throughout the week and are walking around throughout the posting even in the area by Beach Access 43 and the Gazebo. Watch for feeding activity at low tide. </span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98ai9BL81W80KE9OiNwzKTyJ9BHZDHTzS03VcRJa3qjJIWGwTAehR8n86MZ0VyUN7C1VcC67tDADuwFw2Mz-QsvhXFw2tgmoQvD0T-IiH1yTOJY8XGHk9aPPtAJ46NWagVeJb9xxhysqsaph1GBJO18U3NeDLC0UFzPsT3Sc2ScpgL5I3sprI-5aP/s1274/4AFAD647-6BD0-43D3-B9DF-A8B27223FD60.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="921" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh98ai9BL81W80KE9OiNwzKTyJ9BHZDHTzS03VcRJa3qjJIWGwTAehR8n86MZ0VyUN7C1VcC67tDADuwFw2Mz-QsvhXFw2tgmoQvD0T-IiH1yTOJY8XGHk9aPPtAJ46NWagVeJb9xxhysqsaph1GBJO18U3NeDLC0UFzPsT3Sc2ScpgL5I3sprI-5aP/w289-h400/4AFAD647-6BD0-43D3-B9DF-A8B27223FD60.jpeg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-Fx01Kb2QpQGFpOi3RieawwrfVLPZj5U6QaZOLPpkPRCVjqaZtRi2UKJH2r68yx2X96OnBax4VcFPQtVr_qVYygYDaJJjo6uAyRUX_yfa5FRS_IeZtCAFyXzF5R5wgGlfyWvyY2eWrlryy4yEfMcNlqay2BwCJQA2uNDQAlgJN-zWAxRTLE2vCKQ/s1936/6B148179-323D-4FDC-9125-32E3D1B25581.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-Fx01Kb2QpQGFpOi3RieawwrfVLPZj5U6QaZOLPpkPRCVjqaZtRi2UKJH2r68yx2X96OnBax4VcFPQtVr_qVYygYDaJJjo6uAyRUX_yfa5FRS_IeZtCAFyXzF5R5wgGlfyWvyY2eWrlryy4yEfMcNlqay2BwCJQA2uNDQAlgJN-zWAxRTLE2vCKQ/w400-h400/6B148179-323D-4FDC-9125-32E3D1B25581.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaDnEWVuEPkgAWvqM-q_V-FnwLnQ8xje4MuBmcFZIoynldQSmj8CJEuLo9rU0_vEtv3SWdUrBOMUAyEscOJj2QDr7iboilBQOLqW-7v640PEM2U88c5bpLI6kmnsswo507p9LUDE2vOp1WtLPNqIP5D4tbcC_OECX7VQD5Cws3yyTnzc9MsqEbVCU/s4608/0879D90E-18CE-4442-9501-E573261E78CC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaDnEWVuEPkgAWvqM-q_V-FnwLnQ8xje4MuBmcFZIoynldQSmj8CJEuLo9rU0_vEtv3SWdUrBOMUAyEscOJj2QDr7iboilBQOLqW-7v640PEM2U88c5bpLI6kmnsswo507p9LUDE2vOp1WtLPNqIP5D4tbcC_OECX7VQD5Cws3yyTnzc9MsqEbVCU/w400-h225/0879D90E-18CE-4442-9501-E573261E78CC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxliv4df5wWfFTRnaniSYxO-oR59K3EC1D7OY-ooVCtO8q3veCq2T-FZtyxxZbw_t_uEqVitIWK1mLs0TuqeugW7LHRG8ElQU_24bM11IA3nM6TrJNeLMlaloyboMhsnN82m8QVl2hGCcWaGYwlc3Aw6rB8lEsfxayk7mZ5qcU9KGFXvg2eJecO1n/s2425/EED72CF0-1A74-4082-B105-D75C5979DEF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="2425" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxliv4df5wWfFTRnaniSYxO-oR59K3EC1D7OY-ooVCtO8q3veCq2T-FZtyxxZbw_t_uEqVitIWK1mLs0TuqeugW7LHRG8ElQU_24bM11IA3nM6TrJNeLMlaloyboMhsnN82m8QVl2hGCcWaGYwlc3Aw6rB8lEsfxayk7mZ5qcU9KGFXvg2eJecO1n/w400-h361/EED72CF0-1A74-4082-B105-D75C5979DEF7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">As some of you may know, CFO has a transmitter and we placed the data logger (receiver) next to the posting hoping to gather data from her this week. The logger was successful and when downloaded there were 2000 hits. We learned that CF0 wintered in Cape Romain, South Carolina.</span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjhJWZ8op2vrlVElCOVwRZTelBrX7NosxeEd_2oJ7j5gi025tCcnLdytEH5nWys8VVwqcAKyuBvO-4BQuJFJ2nHCH7OoGC834ovuHtjJqaw-nQ2_b67dlKbpCQcQ9ocYhBszbrUB-3E-jyVZe_doVwvL2P_f47d4F69aolt8nGi4sH1xhNeXOecD2/s1400/Attachment-1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjhJWZ8op2vrlVElCOVwRZTelBrX7NosxeEd_2oJ7j5gi025tCcnLdytEH5nWys8VVwqcAKyuBvO-4BQuJFJ2nHCH7OoGC834ovuHtjJqaw-nQ2_b67dlKbpCQcQ9ocYhBszbrUB-3E-jyVZe_doVwvL2P_f47d4F69aolt8nGi4sH1xhNeXOecD2/w400-h266/Attachment-1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">COMMON TERNS (COTE)</span></b></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Common Terns were seen feeding two chicks on the east side of the posting (ocean side) this week. Again, watch for parent birds coming in with fish and follow them with your binoculars and they will lead you to the chicks.</span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyOkFMwfeoySok-qeN1oYWHxzRkYgEJVTgxQDuHm2GWKakd6LOiKAmvvhxiSEUPjMwwTzh9eDWGbhh8vlmQp8xzoqguDYQtpFseNMBBYT2KJZwYMdzaRj5jAq5OTxpPpFpkap0KHe4qeVFT2xsX0BQp5CERUBMmTGaS5WuvrraRkC2hV3prk2vZDL/s1024/BAD91C83-895D-4BE4-A123-D6682268D8BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="1024" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyOkFMwfeoySok-qeN1oYWHxzRkYgEJVTgxQDuHm2GWKakd6LOiKAmvvhxiSEUPjMwwTzh9eDWGbhh8vlmQp8xzoqguDYQtpFseNMBBYT2KJZwYMdzaRj5jAq5OTxpPpFpkap0KHe4qeVFT2xsX0BQp5CERUBMmTGaS5WuvrraRkC2hV3prk2vZDL/w640-h512/BAD91C83-895D-4BE4-A123-D6682268D8BC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnI4NdzgK2UfY5Ba5K_BDgRAbxB6GYtVY30-6UWGMX4udrKojbr7m6ZVG0oOfQCijvWcljOV3XeKseZusf4Arstj9oZRYF23MBMhI4HQBTYv0gso0GBPbCDOuxy-AWdD-voTwP6ZbuM8b9jdAXW8XjLEhs3v6Z5KYrnA38UTEIq19YqQ0aHbZOsfjd/s1024/DFE107EC-8C3C-4884-80AF-17AF9637D3CA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnI4NdzgK2UfY5Ba5K_BDgRAbxB6GYtVY30-6UWGMX4udrKojbr7m6ZVG0oOfQCijvWcljOV3XeKseZusf4Arstj9oZRYF23MBMhI4HQBTYv0gso0GBPbCDOuxy-AWdD-voTwP6ZbuM8b9jdAXW8XjLEhs3v6Z5KYrnA38UTEIq19YqQ0aHbZOsfjd/w640-h426/DFE107EC-8C3C-4884-80AF-17AF9637D3CA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">BLACK SKIMMERS (BLSK)</span></b></span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Black Skimmers are nesting again after a couple of days of grieving the loss of their first nests. Courtship activities including fish presentations, scraping and mating have been seen and they are spreading out into the interior of the posting. </span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We have a number of skimmers who have returned to Wrightsville Beach and saw one skimmer that was banded about 8 years ago! One skimmer has a white band which means it was banded in Virginia.</span></p><p class="yiv7505098642MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquncSRZt9afB-7yAIhqClhim0go8FtAL8RHkm5lnEq8nHhgW3k24GedqdtFn0DgtQ1c7MJBdfICKBYrTzAhs7Cqb4LRMM87TvHREX_09668I68VrwyWRZmpIXbBYaRboKwsJDjI93gA1xVHeh4bnVzTSCOTwF6eIId8dDyWmTXsTJ5EyNrXzK-lYw/s4608/774D4DA2-9DA5-4E85-9A3B-86FB40DCD4CF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquncSRZt9afB-7yAIhqClhim0go8FtAL8RHkm5lnEq8nHhgW3k24GedqdtFn0DgtQ1c7MJBdfICKBYrTzAhs7Cqb4LRMM87TvHREX_09668I68VrwyWRZmpIXbBYaRboKwsJDjI93gA1xVHeh4bnVzTSCOTwF6eIId8dDyWmTXsTJ5EyNrXzK-lYw/w400-h225/774D4DA2-9DA5-4E85-9A3B-86FB40DCD4CF.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-18512472279865089892023-05-31T09:05:00.027-07:002023-05-31T10:06:55.921-07:00Some Disappointments and Some Good News<p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlv2kfbRFIKNu3FKj5y51EbvciYoxdeg_LI8dWxALgeGimFQAQBbvKOjM6i0vhBFYBCorbW4EPm-zmOGUKRFgGnYeCjot_YFzE-G7Mddd2tH8xmdaXK9b3nEZyrVmVAeonLZWhVHOhcMk-uV8UMcjWwBWzHXHiTy1zwQsuoEvFHai0dQ928CzoWWce/s2876/4DC1FDB5-1ACC-4879-9F2D-45C5B3A810A9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="2876" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlv2kfbRFIKNu3FKj5y51EbvciYoxdeg_LI8dWxALgeGimFQAQBbvKOjM6i0vhBFYBCorbW4EPm-zmOGUKRFgGnYeCjot_YFzE-G7Mddd2tH8xmdaXK9b3nEZyrVmVAeonLZWhVHOhcMk-uV8UMcjWwBWzHXHiTy1zwQsuoEvFHai0dQ928CzoWWce/w640-h364/4DC1FDB5-1ACC-4879-9F2D-45C5B3A810A9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">have good news and bad news with this update…</span></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">NEST CHECK NUMBERS…</b>Lindsay, our NC Audubon biologist, was able to do a nest check the morning of 5/30 and we have some very disappointing numbers.</p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: New; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: New; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </span></span><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">LEAST TERNS (LETE) </b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The Least Terns disappeared over the stormy holiday weekend. The weather probably played a large role, as they were in an exposed area and unless they are able to sit tight on their nests, they are easily blown over. Any flushing of the adults would also leave them vulnerable to predators like ghost crabs and Ruddy Turnstones. We do not have any Least Terns nesting at this time.</p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">COMMON TERNS (COTE) </b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Common Tern chicks can be seen on top of the dunes ocean (east) side and on the inlet (west) side. We have about 4 Common Tern nests throughout the posting and we have seen just a couple of chicks.</p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKoupReHV0Q0MqedtD1-8SHQPP7Q6a_mthKWNZoTMzK27iGGKNinqJlNbGmxEyw2oZ1e5IdXpMjLKDJtT5K0hJbyLP86-zinJ-bZADUy_4BwEKH02sbUuK11zb2El_uZ3i4rn2bf_wYGvZW20YXQPIFb6QGUS33IK6xBDMtFFpMnAgYvpuHafHqFV/s600/E56D787C-7FD6-46DF-AE4E-8ADD22FA15D8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKoupReHV0Q0MqedtD1-8SHQPP7Q6a_mthKWNZoTMzK27iGGKNinqJlNbGmxEyw2oZ1e5IdXpMjLKDJtT5K0hJbyLP86-zinJ-bZADUy_4BwEKH02sbUuK11zb2El_uZ3i4rn2bf_wYGvZW20YXQPIFb6QGUS33IK6xBDMtFFpMnAgYvpuHafHqFV/w640-h400/E56D787C-7FD6-46DF-AE4E-8ADD22FA15D8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Monica Ramanathan</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b><p></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKbasIEch5sj3zIRdYQ-Ts1F8YRAbMlQMMBHkpjkDHUHFGS2fJB6dayJCf3dQFp4IaOAtiUh_3OinCdVnq1VST7iWW3UY85oItczPapE1PzXUlgkbDdqIIcvmXswvavCmaHcb3Z77CwPPF7hJGUdm35oautbWnR0jTBPnn6WarNaC013Q3Qv5Z-3u/s2048/2F0B50DD-BC43-47BC-AC97-F99630AB4A76.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKbasIEch5sj3zIRdYQ-Ts1F8YRAbMlQMMBHkpjkDHUHFGS2fJB6dayJCf3dQFp4IaOAtiUh_3OinCdVnq1VST7iWW3UY85oItczPapE1PzXUlgkbDdqIIcvmXswvavCmaHcb3Z77CwPPF7hJGUdm35oautbWnR0jTBPnn6WarNaC013Q3Qv5Z-3u/w640-h426/2F0B50DD-BC43-47BC-AC97-F99630AB4A76.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEp1Dmt7M5Ys7j2FXmr_1jxCK_fWl48b_wm0lPQYTYiKiWsP2-G5dEd4G25KQ4qPE19Urmr2CDxktCoq6YHUXQn3ClRKhAowWpGjPu0HJ4ReF-abn0nKD8jLqx355sJSxinYrtRq1g3GXSvtWJAztbedbJwrripzXwQWlTtkI8NzaAagpgIN9Sc3n/s2048/874075FB-0309-492C-9013-C759F3B8875C.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEp1Dmt7M5Ys7j2FXmr_1jxCK_fWl48b_wm0lPQYTYiKiWsP2-G5dEd4G25KQ4qPE19Urmr2CDxktCoq6YHUXQn3ClRKhAowWpGjPu0HJ4ReF-abn0nKD8jLqx355sJSxinYrtRq1g3GXSvtWJAztbedbJwrripzXwQWlTtkI8NzaAagpgIN9Sc3n/w640-h426/874075FB-0309-492C-9013-C759F3B8875C.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXkRAbQ10p3K0xYFZCs3aisB504RbxEfqzw_QWo2yGa_jJDtne3AEZTCTDzz04059oDnHcsZNYqhhgsrIgv9nsyNinvKQesKN0pacLtDeRsbv82Jkdh_rnL0qUY02ei6u-WwDidvGvymIzFxVJwVxoumk1ZqRj8ZrFjxIgJeWtC3Nz6qO8IxhX9jA/s2048/B0CCCFEB-BDE4-4CA4-87E8-08D4B9FCAFBA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUXkRAbQ10p3K0xYFZCs3aisB504RbxEfqzw_QWo2yGa_jJDtne3AEZTCTDzz04059oDnHcsZNYqhhgsrIgv9nsyNinvKQesKN0pacLtDeRsbv82Jkdh_rnL0qUY02ei6u-WwDidvGvymIzFxVJwVxoumk1ZqRj8ZrFjxIgJeWtC3Nz6qO8IxhX9jA/w640-h426/B0CCCFEB-BDE4-4CA4-87E8-08D4B9FCAFBA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='640' height='396' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyesaL7hyhTPIsVwEqQkIta9ZRV51NmcaYIeUXrii8qS0hEWGXdS4TA5Y1-5VgpPJSkTthPJwL11wJ9fUKEmw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b><p></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BLACK SKIMMERS (BLSK)</b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lindsay counted 52 Black Skimmer nests that have been depredated by Ruddy Turnstones and only 2 active nests remain. Three chicks were seen on the inlet side in one nest on Sunday and Monday on top of the dune; however, they were not there today.</p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOzP7QjmhaxnuhHOswDwaOe5vgSjKiRoJEAb8XfDPSVUtF8xGZO_CBe3GmUXiLQLeTkUPjujZbGVdsNQrbbve0jb8o1706BBbtfANY-9OCSAR7vtMHNKnxqWXs2y1pS8Vz_WktqZ4YpyxiwD3SgENLQu8fHeRhD0W7z9reGiMEYYCXaTprKxFf2c7/s4608/0D8E7A9D-2072-4CC8-A23A-0D3919A68471.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUOzP7QjmhaxnuhHOswDwaOe5vgSjKiRoJEAb8XfDPSVUtF8xGZO_CBe3GmUXiLQLeTkUPjujZbGVdsNQrbbve0jb8o1706BBbtfANY-9OCSAR7vtMHNKnxqWXs2y1pS8Vz_WktqZ4YpyxiwD3SgENLQu8fHeRhD0W7z9reGiMEYYCXaTprKxFf2c7/w640-h360/0D8E7A9D-2072-4CC8-A23A-0D3919A68471.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7wdDOZCQ2e4NgMG01bfD5R325UB6FYAIddfL3dPiyRHqD325bABCcWKLoLYGhsPjDrDUKeC4Mj06GHCaPaL2kTX_vbmC2fZmmUVfjY-c_lEooRECwmmgNwrt5oJyDoQjJjQm5UDmpUHy7b017-ECGQggALtXCvJMH2Af_J7XMFwfV8v5YAgTQOVI/s2135/5B54262D-6840-4A1A-8022-8CC26950233E.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="2040" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7wdDOZCQ2e4NgMG01bfD5R325UB6FYAIddfL3dPiyRHqD325bABCcWKLoLYGhsPjDrDUKeC4Mj06GHCaPaL2kTX_vbmC2fZmmUVfjY-c_lEooRECwmmgNwrt5oJyDoQjJjQm5UDmpUHy7b017-ECGQggALtXCvJMH2Af_J7XMFwfV8v5YAgTQOVI/w612-h640/5B54262D-6840-4A1A-8022-8CC26950233E.jpeg" width="612" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Maxine Hannah </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRGpRE25xw9zuxb7ByuXw1FTve5mLeot2RkKo8qmEUsz-1rzXCHrvdq68gDVjhLn8gAkZh-OSkwy0Yf6RZDwJ5Ns6_AZ-RpRPaTg--R8-pMcxrGqSg_Gn-Ww2I65in_2vRELmdI7FSSzJIMjZMz2aeXBzqeqVeqHHv0wwPczkL8ZdZPKTWaU-_Gtm/s3185/5E4DA2A6-0C0C-4757-ADD2-FAEB00692E49.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="3185" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRGpRE25xw9zuxb7ByuXw1FTve5mLeot2RkKo8qmEUsz-1rzXCHrvdq68gDVjhLn8gAkZh-OSkwy0Yf6RZDwJ5Ns6_AZ-RpRPaTg--R8-pMcxrGqSg_Gn-Ww2I65in_2vRELmdI7FSSzJIMjZMz2aeXBzqeqVeqHHv0wwPczkL8ZdZPKTWaU-_Gtm/w640-h370/5E4DA2A6-0C0C-4757-ADD2-FAEB00692E49.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzL9W7EwNvGUBz1BzimQTAyYLStBbNM775iGnxy25M2xm2Tc6KAGZkeCXZZd6VzAzmQDoI7rVEw9Zx2GeAUyjsoqKT2oE_J-4oWgkaU7IVRVdzsKYszH07sSD4aH2fdrmHICp4c7XSITzE8ZcnnwL5uFpUg81-QE1myAoD5BkF6tB-wlrmo6Sq_O4v/s4608/571AF4A5-75C7-46D3-B153-A02CE9A2C491.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzL9W7EwNvGUBz1BzimQTAyYLStBbNM775iGnxy25M2xm2Tc6KAGZkeCXZZd6VzAzmQDoI7rVEw9Zx2GeAUyjsoqKT2oE_J-4oWgkaU7IVRVdzsKYszH07sSD4aH2fdrmHICp4c7XSITzE8ZcnnwL5uFpUg81-QE1myAoD5BkF6tB-wlrmo6Sq_O4v/w640-h360/571AF4A5-75C7-46D3-B153-A02CE9A2C491.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0FMsvje4yp-0BrfKWv1govnRvys_ssXW4ITAbnSaOcBQjI7zMXOpFImx4Xoh77t0jtEYqO8jzQ5N3bZ3X7yxSF0rMgw7r3hCZ8wnntpxTyLtiLYqC9Lq155rSdaBba4b-Q_OWz9NN_JLPZJflnp0sYYV7Ldh6ncbTGU8LYQfRuH61t14PJjtdS5N/s1736/D7F733B7-B6BA-4242-9238-1B29E56F3EB5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="1736" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0FMsvje4yp-0BrfKWv1govnRvys_ssXW4ITAbnSaOcBQjI7zMXOpFImx4Xoh77t0jtEYqO8jzQ5N3bZ3X7yxSF0rMgw7r3hCZ8wnntpxTyLtiLYqC9Lq155rSdaBba4b-Q_OWz9NN_JLPZJflnp0sYYV7Ldh6ncbTGU8LYQfRuH61t14PJjtdS5N/w640-h578/D7F733B7-B6BA-4242-9238-1B29E56F3EB5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='522' height='434' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxvg_DOfhQiyFagiKrVQ14dqxq0qnwy9VsZk4HeZp9K4KqeVXidsGSFnzn6QYOH51a0b6qCgYz1-nMr8NWQwA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We observed a few Black Skimmer pairs doing fish presentations and mating activity, which are signs of re-nesting to come, but most of the Black Skimmers gathered together on the inlet side of the posting appear to be grieving.</span></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS (AMOY) </b></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">GOOD NEWS! We have two Oystercatcher pairs with chicks!!</span></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The first pair (unbanded and banded EMY) are feeding two chicks on the inlet (west) side of the posting. The oystercatcher family is so adorable and the parents work together so well.</p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> </p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The second pair is on the ocean (east) side. On 5/30 at 10:30 am, the pair that are both banded (CT4 and CF0) were seen. One parent was seen trying to encourage the chick to follow it to the water’s edge. </p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The banded pair were seen together on the ocean (east) side of the nesting colony that same afternoon. Bird Steward Steve Haley was able to get photos! This pair has not raised a chick in a few years, but hopefully they will succeed this year.</p><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwZ3v8IMeOMRH4kveVJv6km7HwEOSXtU6rvYDuKFh8lk_DnM1HdGCFjYmZmvwRjKmZhiKupFAKxYY48tnVOauBEV4zQO1dPmtE07ntilIuUTs-5VyUmUWvqz_TczhGTP7PdQEW2Er5f2ADOAeUu6-2uS6h00CyfDi-dp-skMiFv7GWwtgKhSd7vcZ/s2048/179B96CC-3A97-4BBC-963F-EC778699D8B5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwZ3v8IMeOMRH4kveVJv6km7HwEOSXtU6rvYDuKFh8lk_DnM1HdGCFjYmZmvwRjKmZhiKupFAKxYY48tnVOauBEV4zQO1dPmtE07ntilIuUTs-5VyUmUWvqz_TczhGTP7PdQEW2Er5f2ADOAeUu6-2uS6h00CyfDi-dp-skMiFv7GWwtgKhSd7vcZ/w480-h640/179B96CC-3A97-4BBC-963F-EC778699D8B5.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>photo by Steve Haley</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIz8FECEOw18JBy0BkPobn8fqlmJk0ZwWEyEVJ5tuOIdJ9eVeVFqgLShZG2Eryn26KJT_JbFEDTGApXIXL7LeMHPeGq049pdY2h49pbNsGoGrTy7E9lnzsKNMImG0IL3Bnqgr1Y76an-xJBEdH-DvMlnG6BPtA0odjx5hdrVc9QVs_hO2DedDZQGa/s2048/27342C09-2775-482F-9625-6D0D6E335D1F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIz8FECEOw18JBy0BkPobn8fqlmJk0ZwWEyEVJ5tuOIdJ9eVeVFqgLShZG2Eryn26KJT_JbFEDTGApXIXL7LeMHPeGq049pdY2h49pbNsGoGrTy7E9lnzsKNMImG0IL3Bnqgr1Y76an-xJBEdH-DvMlnG6BPtA0odjx5hdrVc9QVs_hO2DedDZQGa/w480-h640/27342C09-2775-482F-9625-6D0D6E335D1F.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><i>photo by Steve Haley </i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv3180034844gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">WHAT DO THE CHICKS NEED?</b></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">One of the biggest threats to nesting birds is disturbance by people. When parents are disturbed, they are separated from their eggs or chicks and prevented from taking care of them. This can lead to heat stress, predation, or other harm! </p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">So what is disturbance?? It’s any activity that interrupts what the birds were doing before… </p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">getting too close to take photos, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">walking through a flock, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">flying a kite over the colony, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">standing too close, </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">moving around too much (especially moving directly towards them rather than diagonally),</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">standing between the birds and the water so that the parent birds will not escort their chick to the water</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>many </span><span>different things can cause disturbance</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span><p></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">As it warms up, parent birds work hard to get their chicks to the water to drink and cool their bodies. </p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>Please stop at a safe distance and enjoy this unique opportunity to see this behavior… </b></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>We want each of you to enjoy these priceless moments!</b></p><p class="yiv3180034844MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p>Finally… although this week has brought some disappointments there is always beauty to be seen at the south end of Wrightsville Beach. <div><br /></div><div>Check out these stunning reflections by <b>Tom Hanna</b>!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTEL0A2soED0yIHWqkJmLE40u1b2KvVzfh-jkARY9D9_DH_tf59WttmSMZ5cKPK-AjkMRDYV2ywu-iqtZGHebaj0-XBfosl38ne9Nmn0qXo-_s9x2SGIsaI5yywemD5U5ITwIVk4EtUxMZp1kkSNqzXb-sv7YsiCIGPCSGng4j3JR60pDEN_BfRqL/s2048/02E18203-8B87-471B-8C22-22457E600002.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61nJP4A45lRJFJLFMoFQUiWysWuaQ4JH-ChzSKtdZxrYucAKgCA8hKwBT4VuDs9O0UW2qRGamhwF-PEJI-IhrOcFFqU_nwW6r3IXGY1uMMCysB291ZqS18IHRbO2BCDGyXk-5zg_QQUeuGI7vY3BBvhoUDioavy_10o3TEcQRgqCz-L5t9BURzflQ/s2406/310F07FF-8FD4-4F0D-B183-E54BD5E368B6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1988" data-original-width="2406" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61nJP4A45lRJFJLFMoFQUiWysWuaQ4JH-ChzSKtdZxrYucAKgCA8hKwBT4VuDs9O0UW2qRGamhwF-PEJI-IhrOcFFqU_nwW6r3IXGY1uMMCysB291ZqS18IHRbO2BCDGyXk-5zg_QQUeuGI7vY3BBvhoUDioavy_10o3TEcQRgqCz-L5t9BURzflQ/w640-h528/310F07FF-8FD4-4F0D-B183-E54BD5E368B6.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern Family<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">photo by Kathy Hannah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="yiv8670718242MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>COMMON TERN</b></span></p><p class="yiv8670718242MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The first Common Tern chick of the 2023 nesting season was able to be seen from outside the posting on Wednesday, May 24. Since then other chicks have appeared, lots of eggs are being carefully tended, and we have photos and videos to share what’s happening </p><p class="yiv8670718242MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAU1L6hJNcQpvMjhEaU4AGqwPo1mFfkfGHxzF_sQyu9lTjJcTpekGrncl3ZvTome6RubFBYMpLBUJs8IzUah1AUkQqOUWlIrpUZgoZouj5SD7NsASL6VZgerZCizpVS0mELHx9sHXbq2g0q4tBOKjHyIWy89WsbYf4jFdqPDwZN4sOY6odnEEiaYN/s923/AC3095AD-4FCB-407C-8DF4-FE63F1626AB8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="923" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAU1L6hJNcQpvMjhEaU4AGqwPo1mFfkfGHxzF_sQyu9lTjJcTpekGrncl3ZvTome6RubFBYMpLBUJs8IzUah1AUkQqOUWlIrpUZgoZouj5SD7NsASL6VZgerZCizpVS0mELHx9sHXbq2g0q4tBOKjHyIWy89WsbYf4jFdqPDwZN4sOY6odnEEiaYN/w640-h546/AC3095AD-4FCB-407C-8DF4-FE63F1626AB8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern protecting chick during Friday evening’s wind and rain, 5/26<br /><i>photo by Camille Daniels </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv8670718242MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoZcdBdflB-LdxP5fcaxIbDL_FeER0ANjC7299N6srCS7VzlGC0z0pSOU647coZK3G0Cu6uRt6CGV5qb8iFYWquO6HqfRjgHk1RHnssEGoV_mZRVxIp8hJ2OrT2vApxFc4KT4h1k1tPxyeHPdxVsJYqO8oIBcGTejlBsDFQmRn967AlH2jAYbRHsa/s2048/45FEFC08-15AF-47AE-95D5-6664761BE5DD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfoZcdBdflB-LdxP5fcaxIbDL_FeER0ANjC7299N6srCS7VzlGC0z0pSOU647coZK3G0Cu6uRt6CGV5qb8iFYWquO6HqfRjgHk1RHnssEGoV_mZRVxIp8hJ2OrT2vApxFc4KT4h1k1tPxyeHPdxVsJYqO8oIBcGTejlBsDFQmRn967AlH2jAYbRHsa/w640-h426/45FEFC08-15AF-47AE-95D5-6664761BE5DD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Nancy Arehart</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF-hPmfri3htVUllMna-5cbS48YikYBskHNukW9pB8YITDX1SSKSEgghAZ9FxHfIaqdV0towXWKAzQrIrUwXFvUmBx5BjKeQJFHmSiQWVX4hrYUw4mHplznSsHsQWTzAnKrGAXzLVr1H8MystI-iEU9r4KCMzzVrTmY0DuQIACLavXOhHms3wBYCw/s2048/82E72FD6-703A-43A7-9CD1-53B607D6D232.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibF-hPmfri3htVUllMna-5cbS48YikYBskHNukW9pB8YITDX1SSKSEgghAZ9FxHfIaqdV0towXWKAzQrIrUwXFvUmBx5BjKeQJFHmSiQWVX4hrYUw4mHplznSsHsQWTzAnKrGAXzLVr1H8MystI-iEU9r4KCMzzVrTmY0DuQIACLavXOhHms3wBYCw/w640-h426/82E72FD6-703A-43A7-9CD1-53B607D6D232.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Nancy Arehart</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphhpi-81eFWzLPpfmF8ERlihAxHtudhVJjePhyUNBng8PkUjiPVUfUz9Nvr2ITnjzy1M6IIPfRMBeRTxzGGB0RUYT7H6fHkypRF61bDUce8VN7g0pS01dOfcoPln-J5PM8XmxtrWsPIWxuJsVx_0cHi6jIfFlgdqhbdcxNtWY_2qqxLMQUzKJgRWQ/s3301/55B32662-060D-4F76-9DBE-21B6C41EEBD3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="3301" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjphhpi-81eFWzLPpfmF8ERlihAxHtudhVJjePhyUNBng8PkUjiPVUfUz9Nvr2ITnjzy1M6IIPfRMBeRTxzGGB0RUYT7H6fHkypRF61bDUce8VN7g0pS01dOfcoPln-J5PM8XmxtrWsPIWxuJsVx_0cHi6jIfFlgdqhbdcxNtWY_2qqxLMQUzKJgRWQ/w640-h364/55B32662-060D-4F76-9DBE-21B6C41EEBD3.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBmidlbQCOdVv6lK8vtZYWNJ2rrRuMoptRSQjQU4U3SvuMQdpbJ2SkJv_cVRW0QM5Az8OrDC0MShUvlotlx0iMgHp4qzzUneD9i5qs14MRL_fKvg8bjowqwuXijLtVeDEINXbfVUp2akUmtRE_AxFQ1EJYHCToQRkNwHSirBIXTfqIsSh50TjYLpJ/s1357/84046564-0D9A-4E2E-9FED-52B7D2592D5A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1357" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBmidlbQCOdVv6lK8vtZYWNJ2rrRuMoptRSQjQU4U3SvuMQdpbJ2SkJv_cVRW0QM5Az8OrDC0MShUvlotlx0iMgHp4qzzUneD9i5qs14MRL_fKvg8bjowqwuXijLtVeDEINXbfVUp2akUmtRE_AxFQ1EJYHCToQRkNwHSirBIXTfqIsSh50TjYLpJ/w640-h634/84046564-0D9A-4E2E-9FED-52B7D2592D5A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern sitting on eggs <br /><i>photo by Kathy Hannah</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Videos are a great way to visit the nesting colony from the comfort of your living room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='444' height='369' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxDs4Ny-chKIuDQoD9yGnjNgB7oY-zRvPKKQP5WeBttkIH5VTqnTJb-_NiUPBfLLkc46mlbDNPUS3ecZNrRvQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div>This video shows the Common Terns co-parenting their new chick. They take turns caring for their chicks. One stays on the nest while the other goes looking for food and then they often reverse roles. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='430' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrf9ygTp2wS5pE8BS-vAnW59xoalc6MCQsqFYURUJwvMyQJCimjSlxpbXlm0hoeNeyYOdKwofEipmF3jnWIw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER </b></div><div><br /></div><div>The Oystercatcher pair CT4 & CFO nested in the interior of the posting oceanside in front of the tallest dunes in an open area. This morning (5/26/23) the two “twin” chicks were seen walking with the parents deep inside the posting. Watch for the parents coming in with food and you may see them. </div><div><br /></div><div>These next two photos were taken Friday evening, 5/26. Oystercatcher parents still keeping their chicks deeper inside the posting. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e_xr4uyXGPL9-YLz7wY9kA4-F1gAsHVjcMlHIb_3byi5Nl0te6cH_z2ITilwAjcA6t7piuTqHtgUZyVOb7OieC1KbWFSHjKNwnPBRcSnWoT-sS8JRLBH1Sv2S_GriafcUhrGemmDDc2SUiLoUY2F53yZftWgegmM-GVv-7SxNhr1SYsc5vJO5sD_/s3660/0CB67B62-703B-4BEC-9A01-86263CD04C1B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1835" data-original-width="3660" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e_xr4uyXGPL9-YLz7wY9kA4-F1gAsHVjcMlHIb_3byi5Nl0te6cH_z2ITilwAjcA6t7piuTqHtgUZyVOb7OieC1KbWFSHjKNwnPBRcSnWoT-sS8JRLBH1Sv2S_GriafcUhrGemmDDc2SUiLoUY2F53yZftWgegmM-GVv-7SxNhr1SYsc5vJO5sD_/w640-h320/0CB67B62-703B-4BEC-9A01-86263CD04C1B.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Camille Daniels </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-vdjtl9bMUI1s3VHqLq5IDssvOTDS3ukuAST_JVVE4ajgmkdMlQcuDnZpOLrg7BeAugCqIqktWMmfPUgSo43gf_eeAOX_53gQyXpgNCvmTkgNne1MOesQx8eZh91MGmP7c1NnS0sPZoCdafDwR8qdrT2a2BfEkeICH4q7-vBA5RDDvJxnzY7-AP4/s1534/99A30C95-4E05-4C00-9D86-38C857ABD375.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1534" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-vdjtl9bMUI1s3VHqLq5IDssvOTDS3ukuAST_JVVE4ajgmkdMlQcuDnZpOLrg7BeAugCqIqktWMmfPUgSo43gf_eeAOX_53gQyXpgNCvmTkgNne1MOesQx8eZh91MGmP7c1NnS0sPZoCdafDwR8qdrT2a2BfEkeICH4q7-vBA5RDDvJxnzY7-AP4/w640-h508/99A30C95-4E05-4C00-9D86-38C857ABD375.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Camille Daniels </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>BLACK SKIMMERS AND LEAST TERNS</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>We have not seen any Black Skimmer or Least Tern chicks yet, but they should be hatching soon. Keep looking! Watch for parent birds bringing in food..</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct1hOMYUrw5OVd8zB3QnyUrRd9Tfo0kqnR_EtpTqUgSEKs1jWzRSQkf8k0YhRfUAyn8M8__nZE49xYuLBLmoQvW-c4u6asAFRwXu0PqXxTITYMSUaV4kgM3-YscKwZN545mjdODtbaaZS5GVrF597o6Wy5sPH5x0kaXdicY6fMDr8CSu3rIzJHnrU/s2048/289F618B-40DF-499F-A37D-3AE0227D29CA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhct1hOMYUrw5OVd8zB3QnyUrRd9Tfo0kqnR_EtpTqUgSEKs1jWzRSQkf8k0YhRfUAyn8M8__nZE49xYuLBLmoQvW-c4u6asAFRwXu0PqXxTITYMSUaV4kgM3-YscKwZN545mjdODtbaaZS5GVrF597o6Wy5sPH5x0kaXdicY6fMDr8CSu3rIzJHnrU/w640-h512/289F618B-40DF-499F-A37D-3AE0227D29CA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least Tern sitting on eggs<br /><i>photo by Nancy Arehart</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AXm6rbAIHTQHqrskEYkwYghkBTZUdA8_GWWmJGupOqRGYd1GR8b5FqTy84dsP-XyrG4f6E6Tmh3H1UlsxCSNXaJkbGZHhC1xrDSg4Fy8edZ2w7Ngl1DJZ_xxgc2CzmvlN0oAsCwmz0mPEdGBDtOVeTT7JOAXfeuWqgPcJOv-C38HKY1dyrUZ_-Nw/s2048/CA374636-06B7-4075-9A9D-E3DD2A167784.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9AXm6rbAIHTQHqrskEYkwYghkBTZUdA8_GWWmJGupOqRGYd1GR8b5FqTy84dsP-XyrG4f6E6Tmh3H1UlsxCSNXaJkbGZHhC1xrDSg4Fy8edZ2w7Ngl1DJZ_xxgc2CzmvlN0oAsCwmz0mPEdGBDtOVeTT7JOAXfeuWqgPcJOv-C38HKY1dyrUZ_-Nw/w640-h426/CA374636-06B7-4075-9A9D-E3DD2A167784.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>photo by Nancy Arehart</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-89184645943028502442023-05-18T08:30:00.008-07:002023-05-22T12:31:56.898-07:00It’s an EGG-cellent Time to Visit the Beach!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SHCbgQByp_WeNqhf7Ndl-E-rQyBFcAjdDxAIFYE4DnEWkQrq120TAvek9ypZeiVnwG-kUnEMFIn12n_H4PfhzWavUGaafC4kXyLmGygHjyFICI6r_anqXgu-3qqfuXQ4cBCLVayVltgqBoRzNCPFvo6w0IKr4W3wB7g9e91LgGYl_yNa-XWd9SBc/s1992/D62737F8-A044-4A91-ABB3-DF92EC6B632D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="1992" height="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SHCbgQByp_WeNqhf7Ndl-E-rQyBFcAjdDxAIFYE4DnEWkQrq120TAvek9ypZeiVnwG-kUnEMFIn12n_H4PfhzWavUGaafC4kXyLmGygHjyFICI6r_anqXgu-3qqfuXQ4cBCLVayVltgqBoRzNCPFvo6w0IKr4W3wB7g9e91LgGYl_yNa-XWd9SBc/w640-h445/D62737F8-A044-4A91-ABB3-DF92EC6B632D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least Tern Nest<br />Photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <span style="font-family: arial;">Shorebirds have been arriving at the south end of Wrightsville Beach since early April. There has been a lot of courting (fish presentation) and mating in the last few weeks. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5Ft_gxDTX5hk-efaTs0CAr173Lon-VmEVu5kqXA8pdslCnz3cHtbTOcC6Oi2RAMNiksPRyr4O9Ho7XozVudHycrjscPrxDeQmR_-oNWRsr3k2gPYx4JjVnfb8dXL2MMTZSohwB_LM3DoKIXh3QdamnUY1qLUBW-1iN6ezFDtXIIL9TL0qwaMRb1H/s850/AE9FACE0-0BEE-4F62-B3F6-20C22A5BC118.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="850" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU5Ft_gxDTX5hk-efaTs0CAr173Lon-VmEVu5kqXA8pdslCnz3cHtbTOcC6Oi2RAMNiksPRyr4O9Ho7XozVudHycrjscPrxDeQmR_-oNWRsr3k2gPYx4JjVnfb8dXL2MMTZSohwB_LM3DoKIXh3QdamnUY1qLUBW-1iN6ezFDtXIIL9TL0qwaMRb1H/w640-h502/AE9FACE0-0BEE-4F62-B3F6-20C22A5BC118.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least Terns courting<br />Photo by Camille Daniels</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial; text-size-adjust: 100%;"></span><p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial; text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br /></span></p>The next stage is for them to make a simple scrape in the sand or other substrate, sometimes with pebbles, shells, or bits of vegetation added. And once eggs appear we have an official nest!<p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 10, 10); color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial; text-size-adjust: 100%;">There are dozens of nests on the beach right now! Least Terns, Common Terns, Black Skimmers, American Oystercatchers, and Willets are all sitting on nests waiting for their eggs to hatch. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtlp5NpKWQOdx9UGLGvcnHog6e-8D4XjUm4SYOQOZPyUuVyNDGRhy68JwLRlXiltI1QZUNwcHO4z1ZB1GfcoySe2b4UID5LX_VzqAKGS7NCuXyFMyhpwy61gWWN_PFBRSX90qkGHcNYsh7R4dn9k9qSxHHcORYTOuMhDaJqTpM_YAfxssqnx9rD6I/s4608/1E4B8DC3-D693-4962-9C58-BE24BBA365A9.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtlp5NpKWQOdx9UGLGvcnHog6e-8D4XjUm4SYOQOZPyUuVyNDGRhy68JwLRlXiltI1QZUNwcHO4z1ZB1GfcoySe2b4UID5LX_VzqAKGS7NCuXyFMyhpwy61gWWN_PFBRSX90qkGHcNYsh7R4dn9k9qSxHHcORYTOuMhDaJqTpM_YAfxssqnx9rD6I/w640-h360/1E4B8DC3-D693-4962-9C58-BE24BBA365A9.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern<br />Photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0vineubxtYXuULWqrXYfouZn9arretpaFZEsQJ35mVgxX1rFRAZWz9DRh1UJXRkIkqAx7f7xxIEiae7wjTuww_GVnRjKzhlKsprDlr8AdNqG_QYOKhE764bes5ALt_uxMqUoX4HZfDog9mi49663j-NTASytiATl9GZciXYlYOQUQP24xFFKot68/s1937/9DF68B69-C0C5-4337-B5C4-859A078359DE.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1826" data-original-width="1937" height="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0vineubxtYXuULWqrXYfouZn9arretpaFZEsQJ35mVgxX1rFRAZWz9DRh1UJXRkIkqAx7f7xxIEiae7wjTuww_GVnRjKzhlKsprDlr8AdNqG_QYOKhE764bes5ALt_uxMqUoX4HZfDog9mi49663j-NTASytiATl9GZciXYlYOQUQP24xFFKot68/w640-h605/9DF68B69-C0C5-4337-B5C4-859A078359DE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you see the egg under this Least Tern?<br />Photo by Camille Daniels <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEBKnfCxAQenQkLHHeEOOWt2wTsW0GSlwS9P8EhBCGWTyIxzSeGtQa-JHILgLzRVpAJVt9nQKZFd7Gd1_t2JJ1XsLU5t1_TiETnk9scH1OyfyOcI5Wc3X1Hs4MeXCYOLsWsQns8l85NLgUjtFGBd_Qbq0W3mrKY0us-c5CS-mgRvipRT1_sm_HJjl/s3888/92395FB0-D3F2-43CF-B5FC-17FB34C44533.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2374" data-original-width="3888" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEBKnfCxAQenQkLHHeEOOWt2wTsW0GSlwS9P8EhBCGWTyIxzSeGtQa-JHILgLzRVpAJVt9nQKZFd7Gd1_t2JJ1XsLU5t1_TiETnk9scH1OyfyOcI5Wc3X1Hs4MeXCYOLsWsQns8l85NLgUjtFGBd_Qbq0W3mrKY0us-c5CS-mgRvipRT1_sm_HJjl/w640-h390/92395FB0-D3F2-43CF-B5FC-17FB34C44533.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Skimmer egg that was predated by a predator.<br />Photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is amazing how the eggs are camouflaged. We were concerned that there may be a Least Tern nest outside the posting. Our WBBS found a nest when the parents started scolding them. This nest had only one egg up to this point and could have so easily been walked on. The second picture - wide angle shot is only 4 feet back. Look hard and you will see the egg. It blends in too well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdG6vthpG23Prjt1O0S7p6cDalnL8022TSbBFE3LJ2JXUchTG8zIwprlBiDkA7OFc3W231UaEXK5GhTRAiF55gjl_5jS6rX_8SjyOXB7j8TX4UEsyWHFX5lpLdwF_5ptQ9UVAkoqvM5u7rGZiIC6JgZl3yjor9004R_9O7iA3Ax3ITdQUoOzsGQDj/s2048/677A5613-93B1-439E-96A9-8D63C052534F.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvdG6vthpG23Prjt1O0S7p6cDalnL8022TSbBFE3LJ2JXUchTG8zIwprlBiDkA7OFc3W231UaEXK5GhTRAiF55gjl_5jS6rX_8SjyOXB7j8TX4UEsyWHFX5lpLdwF_5ptQ9UVAkoqvM5u7rGZiIC6JgZl3yjor9004R_9O7iA3Ax3ITdQUoOzsGQDj/w640-h480/677A5613-93B1-439E-96A9-8D63C052534F.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Camille Daniels </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7bXtlDvpYW-4g5I8eftbPdLbVLl0R4X0CeEjoiO6LDYM4HNj0NXaWVekc0QnX9GZKAP37P1CHmf4HupIgPicXFI1YeqggpVEW0KUt6cc8hzAhlMV2y_sk9spkb_iLmUspeIsMRNwhddtXMyt3vUcQDVzC-Utrak5jRSVP1L7np-8V_9OxcJYvupF/s2048/191009E5-CB25-4796-9688-872E399E5818.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7bXtlDvpYW-4g5I8eftbPdLbVLl0R4X0CeEjoiO6LDYM4HNj0NXaWVekc0QnX9GZKAP37P1CHmf4HupIgPicXFI1YeqggpVEW0KUt6cc8hzAhlMV2y_sk9spkb_iLmUspeIsMRNwhddtXMyt3vUcQDVzC-Utrak5jRSVP1L7np-8V_9OxcJYvupF/w640-h480/191009E5-CB25-4796-9688-872E399E5818.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Camille Daniels </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is a great reminder why it is so important to pay attention any time the birds are flying towards you. They are urging you to “BACK OFF”. The birds abandon their eggs and future chicks in this “mobbing” behavior as their only defense of the colony. Please listen to them and keep a safe distance away. <p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSjKagwNT_REp19E1F82d9DNSXOFCna6h0o8T6i-BTBvq58qmZ-_Afnb3hRSRuzWPspki-egPOrKqSfrlpVS0cUzYgq3ZVM9pkFdjbXdVGNwTsB2jnGCISC1cLYGaVBzG6zMHdZKllF2MfeIYKxyyO-BWRNgstbii65vykU0PY5v3DYH0fdmbhtuT/s800/9AF1BF58-B512-4180-B954-8341B8513026.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSjKagwNT_REp19E1F82d9DNSXOFCna6h0o8T6i-BTBvq58qmZ-_Afnb3hRSRuzWPspki-egPOrKqSfrlpVS0cUzYgq3ZVM9pkFdjbXdVGNwTsB2jnGCISC1cLYGaVBzG6zMHdZKllF2MfeIYKxyyO-BWRNgstbii65vykU0PY5v3DYH0fdmbhtuT/w640-h480/9AF1BF58-B512-4180-B954-8341B8513026.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos and story by Camille Daniels </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_2KH3xxs-p27uAm3Js7ZTBweRQHUdUseSnPXAfc5PlImpH8ZeiG4GilgRk0T8GgTtsmg6A16OvcyDkFe16O9QDmZeVH3JYxH6J283LN094z7_-GEjDUwVu-1mSJBMkpko3xV1KB2GaINqBw0JzJWmzfJ4M3yFiyDfAzBiLZwB6B9EfVpYcUr7MYL/s3487/9D0F6FD8-A88E-4ADA-8310-A4C7B047D1AF.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1981" data-original-width="3487" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_2KH3xxs-p27uAm3Js7ZTBweRQHUdUseSnPXAfc5PlImpH8ZeiG4GilgRk0T8GgTtsmg6A16OvcyDkFe16O9QDmZeVH3JYxH6J283LN094z7_-GEjDUwVu-1mSJBMkpko3xV1KB2GaINqBw0JzJWmzfJ4M3yFiyDfAzBiLZwB6B9EfVpYcUr7MYL/w640-h365/9D0F6FD8-A88E-4ADA-8310-A4C7B047D1AF.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dozens of Least Terns nesting<br />Photo by Kathy Hannah </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPeN_TUaQ_g32XO1f1Or716MbScTRvaKdBkAvnRke5l1T1I1EBTP-YbS3UGY4BRGHQm9fV8-5JPMchKS3mfV0cHe45J7GS6it07mnqivvOTRCh15wgA1E3zfDT171xaiNL17eextiIJZuKOG2W3mfu1KATgNDawuA-KucsGNmUSR4ODpm55cqtjLK/s4608/587EF507-C4CC-48CB-B13A-BF5C5A0CBFA0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPeN_TUaQ_g32XO1f1Or716MbScTRvaKdBkAvnRke5l1T1I1EBTP-YbS3UGY4BRGHQm9fV8-5JPMchKS3mfV0cHe45J7GS6it07mnqivvOTRCh15wgA1E3zfDT171xaiNL17eextiIJZuKOG2W3mfu1KATgNDawuA-KucsGNmUSR4ODpm55cqtjLK/w640-h360/587EF507-C4CC-48CB-B13A-BF5C5A0CBFA0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Terns nesting in background <br />Photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bIuqXXz4HSSyvl8LSOAbKOe3Y-dJrxgShkHgsDkeUkwZkzsayTpK6IGxOe-XTC9-5QNATJLCRVveFTvGx8g1x_YPz4x3Dr3zHoXfYuothYCSBHWJiWccM9Lf9thYsAl2xih6GKxT83F5yQFkJUcTN1hnzHK8AlByv6b34oJRrEoFDJxTAdfo0nYe/s600/AC4AF2B4-C12A-4721-9595-3CEB8ABBF1EA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="600" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bIuqXXz4HSSyvl8LSOAbKOe3Y-dJrxgShkHgsDkeUkwZkzsayTpK6IGxOe-XTC9-5QNATJLCRVveFTvGx8g1x_YPz4x3Dr3zHoXfYuothYCSBHWJiWccM9Lf9thYsAl2xih6GKxT83F5yQFkJUcTN1hnzHK8AlByv6b34oJRrEoFDJxTAdfo0nYe/w640-h550/AC4AF2B4-C12A-4721-9595-3CEB8ABBF1EA.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Oystercatcher at shoreline while mate is sitting on nest in the dunes. <br />Photo by Camille Daniels </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Chicks should be appearing very soon!!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-15717211914236201042023-04-29T07:11:00.004-07:002023-05-06T18:43:08.655-07:00Black Skimmer and American Oystercatcher Nests Found<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6wpp-Te2Xz7zo-2qkqpOXqv81hfUAMsJMOj25eJuv1wtGJ06vNXbp7YOPdUXGLVTrgjCJ24qV7-ZTZ2IbuGN5cuQuWvjk3fxdY-BfklCFG0FjWAHVW73KfrtMFxoYOc1AtiaYkP5Td4KzZvJtGd2bwx458Q8kvGM1V-_0KfDynLSl_7ajVxTtw4X/s1400/BCA9EE26-B135-4B20-BAE8-9E7C4DC18CC7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6wpp-Te2Xz7zo-2qkqpOXqv81hfUAMsJMOj25eJuv1wtGJ06vNXbp7YOPdUXGLVTrgjCJ24qV7-ZTZ2IbuGN5cuQuWvjk3fxdY-BfklCFG0FjWAHVW73KfrtMFxoYOc1AtiaYkP5Td4KzZvJtGd2bwx458Q8kvGM1V-_0KfDynLSl_7ajVxTtw4X/w640-h426/BCA9EE26-B135-4B20-BAE8-9E7C4DC18CC7.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Evan Mauk</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt;">Lindsay Addison, our Audubon NC Coastal Biologist, did a nest check on the south end yesterday morning (Friday 4/28) and we now officially have SCRAPES WITH EGGS, i.e., NESTS!! Lindsay discovered both Black Skimmer nests and Oystercatcher nests!</span><p></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">We have been witnessing courtship behaviors all week and have had a number of photographers already visiting the nesting colony. The Black Skimmers and Common Terns have been busy with pair bonding, fish presentations and mating. </span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – Both pairs of Oystercatchers have nests! Oystercatcher banded EMY and mate who are seen on the inlet side have now nested. EMY is the adult Oystercatcher that had a successful fledging in 2021. The nest is in the interior of the posting on the inlet side</span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-IiFGlfQYt0XO5U56ldhAiEQYisjKTTiu9gNr1ZojuUEmz0hF7Z9q3Nc9hmihitHgaKCNRlHXnvAi4Nf6Nnwo4I1cINKRumCNhQz2O-rWaLqC9Nl3iHOiMmMD9gsVgikcYGa09Vi2Df_--_lB0fs5qUuB12RlSabFcLJNvwqjlYa-aE8R7Is35OQ/s800/60998744-EA2D-4420-A5ED-7787B6E2D9BC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB-IiFGlfQYt0XO5U56ldhAiEQYisjKTTiu9gNr1ZojuUEmz0hF7Z9q3Nc9hmihitHgaKCNRlHXnvAi4Nf6Nnwo4I1cINKRumCNhQz2O-rWaLqC9Nl3iHOiMmMD9gsVgikcYGa09Vi2Df_--_lB0fs5qUuB12RlSabFcLJNvwqjlYa-aE8R7Is35OQ/w400-h225/60998744-EA2D-4420-A5ED-7787B6E2D9BC.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Oystercatcher pair banded CT4 and CFO have been seen ocean side and their nest is in front of the tallest dunes and relatively close to the Black Skimmers. We have not had an Oystercatcher nest visible from outside of the posting for many years so this is very exciting.</span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwTZXIjCE7jFgigjFZV1gkiULk_NxyPGlG0bVQdGLQZd3FkwOEnoWzJF1x79rOpOf8mHTk3IjxTyrsv7-9eMnxU1PlJP30MSZAsL4xADuAO9vLba89TR0s3NXTbBI3Gl3uEU-XbJV3Bu6bcQvKRS_GE79osrw5CX1taCFItYDT2zaMnV00Bq76bH8/s1400/0D5F7A38-DC64-4676-95CF-BFFC3D518505.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRwTZXIjCE7jFgigjFZV1gkiULk_NxyPGlG0bVQdGLQZd3FkwOEnoWzJF1x79rOpOf8mHTk3IjxTyrsv7-9eMnxU1PlJP30MSZAsL4xADuAO9vLba89TR0s3NXTbBI3Gl3uEU-XbJV3Bu6bcQvKRS_GE79osrw5CX1taCFItYDT2zaMnV00Bq76bH8/w400-h266/0D5F7A38-DC64-4676-95CF-BFFC3D518505.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Evan Mauk</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhaEXYtanP4n6UBAXeHgekAwaS5biHf7UBFVhTIsfNisv0crWZRFNfMz2ZLB08yuY0logxyeSiNnr4bA8VdTlYulRIJcbrnBQaxXcDpO71lpC__DMChrkDTTFH3QcA55Rq57xTYZtMeq60ivfYHWDZPbopcYd9IplJ93Dp9F16O__YFGCT6rdwDaR/s1400/88D4F1A2-0175-43B8-91DC-E2DF18CCABC5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhaEXYtanP4n6UBAXeHgekAwaS5biHf7UBFVhTIsfNisv0crWZRFNfMz2ZLB08yuY0logxyeSiNnr4bA8VdTlYulRIJcbrnBQaxXcDpO71lpC__DMChrkDTTFH3QcA55Rq57xTYZtMeq60ivfYHWDZPbopcYd9IplJ93Dp9F16O__YFGCT6rdwDaR/w400-h266/88D4F1A2-0175-43B8-91DC-E2DF18CCABC5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Evan Mauk </i><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Look closely and you will see a transmitter on the back of this Oystercatcher. <br />NC Audubon in partnership with others is conducting a movement research project on American Oystercatchers in NC.</span> <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">On Friday (4/28) afternoon and 5 Oystercatchers were seen in the posting …so there is a possibility of another pair claiming a territory in the posted area. We have plenty of room for a few more pairs of Oystercatchers!</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><p></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">BLACK SKIMMERS</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – Black Skimmers have been arriving in groups since mid April. We try to count them, but it is extremely difficult when they are paired up in the vegetation! When they are by the water it is possible at that time to see if any birds have bands on their legs. </span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">These next photos show two skimmers with bands…P3 and R9! Our Skimmer chicks from the past few years are returning!</span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8IEPjyJCHGF5AXkoST39Cc-GTetKP-ewjwwKmMZv1Yb8SQBMUn_uFNxxh1km_Xi6fHfGlIN_fx-QjtSDsgzzfwme5bVWQXa053sa41FY2a0rtVgptQC-6kTfvtk5a3nTPpj50XiLPN3aW8_Vb6X-12oSGnK7XULgUx1LCUVmbNLoHLNhwAJpOYCD/s4608/425E80EE-E390-4CCF-B26F-D9609E40956B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm8IEPjyJCHGF5AXkoST39Cc-GTetKP-ewjwwKmMZv1Yb8SQBMUn_uFNxxh1km_Xi6fHfGlIN_fx-QjtSDsgzzfwme5bVWQXa053sa41FY2a0rtVgptQC-6kTfvtk5a3nTPpj50XiLPN3aW8_Vb6X-12oSGnK7XULgUx1LCUVmbNLoHLNhwAJpOYCD/w400-h225/425E80EE-E390-4CCF-B26F-D9609E40956B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Photo by Evan Mauk </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AkEWPw938ZHA-MUGl-lllNzePQRndEvCsHrwQtTg_uC9syT2FW7pcCZN35MCgmpOHaWj6Crof-Unv5Cr7LuuOtiUjmK2chWC6s-fWulhOCVHkr17BxnRCNcx6UIRfDtfQEA5z5v56mScjyLaLvAHvUD6DphaocQh5Yr9ItS8Ysf5Ei9BCooj40RS/s1400/074EEAFF-E2D8-4BC9-BBCE-1FC9A9554C45.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3AkEWPw938ZHA-MUGl-lllNzePQRndEvCsHrwQtTg_uC9syT2FW7pcCZN35MCgmpOHaWj6Crof-Unv5Cr7LuuOtiUjmK2chWC6s-fWulhOCVHkr17BxnRCNcx6UIRfDtfQEA5z5v56mScjyLaLvAHvUD6DphaocQh5Yr9ItS8Ysf5Ei9BCooj40RS/w400-h266/074EEAFF-E2D8-4BC9-BBCE-1FC9A9554C45.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Photo by Evan Mauk </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEzDNoE-aM8Xf1XOE9jqmoUOnxGwhp32epOudGBCdMZt8jLjc6GYS74UCoWZbvgJRMIWY5AnoVn198_grLw4MGpqAtQymj1BN9EnK6sxjgmZ6Cy8t1WgJgjxjh8GPO9JP8eiQcQGb48Sivh7ieixhbUPkf-SGaiOWnmHfqwlFDovxIoejeRqwMbtI/s1400/1D520E04-3970-47F5-9A26-BCD22A165272.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOEzDNoE-aM8Xf1XOE9jqmoUOnxGwhp32epOudGBCdMZt8jLjc6GYS74UCoWZbvgJRMIWY5AnoVn198_grLw4MGpqAtQymj1BN9EnK6sxjgmZ6Cy8t1WgJgjxjh8GPO9JP8eiQcQGb48Sivh7ieixhbUPkf-SGaiOWnmHfqwlFDovxIoejeRqwMbtI/w400-h266/1D520E04-3970-47F5-9A26-BCD22A165272.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Photo by Evan Mauk <br /><br /><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_q5x1YngF2iXrc0fMrwwq-Vq2c2FZJeDhJaiExV3qGx6IOfjvoXCw2wvt5j-UUVEfE7f_nH0f7ViL9e3P-H3k99ydRDSqOcqnjVLhHiFoX8NxXR03QEKD8mmgZ1kulRQvDtwr-exKO6t57Oo5sQUp2JOFVkUIkQe-KyVqOZA0Lt1tGcHIoRPy6fph/s4608/A32B686B-79D5-4DE8-9F91-B137AE2014EF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_q5x1YngF2iXrc0fMrwwq-Vq2c2FZJeDhJaiExV3qGx6IOfjvoXCw2wvt5j-UUVEfE7f_nH0f7ViL9e3P-H3k99ydRDSqOcqnjVLhHiFoX8NxXR03QEKD8mmgZ1kulRQvDtwr-exKO6t57Oo5sQUp2JOFVkUIkQe-KyVqOZA0Lt1tGcHIoRPy6fph/w400-h225/A32B686B-79D5-4DE8-9F91-B137AE2014EF.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJE8Q4zlZL-JWmuL0wFqksjlvhDeOA4lYPTKiOcnHWy61tB7keBEwMJU5XeHMtcv6mkwYkczrOnVPfR-NMpx6T4Figs9ikr0ucgDCsUZ_8QuxDDfTCttX2Lj_WQVj5On9Rmac-nQ-fwvw2VIeuhvfX9jWTLVseMQqNNLi4DQh0iPCoybBN6BBkdAt/s4608/03FD6A70-4619-407E-8754-E50511F03474.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">COMMON TERNS</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – Six pairs of Common Terns were on the beach Friday, 4/28. Pair bonding and mating </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">continues and it appears incubation of eggs is underway!</span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2BVHDaLoUWLQjkiQbu5XObRhuRMcX8CMPrGLm9K-77nxJC5d8kHCrwl9Hrrdats1epsW3NWSJeU2pcAfeNKdEYm80cwmUxV4oXOGlPBdG5bR8g72PqByqVEx_OQAAvqlC-K2VBFvN4kSGgpxd3tGJfOdRT7OgXA7Ky5QZV4y59Q6QiRaZVOAHm-I/s1050/45807C9F-8E41-48F3-A8A7-10E93A230CF7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD2BVHDaLoUWLQjkiQbu5XObRhuRMcX8CMPrGLm9K-77nxJC5d8kHCrwl9Hrrdats1epsW3NWSJeU2pcAfeNKdEYm80cwmUxV4oXOGlPBdG5bR8g72PqByqVEx_OQAAvqlC-K2VBFvN4kSGgpxd3tGJfOdRT7OgXA7Ky5QZV4y59Q6QiRaZVOAHm-I/w266-h400/45807C9F-8E41-48F3-A8A7-10E93A230CF7.jpeg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Evan Mauk </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8Co_nHekKtWCVLz-scik2CXVE9Bo29xYNrC3MJPpDxKS-z9eiRS4Q9DUTBLWEBPDnhAwcurHrdAGayPtUV9VZWaIHjI_OixHjylBJIjvko55cqljTN5bmsq9sQU7maP1vWd1PJisPBlBrK_J4tiBgkQKeMrGyzUvVh97lKBO4ztKSZtgr-FU3vif/s1400/9781399F-1F33-4E0C-B7C2-B4AD22D9CB66.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8Co_nHekKtWCVLz-scik2CXVE9Bo29xYNrC3MJPpDxKS-z9eiRS4Q9DUTBLWEBPDnhAwcurHrdAGayPtUV9VZWaIHjI_OixHjylBJIjvko55cqljTN5bmsq9sQU7maP1vWd1PJisPBlBrK_J4tiBgkQKeMrGyzUvVh97lKBO4ztKSZtgr-FU3vif/w400-h266/9781399F-1F33-4E0C-B7C2-B4AD22D9CB66.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Evan Mauk </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdHLOk7oWMqN8Z6Mf2NAFm__TXp-T59iDknXFNwnhrZcMmbCDTvDtP5PaX1nD7RBE6JjdgelHdbMT5ZlVz5TEf7GPNM-yVGQZSdM_dNxOV9SU5hLKftotBktu3rILNY49Fp4uCQy1_m2ckLMllf45b1cr3af57Yyy-kBIz2p658-G2awE5NZM0odq/s4608/F602DE08-7EC2-437A-95B9-BD1E6FE35C89.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdHLOk7oWMqN8Z6Mf2NAFm__TXp-T59iDknXFNwnhrZcMmbCDTvDtP5PaX1nD7RBE6JjdgelHdbMT5ZlVz5TEf7GPNM-yVGQZSdM_dNxOV9SU5hLKftotBktu3rILNY49Fp4uCQy1_m2ckLMllf45b1cr3af57Yyy-kBIz2p658-G2awE5NZM0odq/w400-h225/F602DE08-7EC2-437A-95B9-BD1E6FE35C89.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><u style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">PUBLIC BIRD WALKS <span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: initial; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;">START MONDAY</span></span></u></b><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – </span></b></span></p><p class="yiv4840971240MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"> Free bird walks to the south end nesting area for the public every</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: initial; font-size: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: underline;">Monday at 9 AM</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.666667px;">beginning,</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"> </span><span dir="ltr" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: initial; font-size: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration: underline;">this Monday, May 1</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"> until mid-August. Join us! Invite your friends & family!! We will meet at the gazebo at Beach Access 43.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-85983823345751956532023-04-25T14:36:00.002-07:002023-04-26T03:31:36.529-07:00Nesting Shorebirds Arriving at South End of Wrightsville Beach <p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRA7Q81CM5YmQSjq_U_1izF6oOIjcH1erXnBF8yx7HR-XnUx6PGBLkThNfp4eTfy3Weiwqh-ZX82TR903mU6F3mYVeRTcPYjvUkpl_yXeBk-qbkoIh1OVxdeatYBi6-UEZpImoaDsg3KBMj83Np0JDDHvbtU5y50j-Yn3eTUu043m_fQg4FECUszwd/s800/IMG_2855.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRA7Q81CM5YmQSjq_U_1izF6oOIjcH1erXnBF8yx7HR-XnUx6PGBLkThNfp4eTfy3Weiwqh-ZX82TR903mU6F3mYVeRTcPYjvUkpl_yXeBk-qbkoIh1OVxdeatYBi6-UEZpImoaDsg3KBMj83Np0JDDHvbtU5y50j-Yn3eTUu043m_fQg4FECUszwd/s320/IMG_2855.jpeg" width="320" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></b></div></div><p></p><p><b style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS</span></b><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – The Oystercatcher banded EMY and “unbanded” mate who are seen consistently on the inlet side have been making scrapes, but our NC Audubon biologist has not seen any eggs. EMY is the adult Oystercatcher that had a successful fledging in 2021. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Oystercatcher banded CT4 and mate CF0 have been seen ocean side. CT4 nested last year but lost the chicks within days.</span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Remember the birds may practice making scrapes during courtship, but scrapes are only considered “nests” once they have eggs in them.</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2F0w26LF0c88mUSBiAD5Xo-4Kk4CHc27GVNGYRWlpNP_DYGbzx_wlrSs-O4orMCoo_arJ2okcRagSm3W9ZfgZ5w3K-Si1AYAuiUNuPxUBly1KaDeaCSTHz6jMkTo_dj3ysOaRP_FIXIU2UV3X5x6yG4DzxPidCfYATMxoqllaXcgITNvF_DtAz6K/s800/IMG_2864.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2F0w26LF0c88mUSBiAD5Xo-4Kk4CHc27GVNGYRWlpNP_DYGbzx_wlrSs-O4orMCoo_arJ2okcRagSm3W9ZfgZ5w3K-Si1AYAuiUNuPxUBly1KaDeaCSTHz6jMkTo_dj3ysOaRP_FIXIU2UV3X5x6yG4DzxPidCfYATMxoqllaXcgITNvF_DtAz6K/s320/IMG_2864.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGVnf2OKNNCu5zHSJeRTpXYA497-3OKq3T-z1T4vyoFGXbl9WhaVQM6Gojk5d7FB-VXEWVN9k3GUntY44cyFtmo5XEF74zxJIflaT4MUGNTrxR26nKJy0rU0urDEo7ExTPSfOd-Y_Na-yMX1heKMNABkp37BYKqT6_LRlVT2DnctxqtFaOf3seNNe/s800/IMG_2867.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGVnf2OKNNCu5zHSJeRTpXYA497-3OKq3T-z1T4vyoFGXbl9WhaVQM6Gojk5d7FB-VXEWVN9k3GUntY44cyFtmo5XEF74zxJIflaT4MUGNTrxR26nKJy0rU0urDEo7ExTPSfOd-Y_Na-yMX1heKMNABkp37BYKqT6_LRlVT2DnctxqtFaOf3seNNe/s320/IMG_2867.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccuQabcJcD8FJ92ImVW5-hynT6FcRcnJ59-5r6VmfHX9kS4LYyE_ODo8IvBK_z_njqwT_thFdUEFDcTcyCv1C-PIqD5CDzV8t5BDF8MSk5sbO7rqyY4_ELw_JfLIxxJCG3lCjQLo-Hpxn3ZAkWRqnX1xR0j-Hn7Tt1djPYEZwYnmZLYJEAb2aT1AR/s640/IMG_2868.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccuQabcJcD8FJ92ImVW5-hynT6FcRcnJ59-5r6VmfHX9kS4LYyE_ODo8IvBK_z_njqwT_thFdUEFDcTcyCv1C-PIqD5CDzV8t5BDF8MSk5sbO7rqyY4_ELw_JfLIxxJCG3lCjQLo-Hpxn3ZAkWRqnX1xR0j-Hn7Tt1djPYEZwYnmZLYJEAb2aT1AR/s320/IMG_2868.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9PCrRF1P2qu5MIg7E33NNeVRThyspNGU_qJiFrh7QzBDTrKYwWDbHbP1bPRxMOcfkialHCai_wALMK4KnMAvbdTrXznKkbI3v3ULKcKIJJo9h4mYpypSeMXJBQ4hgVt9qf9Wj5Vl67bAs_2i4UcfHXO_zX9uo_zTy9c2HceckTRm39Pf3H7LjyXS/s4608/IMG_2897.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9PCrRF1P2qu5MIg7E33NNeVRThyspNGU_qJiFrh7QzBDTrKYwWDbHbP1bPRxMOcfkialHCai_wALMK4KnMAvbdTrXznKkbI3v3ULKcKIJJo9h4mYpypSeMXJBQ4hgVt9qf9Wj5Vl67bAs_2i4UcfHXO_zX9uo_zTy9c2HceckTRm39Pf3H7LjyXS/s320/IMG_2897.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNbKFvnwFEJzref2dcFMN82cxF9WnKEeLAk8JZ9LYeWTKU5q7rRzQF0FHIADT_BZvZzEMW8QJ3zcJHJEW4wfsMFzOlh4Ye-DfYji65VEv0hBSefzzSNuev6vKScGU6UVkEK9JG7ekDVzahgIN5fBvkdgafw52kKelnsvnO4ZcEzPYtbpJF35P5wiG/s800/IMG_2859.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNbKFvnwFEJzref2dcFMN82cxF9WnKEeLAk8JZ9LYeWTKU5q7rRzQF0FHIADT_BZvZzEMW8QJ3zcJHJEW4wfsMFzOlh4Ye-DfYji65VEv0hBSefzzSNuev6vKScGU6UVkEK9JG7ekDVzahgIN5fBvkdgafw52kKelnsvnO4ZcEzPYtbpJF35P5wiG/s320/IMG_2859.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">BLACK SKIMMERS</span></b><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="font-size: 11pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b> – </b>Black Skimmers have been arriving in groups. We counted 122 this week!</span></span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Five Black Skimmers with black leg bands were seen at the water’s edge which mean they were banded in North Carolina by our NC Audubon biologist, Lindsay, and her coast team in the last few years. These birds were banded as chicks and have returned! How cool is that!</span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmJZ79jmKTrpGbpF3PHaJtVnaXelrqkve9CZJKJc43iSoQ6ew_mcSpaTA7gN91YT1i0vWqXQTXaWjAV5OQp1m_xxsR5oXnNBCvxCW79yOhbLhf_CBze545zX1JJO6t2abA1HefqnW1GDqkuu9KY21TuuKxtrFROT7xRecga31s58BzDHrACKPNFRj/s4608/IMG_2885.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmJZ79jmKTrpGbpF3PHaJtVnaXelrqkve9CZJKJc43iSoQ6ew_mcSpaTA7gN91YT1i0vWqXQTXaWjAV5OQp1m_xxsR5oXnNBCvxCW79yOhbLhf_CBze545zX1JJO6t2abA1HefqnW1GDqkuu9KY21TuuKxtrFROT7xRecga31s58BzDHrACKPNFRj/s320/IMG_2885.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">COMMON TERNS</span></b><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – You may see the Common Terns on the signs and several pairs have begun fish presentations and courtship activity. Three pairs were seen in the interior of the posting close to the high dunes.</span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp98fg43CyKu6iueolfXSAMxVhL1_nvYjojaffqqYo-SJD7wcblCFeOjdrnsssqKbUHewE7hwL18zNRy5E6-4TKKBPd9M4ZxlRQtOXSB0E3gvEd1RVrmpH-TAgKjeccxF9V7vTJ1-o6M-YBk_iE9JuMEDf4SpHwihmfhqmXeBhbrg5dL1Z6a1eizR/s4608/IMG_2896.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp98fg43CyKu6iueolfXSAMxVhL1_nvYjojaffqqYo-SJD7wcblCFeOjdrnsssqKbUHewE7hwL18zNRy5E6-4TKKBPd9M4ZxlRQtOXSB0E3gvEd1RVrmpH-TAgKjeccxF9V7vTJ1-o6M-YBk_iE9JuMEDf4SpHwihmfhqmXeBhbrg5dL1Z6a1eizR/s320/IMG_2896.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLeVPp0u0rCjISmhu6jwkrGsEknz1BvY7mLgRQoK61p8J8ff2E7_4FliRXvhq6r2zos6FPeW03up860iKYEsm0xlqWYQ7VaStGv36eHzQHWwIaxEE8Zzpx4RmVz_EYzuEZRiIfZusj8APbZHPgwX5pitzI33qNKoglaETFKmWMa2CZMiHbW_a_WOM/s1800/IMG_9969.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1800" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYLeVPp0u0rCjISmhu6jwkrGsEknz1BvY7mLgRQoK61p8J8ff2E7_4FliRXvhq6r2zos6FPeW03up860iKYEsm0xlqWYQ7VaStGv36eHzQHWwIaxEE8Zzpx4RmVz_EYzuEZRiIfZusj8APbZHPgwX5pitzI33qNKoglaETFKmWMa2CZMiHbW_a_WOM/s320/IMG_9969.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">LEAST TERNS</span></b><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"> – A handful of Least Terns have been seen flying over the south end with fish! A significant group of Least Terns is present on the north end of Wrightsville Beach and New Hanover County has extended the north end posting to accommodate the bird activity.</span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="font-size: 14.666667px;">OTHER GUESTS — </b><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Several pairs of Willets are in the dunes and we hope to see them on the shoreline with their chicks in a few weeks. </span></span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Q_zrwQr9c1AQVdqkRY2JzCnZ7oIR5Oi9JlzKjDXlbdMjgMUtL5_aCIrjLihcmVL10djxNcZ-DfNKOfuwTgtFcLEcDbmRqQUc6uP-DDJN9quAHi-sYz-VntLeBylGyhT0gFraOVhHzc0XkevH34jk3rzpGd3XkGZFsV_uB7ul_ba2PAyIAgFJsGwt/s320/IMG_2893.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14.666667px; text-align: left;">Groups of Royal Terns and Sandwich Terns <br />have also visited the nesting area.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv5990398858MsoNormal" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.693334px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span face=""Unicode sans-serif"" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-84080703526325016172023-04-04T15:24:00.003-07:002023-04-04T15:24:29.547-07:00Tenth Anniversary for the Wrightsville Beach Bird Steward Program Begins<p> We are very excited to begin our 10th year of posting the south end of Wrightsville Beach. The nesting shorebirds will soon be arriving and on March 28 an ambitious group of Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards showed up to set off a protected area to welcome them. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHPJUaz_LP1bxWRYwbtW7mKhyTFn4e7eFiwet1D6dU7RN-R63qZ1AtHbsdp6Y0Jg-NdJihlJceQkKaJf8Q5m1fz_6qsaXyApIqDsuSlbzYid3pYrBVY0khN3jW-1cE-hNOV1VW4Y8wqpsNNZsTZLI8XL4te47LOddDGcIq7k3311UaClPoos6TuXh/s4608/7B76B693-24EC-4E18-B32A-6B3703DB7C7D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHPJUaz_LP1bxWRYwbtW7mKhyTFn4e7eFiwet1D6dU7RN-R63qZ1AtHbsdp6Y0Jg-NdJihlJceQkKaJf8Q5m1fz_6qsaXyApIqDsuSlbzYid3pYrBVY0khN3jW-1cE-hNOV1VW4Y8wqpsNNZsTZLI8XL4te47LOddDGcIq7k3311UaClPoos6TuXh/w640-h360/7B76B693-24EC-4E18-B32A-6B3703DB7C7D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Lindsay Addison delivered the new signs to the shoreline and helped get us organized. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6mK_Od_NMaR7gMt-1yJn6-RYOFOEKw0VfnHcIpyNET3rWhzah8qnpgmT05RGms65-1AEvZVUCiK-jpit5aKoL4n-5fDWxIxns7LiNisEhiZPIbcBI7hLARZWcxOvIVQ_S-xMCAedchFrPkAT7pBevpdMS6VG4bHDbY7OBA4x61Rh6D_spC2NV5nb/s1936/B931A8A2-A9BB-4521-80F3-08CCD41E5544.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6mK_Od_NMaR7gMt-1yJn6-RYOFOEKw0VfnHcIpyNET3rWhzah8qnpgmT05RGms65-1AEvZVUCiK-jpit5aKoL4n-5fDWxIxns7LiNisEhiZPIbcBI7hLARZWcxOvIVQ_S-xMCAedchFrPkAT7pBevpdMS6VG4bHDbY7OBA4x61Rh6D_spC2NV5nb/w400-h400/B931A8A2-A9BB-4521-80F3-08CCD41E5544.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Our team divided into several groups and quickly got started. One group carried the signs to the appropriate place. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPk16zOwroQqWDaM-MKGexabk1hvImTh52baoy7dEQKryS7cR1or-4ibg1T0_9uwuCDljsFp2sN6xjEyMshpZgkVS16ihGG66kpsIvo0fqxTCjQwDVi7HxB-jwDDUKoT3J_qeR3yoCbqLQ_wwJ2OC_rJxr0NKGurRNV5SGg8saZEM3f2yKutgf_XC/s1936/58FCE009-457B-4C8F-BED9-A646579F9E08.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLPk16zOwroQqWDaM-MKGexabk1hvImTh52baoy7dEQKryS7cR1or-4ibg1T0_9uwuCDljsFp2sN6xjEyMshpZgkVS16ihGG66kpsIvo0fqxTCjQwDVi7HxB-jwDDUKoT3J_qeR3yoCbqLQ_wwJ2OC_rJxr0NKGurRNV5SGg8saZEM3f2yKutgf_XC/w400-h400/58FCE009-457B-4C8F-BED9-A646579F9E08.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7fDc55CmjjzN8kUjL3fe4y4LeJD2icPf-Etctm9LibVrw84m191vY6FbgQd-__YEsyG_ioR4A-6SQtaA2iCV25kACqcekknIU8NedbDjY6yUK1BFOktvTVF-6_dptKV358bH91v1tZIk1cWdBaodSxhOi86s1hPERt_OdYs2C012Oy_smmiKRtRV0/s1936/478A3A50-5712-4BAB-AC3C-0E1D9B712761.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>While we are waiting for the Least Terns, Common Terns, American Oystercatchers and Black Skimmers to arrive and begin courting, nesting, and raising new chicks we saw some Common Loons in the surf. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBLjDZNxKGgkIIvFSlgU7yuQZeTDdZ7E1Z7YcTJUY-7xJDJocHMbk20uKJ1AqysmPngqjfgrYUnplzO7Ugz2reRtytoWG49SkhQiLoLorhR5D4qb7aBYhG_pmgX55Yw52xQb8IoBzQ8pNcCfY7k3ggJJHeXrmZwbjIhmqU9hGp3dEaRfvYat2zNB6/s1936/B584CDC9-08EE-46F1-BBC6-D48795D9555E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBLjDZNxKGgkIIvFSlgU7yuQZeTDdZ7E1Z7YcTJUY-7xJDJocHMbk20uKJ1AqysmPngqjfgrYUnplzO7Ugz2reRtytoWG49SkhQiLoLorhR5D4qb7aBYhG_pmgX55Yw52xQb8IoBzQ8pNcCfY7k3ggJJHeXrmZwbjIhmqU9hGp3dEaRfvYat2zNB6/w400-h400/B584CDC9-08EE-46F1-BBC6-D48795D9555E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>And one of the volunteers discovered a Killdeer nest in the dunes. The parent bird does a broken wing display to draw people away from the nest. The nest is not visible from outside the posting, but you may see the adult bird on occasion as they take a break from incubating the eggs. What an exciting beginning to our 10th season! <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IYEfMhQU8piMZ-XGHMRNm6k70_HNOE-rWt_NazL8qNPG98-qKgtbD6CUHmm7TQcGd-g3FKgyz3LFkwvAzhhhRgW6fybTEXjvfKJg9GSlmUWSmxJmRFblo3F1b5KOnqJVv2cPXaXQMiUO8bb4SfDl3Bg2SjJubEOnU5rZiKPwjnvPG5e5qkyOLzRX/s1936/124A537C-2AA8-479C-85DD-594CD9F6ADE6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IYEfMhQU8piMZ-XGHMRNm6k70_HNOE-rWt_NazL8qNPG98-qKgtbD6CUHmm7TQcGd-g3FKgyz3LFkwvAzhhhRgW6fybTEXjvfKJg9GSlmUWSmxJmRFblo3F1b5KOnqJVv2cPXaXQMiUO8bb4SfDl3Bg2SjJubEOnU5rZiKPwjnvPG5e5qkyOLzRX/w400-h400/124A537C-2AA8-479C-85DD-594CD9F6ADE6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-57996154182972680282022-09-28T10:50:00.001-07:002022-09-28T10:50:13.390-07:00Coastal Nesting Recap<p><a href="https://nc.audubon.org/news/coastal-nesting-recap-first-skimmers-record-volunteering-crab-research-more?fbclid=IwAR3iCwSm1X-YgL2X9y9UD_sYE42VGGMghgtRj_-edcsxZ_Gkmkl6zhO42YE">Coastal Nesting Recap</a> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-54492911926748864302022-09-10T08:19:00.029-07:002022-09-10T08:57:39.051-07:00A Peaceful Ending for the 2022 Nesting Season<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhGuFVTRNsMlMIvdliGbXwY9WMC2v1u02_M7Bf7-Bva0RX24sdBSii70izIN_F-wW_kWqvxehfxhaX2jn24s-9VBx2rB1K8jZt5c8DKZhTWd3RbGZAjnZk9hfdjEzqU2tshqBvxR-EqN97ksvQXkRVVDZFGhmJAFRX7QxPQt93_AGvB_GQ5v0ODY5/s2048/111766_(1).JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhGuFVTRNsMlMIvdliGbXwY9WMC2v1u02_M7Bf7-Bva0RX24sdBSii70izIN_F-wW_kWqvxehfxhaX2jn24s-9VBx2rB1K8jZt5c8DKZhTWd3RbGZAjnZk9hfdjEzqU2tshqBvxR-EqN97ksvQXkRVVDZFGhmJAFRX7QxPQt93_AGvB_GQ5v0ODY5/w640-h480/111766_(1).JPEG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">photo by Kris Lee</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">We know that many of our birds stay in the Wrightsville Beach area until November. Each year it appears that they “stage” i.e., wait for others to make it down the Atlantic coast to our area and then leave together in large flocks. The photo above was taken on September 2nd at the north end of Wrightsville Beach and shows hundreds of Black Skimmers gathered by the inlet.</span></span><p></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><br /></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The posting was removed by a group of Wrightsville Beach Stewards on September 6. Almost all of our chicks had successfully learned to fly and had left the colony. They will continue to practice their new skills as they get ready to head south.</span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVtOBUMDo_GCAyyLxbL9WUOU1VHrnV5EZrjwFY_GBVlmj0DK2HOx9IQ9Iz9yi-KmQT8DtNwEBdLsP9je19jwIId1UYDQapWvYk8KlYKoltAUUQtM6biG6Et90Eh1lsDzCTu5oZHaUqZwzP3z0KiHljARuzqqzdfVQM37Bp07sbSQta2l965xJz37L/s4032/IMG_6102.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVtOBUMDo_GCAyyLxbL9WUOU1VHrnV5EZrjwFY_GBVlmj0DK2HOx9IQ9Iz9yi-KmQT8DtNwEBdLsP9je19jwIId1UYDQapWvYk8KlYKoltAUUQtM6biG6Et90Eh1lsDzCTu5oZHaUqZwzP3z0KiHljARuzqqzdfVQM37Bp07sbSQta2l965xJz37L/w400-h300/IMG_6102.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Throughout the summer we were able to band 110 Black Skimmer chicks. Some of our Black Skimmers have already begun the trip South. We recently received a text from a SC Bird Steward, Alice Belanger. Our steward, Jin Bian, met Alice this summer when she was visiting our nesting colony and photographing our birds. </span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alice sent photos (see below) taken on Sunday, 8/28 in Huntington Beach, SC of Black Skimmer fledglings that were banded. She wanted to know if they might be our Black Skimmer fledglings, C23 and C45…AND THEY ARE!!!! The fledglings were photographed with adult Black Skimmers (parents!!) and several Royal Terns. The news made us so happy and reinforced how much information we can receive from the process and effort of banding birds.</span></p><p class="yiv2447135036MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 11.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw74oSfuZwGLoW7_bnB07HcjzHjZQmiAYKBgY08JG-hq_ai_CXu0wNAPivzaWnSL2UroJC9FL8GnxklTeXD9SLYL3yMVi5hw9SKWxUjprsOtHhXGtYDthA3rw5cQXiVX1h71K6QWqqI5DOxuoJefJwDvdvNM1ZKVhW2xt8lZjFU6Xqck06CdaGyFoS/s4574/2W0A1713.heic" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3049" data-original-width="4574" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw74oSfuZwGLoW7_bnB07HcjzHjZQmiAYKBgY08JG-hq_ai_CXu0wNAPivzaWnSL2UroJC9FL8GnxklTeXD9SLYL3yMVi5hw9SKWxUjprsOtHhXGtYDthA3rw5cQXiVX1h71K6QWqqI5DOxuoJefJwDvdvNM1ZKVhW2xt8lZjFU6Xqck06CdaGyFoS/w400-h266/2W0A1713.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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But.....</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b>BLACK SKIMMERS</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">We still have young Skimmers hiding in the heavy vegetation and groups of Black Skimmers continue to roost in the posting. </span><span style="background-color: white;">The bird posting may be quiet, but important bird activity is happening in the area of the south end, Masonboro Inlet, Masonboro Island, the north end of Wrightsville and the local tidal creeks!!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">We have a small group of Black Skimmers caring for chicks in the oceanfront area of the posting close to the point. </span>These photographs and videos were taken in the last two weeks and each has it's own story to share.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkyQRrZlKqrtZMmgw5XSL7hjRgdSRngg00pYg1FcAErMlhR8fASIPt56tL5Kw_OtqBO_AQ6SqnEKiMTMalb5c0ugb6QuG8FyC5-l8nva7f6muVahNO_-IKImhvrwKK5-RroafLBAkxqW_sGJ4xSTaA-cExjluCj2sZ4TG0tIGR43M-m7tIiUKc_1O/s2345/18FCDDE7-66C7-4C73-B874-42CE6EF888C0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2345" data-original-width="2049" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkyQRrZlKqrtZMmgw5XSL7hjRgdSRngg00pYg1FcAErMlhR8fASIPt56tL5Kw_OtqBO_AQ6SqnEKiMTMalb5c0ugb6QuG8FyC5-l8nva7f6muVahNO_-IKImhvrwKK5-RroafLBAkxqW_sGJ4xSTaA-cExjluCj2sZ4TG0tIGR43M-m7tIiUKc_1O/s320/18FCDDE7-66C7-4C73-B874-42CE6EF888C0.jpeg" width="280" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This young skimmer chick was born <br />at the very end of July. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8O9JWmrGJvjFr6SmRy_wnQdXjB37cyZ1Ntwfe9ApD-GavGgE-voUX4xSV2BpgP60ffcIqErmn4KTuqERAKgOhZzSe-CxV3QAFWiFOKXPDNj7tdZBlJ3Fgb4V-EzKYk9sJCxMqJLaTsTSVpIq0Wjt1HS9wBJtPfIrTZuKZkzQVDtBLD93chkxe5ba-/s2795/296BDE9C-486B-4461-9A70-CAB9D6EAB909.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2582" data-original-width="2795" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8O9JWmrGJvjFr6SmRy_wnQdXjB37cyZ1Ntwfe9ApD-GavGgE-voUX4xSV2BpgP60ffcIqErmn4KTuqERAKgOhZzSe-CxV3QAFWiFOKXPDNj7tdZBlJ3Fgb4V-EzKYk9sJCxMqJLaTsTSVpIq0Wjt1HS9wBJtPfIrTZuKZkzQVDtBLD93chkxe5ba-/s320/296BDE9C-486B-4461-9A70-CAB9D6EAB909.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">another young skimmer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_YIizSblRxTOr0HFdR9LJAffT5NneXhmxsijiGlcTAdDhf51XyLEmlAJF6PszM3EzkYz-31A7QYKSfH--GsUrcHWbZQxKHBm-ccB0cH91VeTNzhU2PP-iAs_2FhUYwJlsiAE-GowLqdltDnEet2D9gE_ldXTxSiPr7AmF6stlC2n-6ylG9YddaFc/s2591/749F92F0-AD43-4F42-ADAE-A5AF081EEFB6.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="2564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_YIizSblRxTOr0HFdR9LJAffT5NneXhmxsijiGlcTAdDhf51XyLEmlAJF6PszM3EzkYz-31A7QYKSfH--GsUrcHWbZQxKHBm-ccB0cH91VeTNzhU2PP-iAs_2FhUYwJlsiAE-GowLqdltDnEet2D9gE_ldXTxSiPr7AmF6stlC2n-6ylG9YddaFc/s320/749F92F0-AD43-4F42-ADAE-A5AF081EEFB6.jpeg" width="317" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The adult Skimmers react when a large <br />gull tries to take a fish from a fledgling. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUV8z66wggkHyzhXmhktgB_gQoxE0olzcAAE5bLCjmFUj5Mgr7VTkabiwBG3HH1k1oLa-kHaMjGN5PNARYoDEbKKwtgT_fW2Mu9l67-bVxOQwptzuD_f1PX4W6oDcr-exzXNfLoeQVIeC0RAN8NQDumGihEo6BtLBJJ_TD4ivRLQdRBmmkAKmj10e0/s4608/9781DD2E-A443-4B85-9A56-E203062A5254.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUV8z66wggkHyzhXmhktgB_gQoxE0olzcAAE5bLCjmFUj5Mgr7VTkabiwBG3HH1k1oLa-kHaMjGN5PNARYoDEbKKwtgT_fW2Mu9l67-bVxOQwptzuD_f1PX4W6oDcr-exzXNfLoeQVIeC0RAN8NQDumGihEo6BtLBJJ_TD4ivRLQdRBmmkAKmj10e0/s320/9781DD2E-A443-4B85-9A56-E203062A5254.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parent skimmers are still feeding fledglings who<br />are just learning to fly. </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhHS86xrncziE9370DV9KcGL6eYm8FU2E869UHMk6WB9A50npGWVWLQjGZTjSbWNJ43c-qRbjGhjj1vHzO26x5EtKWPqUwB_aqbJC-iL6iUBhdaqXfLwcm8CvCjVYt4UQQIDjIg8-F153TqGPjL8mlyCJrkFJ0T31m_EFOecZi-HE-18lvYQsbTCw/s4608/C2C836A1-F92B-45E3-AB7D-FADF331CACEF.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhHS86xrncziE9370DV9KcGL6eYm8FU2E869UHMk6WB9A50npGWVWLQjGZTjSbWNJ43c-qRbjGhjj1vHzO26x5EtKWPqUwB_aqbJC-iL6iUBhdaqXfLwcm8CvCjVYt4UQQIDjIg8-F153TqGPjL8mlyCJrkFJ0T31m_EFOecZi-HE-18lvYQsbTCw/s320/C2C836A1-F92B-45E3-AB7D-FADF331CACEF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look for banded fledglings!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qtqOHc5QfsnhTo_1HhzKpoz5bdjxLc29rpTgENNh4VOgXKdQY1Wyi1E4YBzH7jMh6p3sr1xrTBBTewDMWZewF9-froTpiPl06mjMHoabht2t3I780_HpuADbZ25tcBG4TOriCPQzv9pfoHRewPgpETq23E3ss_lm7KO8o6Oe53jhA7S2sJSMF3Kg/s4032/A53019B5-CC11-471D-B010-3F4A5556F68B.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qtqOHc5QfsnhTo_1HhzKpoz5bdjxLc29rpTgENNh4VOgXKdQY1Wyi1E4YBzH7jMh6p3sr1xrTBBTewDMWZewF9-froTpiPl06mjMHoabht2t3I780_HpuADbZ25tcBG4TOriCPQzv9pfoHRewPgpETq23E3ss_lm7KO8o6Oe53jhA7S2sJSMF3Kg/s320/A53019B5-CC11-471D-B010-3F4A5556F68B.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Groups of skimmers on the oceanfront area of the colony close to the point.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Videos are a great way to not only watch but a chance to listen to the activity!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></b></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">LEAST TERNS & COMMON TERNS</span></span></b></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All of the Least Terns AND Common Terns have left the posting, but training of fledglings in fishing and strong flying skills is happening as they prepare for migration. Feeding of fledglings by the parent birds will continue through migration as they improve their own fishing skills.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Least Terns and Common Terns continue to fly over the south end with fledglings and fishing continues in the inlet and along the Wrightsville Beach coast line.</span></span></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfci4XIfKKRgzRNEkmCdwdALKZMFuZ72I2U0vC4ak-7yy-J0vi_FaTqMbNVR4Va6Xro1Jl0a4e3RP6vJc1E0LhSbglbyPcBAQTIlXiw_rFjBScaIKdGo86T8Rfmu8pZ1OX4hofioD0dIg7nLGa42xu-tTEBOUnZcV-7x5P3zvGiYdXZMkeGIeykUu6/s2390/E41653DE-B689-4C93-BE42-99B8D0E3F386.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='545' height='453' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwBM4JBysLRZcJKRYsU_pFBNdc2480QjC_QeSdOow1bYOSH17QM8qqdJj_3S-1U-vrlpdKJVgT6CDl4_W1fFQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;">OYSTERCATCHERS AND OTHER GUESTS</span></b></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;">The Oystercatcher pair returns to the south end generally two hours before and after the High Tide time… and around mid-tide.</span></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="line-height: 14.2667px;">Royal and Sandwich Terns, as well as other migrating species, can also be found in the area.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo1anmEPuyCqb0Y31pHq9NJxCaQ9mQA6rmQkvINSAglPPYuQpxPnlghzm0AVHEgKOagi6t0iVTSYHxyvaBhT3v1gBCqViuaZK-mTSbmQSlTiJboKWY6UlyWg-FrHueJcrVGt518NmHDxBLPVXid1IqMeP5Drx24D8yyOvN_a0H6qzO2PYR-H1zGQq/s4608/C8EDD546-65B2-4E44-AE43-6E643A3A1DD5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCo1anmEPuyCqb0Y31pHq9NJxCaQ9mQA6rmQkvINSAglPPYuQpxPnlghzm0AVHEgKOagi6t0iVTSYHxyvaBhT3v1gBCqViuaZK-mTSbmQSlTiJboKWY6UlyWg-FrHueJcrVGt518NmHDxBLPVXid1IqMeP5Drx24D8yyOvN_a0H6qzO2PYR-H1zGQq/s320/C8EDD546-65B2-4E44-AE43-6E643A3A1DD5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p class="yiv5833353244MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><br /></p></span></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Going back to see some of our earlier posts will give us a chance to check out what</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"> happened with nesting this summer!</span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-68007977841928723732022-08-04T16:05:00.024-07:002022-08-04T16:13:06.595-07:00Going, Going, Going … But Not Yet Gone!<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqq-1f_Ys20MDa4uhaz-rjWH-Jtis2Y-BwvrA2C6aDphvIY7debVojQ5RVu5T6Gxn8ABLk9v-BfPndEkFQKAX7-nOLEppZRvysRDp9i9zpDCGZbDKNWy3LB_4tnyCH5Gq-t7ZDzb3aAM-_MIOI2PT_szyeL6BkWKRKwTTKFHFNgmXxqMdSElZvb2Ga/s2048/297586400_10225298310196933_2316389559440137568_n%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqq-1f_Ys20MDa4uhaz-rjWH-Jtis2Y-BwvrA2C6aDphvIY7debVojQ5RVu5T6Gxn8ABLk9v-BfPndEkFQKAX7-nOLEppZRvysRDp9i9zpDCGZbDKNWy3LB_4tnyCH5Gq-t7ZDzb3aAM-_MIOI2PT_szyeL6BkWKRKwTTKFHFNgmXxqMdSElZvb2Ga/s320/297586400_10225298310196933_2316389559440137568_n%20(1).jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Evan Mauk</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Black Skimmers can still be seen feeding the last of their chicks. But it is becoming apparent they have started leaving...fewer birds every day. Yet the colony still finds ways to entertain us.</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This video was made on Sunday, 7/31. And Thursday, 8/4, only 2-3 dozen Black Skimmers were seen in the colony. In a successful colony the birds will begin their migration once their chicks can fly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='546' height='454' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dziUkjYX8Y7s8KoTahG7ZQTjJa5ireM9mVY-IHnwN5MROpIXC56Woh9JURsSr6vD3jKAXrCibCwBQVkTqYIhQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu73PgjU-LuvusbrMwhubS-MqA09cPge7kGXLxe9X9Xeks92a9yrWAxC1yIbYD0Q-rL0jDzj4gBoW5CgVWWkW8eMBhhVRD-GsPx4M15IOM9rB13pdJ6aNPPL4wbzM6nc7IMh1ypilv7mDSjcLxZ11wjbuqyFnaS6zmpJu66UlUJJFVYHjmTXrDDW8n/s2048/290305070_10225115565788437_6028258786047995213_n.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5z7A8lvjsAfokYogcLglaCnEhMhpYKjEOlooQxzl2QMSGMSAXgd1N-MLrjxaFlF4EyToF4TVavj0Ke1maCVfM5EFKCRVLQ9W9DmgPb6p1_vai4Z1uHT4D9bDNUHvd-jQu19kY87R6H1tE05Jtk2F2UjTJtPO9YNd7GOaZvZTnOO6tfwSrqMOGt4j0/w400-h320/290904633_10225115565588432_2455605428597207917_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Evan Mauk</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Notice the bands on the Black Skimmers in the next two photographs. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RpmU1VyGw4sstRU3b_s33nlQkyN28jMKqGS6d5PwhC_BOmlBbAVBZh1bA94X0QC1Dh_XXpvAqPR8PeEoogG-TlF2mo3cHLkg5rUruoW62fN1ULS1pSF6Y7nXxBV6amPs739J08qczdpgerYiuBTdXa2q0DDrKsVSsIrjlmvvBW2m1uV0OLFTA9l1/s2048/bans.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of our NC Audubon staff and a few Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards got together Monday (8/1) morning to band some more Black Skimmer chicks. Data collected will give us an opportunity to learn more about these magnificent birds and to see if any of them return in years to come. </span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">( all banding photos by Tom Hanna)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1SnBQCrqdeTwhB_urq3ytUtg74EVu7mj4i5iYV8-Vj3CAhgdXWlhfrnjRKgaJ9qxnAKsZduwJjp6z9Z5G5coyZZYnwcE761S8jjennuqTaLHyh9qLv3gEAY0q_0MBzvYo7E3rvPUixNO0pMKF94RpO0uB-28Q4TduqgpwxDGyv4gVR5rG-zY1dtx/s2048/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-6594893014497125352022-07-22T10:06:00.006-07:002022-07-22T10:10:53.626-07:00As the Summer Heats Up the Colony Continues To Grow<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf6xVaZvmfycM3yyrwvWior6njHU9Oza69nB3YslPTikLZQPfCp8YaR6GMHQ3g2La4aaGYnercZM7_3V-57xDfy8Wof-34xIdf0ZHYTrt2d4tpbRel6K61X128rovUSYaoQzv8rbc1qYrXcD9eJ9pQp-DmQeMKcGxRe22GP8mjyuwa_C3RNC0CsdV/s1413/IMG_2357.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1413" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCf6xVaZvmfycM3yyrwvWior6njHU9Oza69nB3YslPTikLZQPfCp8YaR6GMHQ3g2La4aaGYnercZM7_3V-57xDfy8Wof-34xIdf0ZHYTrt2d4tpbRel6K61X128rovUSYaoQzv8rbc1qYrXcD9eJ9pQp-DmQeMKcGxRe22GP8mjyuwa_C3RNC0CsdV/w400-h330/IMG_2357.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">We are so excited to share fantastic news of the banding of</span><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 17.12px;"> <b>65</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Black Skimmer chicks this month! We have banded a total of 83 Black Skimmer chicks this nesting season on the South End. Lindsay Addison, Audubon NC’s Coastal Biologist, invited an experienced group from UNCW, Airlie Gardens and her Coastal Team to capture and band chicks.</span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCVDLE4zUxDcz9eIS1vrymmqtxHTS0N7XGGbAlSkOEc5ETI3IuMDV03YEpiajWaY7OgYI5wjXbyLo9Ij49FfUEvlrJa3hlVCMAAdvdOss086oOC2qUu6RRko684EAkjmEfpVBYzACjUlnUUaSwFZ0YRboPvuTg_-6NyjEp1Dnfo6z2Flcw-Hx5iSH/s868/9DE977F7-22A3-4D43-8423-467B67D2EAAF.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="868" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfCVDLE4zUxDcz9eIS1vrymmqtxHTS0N7XGGbAlSkOEc5ETI3IuMDV03YEpiajWaY7OgYI5wjXbyLo9Ij49FfUEvlrJa3hlVCMAAdvdOss086oOC2qUu6RRko684EAkjmEfpVBYzACjUlnUUaSwFZ0YRboPvuTg_-6NyjEp1Dnfo6z2Flcw-Hx5iSH/w400-h301/9DE977F7-22A3-4D43-8423-467B67D2EAAF.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl4Zb2HmDUg1YpeLn9kscdn0-Id5JNwQiLSz-lfGoqQR3Y6WfHkeyv5hQQRoZHYFmYduseG63cst3pqx2bnAUXwa3Gr3IFr2PuTNS6bFJ-FdinppZiIJajVlyfcxKGd3RrSSt21XYs1E2i95DutKxPSgcvx0Dbl32LIXpD6l6y1WeBbeBTmKICL-G/s943/9874A6E4-D9B4-45E9-908E-1AE36F19DB48.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="943" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl4Zb2HmDUg1YpeLn9kscdn0-Id5JNwQiLSz-lfGoqQR3Y6WfHkeyv5hQQRoZHYFmYduseG63cst3pqx2bnAUXwa3Gr3IFr2PuTNS6bFJ-FdinppZiIJajVlyfcxKGd3RrSSt21XYs1E2i95DutKxPSgcvx0Dbl32LIXpD6l6y1WeBbeBTmKICL-G/w400-h305/9874A6E4-D9B4-45E9-908E-1AE36F19DB48.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The chicks we band are approximately 3 weeks old…old enough that they are growing their feathers and not downy, can tolerate being held by a human and not flying yet. We were so happy to have so many skilled helpers to weigh and measure each chick’s total head measurement including its bill and wing chord. Only experienced individuals may go into the colony with Lindsay (Audubon NC’s Coastal Biologist) to find the chicks as they hide very well in all the vegetation. It was especially important because more nests (with eggs) and newly hatching chicks were seen in the colony.</span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Biologists learn so much from banding and re-sighting of the Black Skimmers. For example, we have confirmed this year that the chicks that hatch on the south end of Wrightsville Beach return to the south end of Wrightsville Beach as adults and nest! Bands give us PROOF!</span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/black-skimmers-show-protecting-one-beach-not-enough" target="_blank">Black Skimmers Show That Protecting One Beach Is Not Enough</a><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UAqll49cVJIHViJoSHuwCi3ejw6shdPT69GK4zNKg7-Ul7FI2MWWAdGiijowHN8PfzpnV5f8ftdI3IrgeiY1wgQocjeHpkMSM1MOuSiJBaxFzjPbAqpTXpNtZqIliWD7e3iyXAhzVEIaNg9TvUfNYA0TsWF3njCn3cNeO-9gqJyl-5xVTctQU8ho/s1597/skimmer-banding-with-evan-2019-by-anna-parot%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="1597" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UAqll49cVJIHViJoSHuwCi3ejw6shdPT69GK4zNKg7-Ul7FI2MWWAdGiijowHN8PfzpnV5f8ftdI3IrgeiY1wgQocjeHpkMSM1MOuSiJBaxFzjPbAqpTXpNtZqIliWD7e3iyXAhzVEIaNg9TvUfNYA0TsWF3njCn3cNeO-9gqJyl-5xVTctQU8ho/w400-h286/skimmer-banding-with-evan-2019-by-anna-parot%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="credit-intro" face=""Source Sans Pro", Verdana, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #76736c; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Photo:</span><span face=""Source Sans Pro", Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #76736c; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> </span><span aria-hidden="true" class="credit-value" face=""Source Sans Pro", Verdana, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #76736c; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Anna Parot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Black Skimmer and Common Tern chicks have been hatching throughout the colony this past week and chicks are running around. We have a nice variety of chicks including older chicks that have developed their flight feathers and are beginning to fly. It is very entertaining to watch Black Skimmer parents “coaching” (encouraging) their chicks to fly using a fish for incentive! Watch the shoreline for both parents flying with their chick who is just taking off.</span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h5PNBr1ZmxI2WG-0RCwCyJ7MhvGDLtfph1CPAfn1INa4x_hX2sHS1aylJc__Ui5s-kjGKnyNN-MQNWNc_vFz0OwYO9E8qtiVrAlxjFwnheavvs08aQlgIchP2wmUkLb3qrKK02HDsTSeRUriWxEXyDyUbzHZwNpxkk3jwwhkVqJsMOx1ywy_EF0x/s1848/709E6831-061F-44A5-8542-971244F9C63A.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1686" data-original-width="1848" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2h5PNBr1ZmxI2WG-0RCwCyJ7MhvGDLtfph1CPAfn1INa4x_hX2sHS1aylJc__Ui5s-kjGKnyNN-MQNWNc_vFz0OwYO9E8qtiVrAlxjFwnheavvs08aQlgIchP2wmUkLb3qrKK02HDsTSeRUriWxEXyDyUbzHZwNpxkk3jwwhkVqJsMOx1ywy_EF0x/w400-h365/709E6831-061F-44A5-8542-971244F9C63A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAW-gbQ0VGgW5qaKW5XKwMCBPQUo2OIeJFiMraMn6c2CZDIjvU_6CJQ3es38_LXWt4SFNZVg9Cw9o-Ly7Wub-83KK7w-UXQ8O4OcsDuzpKuf-4osFZFD4QDFPye9o97GgSJtwbhKFPSQ7QDkhzjpB10V3d1QY2RD02xa5sB2ZX5b8FysVVg0GASeLl/s1602/C4024465-F9B1-4A73-B010-FF4A7D7804A8.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1602" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAW-gbQ0VGgW5qaKW5XKwMCBPQUo2OIeJFiMraMn6c2CZDIjvU_6CJQ3es38_LXWt4SFNZVg9Cw9o-Ly7Wub-83KK7w-UXQ8O4OcsDuzpKuf-4osFZFD4QDFPye9o97GgSJtwbhKFPSQ7QDkhzjpB10V3d1QY2RD02xa5sB2ZX5b8FysVVg0GASeLl/w400-h289/C4024465-F9B1-4A73-B010-FF4A7D7804A8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Parent Black Skimmers are also escorting their chicks to the water and the reaction of the chicks to that first feeling of water is priceless…. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">get your binoculars out and watch them up close. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWNm4QXyBZRQLa3_duqi-_ueRuUPXGbaA5vxl3hpqO5ahstoiB4SGVFpsXxKIXwBy7wUTHvIDwqY9jHBUVX0h3Z4fyFsDk1TnJHlmoZ467P4NPEwWowMab5wLi34dAXRW5b5E58aj2reE1tKNrz5B-zu-WnFcm4RBOcsudJLfENMANn1FPuej7xT1/s2847/6DCDE6B9-A366-4F7D-9256-1C4B6890C26D.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2847" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWNm4QXyBZRQLa3_duqi-_ueRuUPXGbaA5vxl3hpqO5ahstoiB4SGVFpsXxKIXwBy7wUTHvIDwqY9jHBUVX0h3Z4fyFsDk1TnJHlmoZ467P4NPEwWowMab5wLi34dAXRW5b5E58aj2reE1tKNrz5B-zu-WnFcm4RBOcsudJLfENMANn1FPuej7xT1/w640-h278/6DCDE6B9-A366-4F7D-9256-1C4B6890C26D.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watch for parent birds returning to the colony with fish and they will lead you right to their sweet chicks. Feeding chicks is energy intensive for the parent birds. </span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5gvyOqhSJDl3ozZjZ7vJwv0GiGD8quknf1eXtHEJEVslcxoni1wV5OS58qtqPjXOxKSjS4D854yCtTwRTYMGrttqJup8Ug4ghQfcZISQixe2kKoUyoI3PG04EqGeL1LJAs8vQuwg6eLvjS_mFEQJe6YmNFoauhraJAb3H_ghUGv3_7fx2vQAYQWE/s2047/2E9A7F4F-3967-4DE9-BF55-78D858595881.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2047" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM5gvyOqhSJDl3ozZjZ7vJwv0GiGD8quknf1eXtHEJEVslcxoni1wV5OS58qtqPjXOxKSjS4D854yCtTwRTYMGrttqJup8Ug4ghQfcZISQixe2kKoUyoI3PG04EqGeL1LJAs8vQuwg6eLvjS_mFEQJe6YmNFoauhraJAb3H_ghUGv3_7fx2vQAYQWE/s320/2E9A7F4F-3967-4DE9-BF55-78D858595881.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7lnO9MoyZplsmI5aGvyzekmA_f__w8ocpggWFoovcETSRAfKb7ovOyHnIQNIhbCz6OgZiMWnlnQBPsjeQ1OaN6yHFr1Qao1G3KTdhC32Y6amaOysDto5h9-hO_HK0A8DAEmrss04vYbk1KI6jGVC-WUHBcyfFI1Pj-MFWDshJXkC7fhuX99AmTJW/s2048/4B8D4206-6E30-4658-BD9B-16860C24D861.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7lnO9MoyZplsmI5aGvyzekmA_f__w8ocpggWFoovcETSRAfKb7ovOyHnIQNIhbCz6OgZiMWnlnQBPsjeQ1OaN6yHFr1Qao1G3KTdhC32Y6amaOysDto5h9-hO_HK0A8DAEmrss04vYbk1KI6jGVC-WUHBcyfFI1Pj-MFWDshJXkC7fhuX99AmTJW/s320/4B8D4206-6E30-4658-BD9B-16860C24D861.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Cnwa9pf20H9yPhV3eCj6omC1DPiriuaP7DdLffjVXEzQ2q4ysSblQbGqjMkfnCTwAUiAj5S4Bywzsa_9k8F-98kwYE-bYlChDn5Hu9ZpN9R3CHP1c4rr7jOabCvUR8hIoXjJxSrA9xBxw5HSPZWLRMeSRfkZ8kQcORLxfZESu69EBFbTxFTgBQ4k/s2048/982FE82D-42AD-4440-8689-AB0E98F0C5F7.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Cnwa9pf20H9yPhV3eCj6omC1DPiriuaP7DdLffjVXEzQ2q4ysSblQbGqjMkfnCTwAUiAj5S4Bywzsa_9k8F-98kwYE-bYlChDn5Hu9ZpN9R3CHP1c4rr7jOabCvUR8hIoXjJxSrA9xBxw5HSPZWLRMeSRfkZ8kQcORLxfZESu69EBFbTxFTgBQ4k/s320/982FE82D-42AD-4440-8689-AB0E98F0C5F7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AozMhfYjuSNsCA_dV5Wtg4iuC_eCfMVTLgOfx0XdqmOpMVlU2VzC9GJzpUUv87egIarrULQZyO9qUZrSqWS0qkFtrG4L8qfpb7U2PKXLmWyrTwd7ts1ruc6s4ir1-B8TIKGFUfmdzapVYKKMUJaJPoONl5dVMe75IMk-uXNzGby3xv803aEpEvAz/s2048/BC98B955-DA85-4371-B0FF-E0D673F524D0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2AozMhfYjuSNsCA_dV5Wtg4iuC_eCfMVTLgOfx0XdqmOpMVlU2VzC9GJzpUUv87egIarrULQZyO9qUZrSqWS0qkFtrG4L8qfpb7U2PKXLmWyrTwd7ts1ruc6s4ir1-B8TIKGFUfmdzapVYKKMUJaJPoONl5dVMe75IMk-uXNzGby3xv803aEpEvAz/s320/BC98B955-DA85-4371-B0FF-E0D673F524D0.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Common Terns have a unique behavior to spread out their chicks when feeding by making the chicks chase the parent coming in with fish so the biggest chick is not always the one to get the fish. I am so impressed with the Common Tern…they seem to know how to raise 2-3 chicks to fledge!</span></p><p class="yiv8834986269MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8vw4pv3r1uOSxnc42UO90yA7vOt_lcYDOjsC7AGdDpMgRV-tkOaU_x-XvYMk4S41TO2F4WG1s0rH2RxjLXehf906Og__UqLHo4XqeBmk0JTBV_9_IoLHBVLWYsw1sUPWtmLtKHgt6b48TM0LO7LBdFc-Cfu-EDdxIAoM3KT9wNWna6GukidLqi8M/s2747/F90ED036-D737-4E2B-9B9B-9F20D7B1B833.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2747" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8vw4pv3r1uOSxnc42UO90yA7vOt_lcYDOjsC7AGdDpMgRV-tkOaU_x-XvYMk4S41TO2F4WG1s0rH2RxjLXehf906Og__UqLHo4XqeBmk0JTBV_9_IoLHBVLWYsw1sUPWtmLtKHgt6b48TM0LO7LBdFc-Cfu-EDdxIAoM3KT9wNWna6GukidLqi8M/s320/F90ED036-D737-4E2B-9B9B-9F20D7B1B833.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv5773364049MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A few Black Skimmer and Common Tern chicks hatched this past week on the inlet side of the posting. Thank you to all of our beach guests who help reduce disturbance in the colony. This continues to be important because of the added heat stress during these hot summer days.</span></p><p class="yiv5773364049MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is a nice variety of chicks in the colony right now. Older chicks have developed their flight feathers and are beginning to fly and learning to skim.</span></p><p class="yiv5773364049MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv5773364049MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Skimmer Chicks</b></span></p><p class="yiv5773364049MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b>(photos by Kathy Hannah)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yDWTALbGvmFy0jZrb9_NJflLkQjqC9usf4JQZGaFus4NcIp9AVY4OcciuIc1Hqs_B_uSo495iqZ6VNoUt2263IJHmarbkrEuMG6ttxgRMeinPrv-cbwOSZCB0bUzNkgJag0rqy-SHbJzPXuuzkDgwGG36R1rO0nJZ2klKALEv-wHKrVr5gTL2IMu/s2360/35D13BA9-AB8B-4D24-933B-7494EAC7DD07.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='528' height='439' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyVr7OE97NnnU2PyPc0MqOx92vwLXZyEMtdt4-3tDIIUTSxMyoXz5ASdQ7PoR_xmN3KO_ZsyANaAy2E6G3mKw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And the Least Terns, Common Terns, Black Skimmers, and American Oystercatchers seem content to share the beach with the Willets </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AwuvrvqlZ-xz-P2Ao715DpdHmnSFdbVXuSnXT8zymMgINrUFhtP5kb7XQ_qrITtazl3CzRp4LFd3nt9r_1bZlR7HFqMIJw6oklVP3ZT9aORooE8Utrr5KwpsJ_ojiEES0occtPk9ViEVKUdD_eFJdIjOze5nOAxD5SUDbD8ibW_1CpN3Yg9FgDCo/s1432/040FD972-771C-45BC-9367-9EFCAD16DC88.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1432" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2AwuvrvqlZ-xz-P2Ao715DpdHmnSFdbVXuSnXT8zymMgINrUFhtP5kb7XQ_qrITtazl3CzRp4LFd3nt9r_1bZlR7HFqMIJw6oklVP3ZT9aORooE8Utrr5KwpsJ_ojiEES0occtPk9ViEVKUdD_eFJdIjOze5nOAxD5SUDbD8ibW_1CpN3Yg9FgDCo/w400-h400/040FD972-771C-45BC-9367-9EFCAD16DC88.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least Tern chick</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpsEmLJuTUdbwlyatJNe0_rebTdvxBVdHv27hTrcWI-wh5uFZC7Za0y6lrTbfdqHTYrTq6davz41xukQHXf-xGAQUyQArpgrfWdWvx_YS6XypGOJf_vzNBDQqZtt0g2Lse5yezoafuFdGwxd8grQzEy3ZUPmtgo9Kw1IeLeRAk2vFRjEtbl6QRfX3f/s4608/A56D65DB-D9F7-4237-B1F9-13AF3F5B1541.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxMk_-bSSZZE3T_R5uOhRKR4sSjxJH3_rKxvZ4afgNhvehRgZWvsIBZGYhjtXRwDM2R7G6OS8jBbbw-Rade6DZZHOd0VtXuSLM36dn6zcRp8cYPkAAsFNmIa4ZQPmMkMNExRJBhT_WrPgmNvojvxWoEZqzDhnJJVgXWy8IZkdMMV2BEtBidPOUhvA/w400-h225/CEE67777-B687-430B-8029-46B1F1EFCD97.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Oystercatchers</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHeUzbVTL3qxyX1mBd63chy8laVhZnOML7t3-kK1SirmAVmjeGVJ8GXhBcI5dIaRje7IAdzatwA2ahgUdlgdCARXJG6gEapSemEWhIIMynyvExlFwvGaiA5ryNo2E6JIois9fvB8z_HG0CqIt6Bz1AtR_TL6oOQXVstb-mCacrwYavsy4lq6MSdmc/s4608/CF9974B5-B1AB-4F22-9571-F8922B5C58C4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHeUzbVTL3qxyX1mBd63chy8laVhZnOML7t3-kK1SirmAVmjeGVJ8GXhBcI5dIaRje7IAdzatwA2ahgUdlgdCARXJG6gEapSemEWhIIMynyvExlFwvGaiA5ryNo2E6JIois9fvB8z_HG0CqIt6Bz1AtR_TL6oOQXVstb-mCacrwYavsy4lq6MSdmc/w400-h225/CF9974B5-B1AB-4F22-9571-F8922B5C58C4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Skimmers<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;">The entertainment is everywhere you look!</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspSFIDrVNNS_PyMG7vtij7yKM1YM85o5RQz6_rcWleEU-fCyybrnrh3vZ0zdTC2TpA4oejbaXTP4Gv0rWdhAuKWejsXAoUtCN1dfELaJAQM2erf2WPp5ScyUTZxA9fIxHOkPhpEWls2LFGTz6OK4oG9k98VlVj4FYwYg5nbFoDex6AWXXAvfKe09j/s2144/DCE3D9AB-B6CF-4B27-89FA-FE0B74638EFA.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2144" data-original-width="2144" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgspSFIDrVNNS_PyMG7vtij7yKM1YM85o5RQz6_rcWleEU-fCyybrnrh3vZ0zdTC2TpA4oejbaXTP4Gv0rWdhAuKWejsXAoUtCN1dfELaJAQM2erf2WPp5ScyUTZxA9fIxHOkPhpEWls2LFGTz6OK4oG9k98VlVj4FYwYg5nbFoDex6AWXXAvfKe09j/s320/DCE3D9AB-B6CF-4B27-89FA-FE0B74638EFA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Skimmer and a large Marsh Hare share the beach.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuwS6uMXigJ3y-MDNBgazWuFSeMJsOHd2UuppuAt4aS-Jpcr-nOamdtoH4Z6fPlZbe1Z-GVHXIpF3E_06ahGa70JU6ppuvhW1AVlJz5ASHONqowYlgzXhEAfgDYp6CrdozdksfM0A3AKgRJ093f7lDY-3eP2oakFSTAH6qUfaWE_j4LQSjcx2zyY9m/s1704/694BE838-5DD2-468C-9432-ED70F3562D66.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; 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At second glance it seems to be a shell.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba4iSWuIYGZ_zr1oCnZM7hopYRIrUYQOCoYjkE4JbNzLvYz5o0odFH8B7cF__hodXoHzJPPdm68BWwhG8eG9VPZX-rR0cTSmlT6ETeG46N5rRjbh9ierOl6mLz3w3dlD1PmwE4n2xoY8S1cVYb_RGWaYDuLl4xChVszDqvs7hQ7UNa06ayffeoUy2/s2592/5D1D127E-7688-4D43-9A2B-47CD1881FAB5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba4iSWuIYGZ_zr1oCnZM7hopYRIrUYQOCoYjkE4JbNzLvYz5o0odFH8B7cF__hodXoHzJPPdm68BWwhG8eG9VPZX-rR0cTSmlT6ETeG46N5rRjbh9ierOl6mLz3w3dlD1PmwE4n2xoY8S1cVYb_RGWaYDuLl4xChVszDqvs7hQ7UNa06ayffeoUy2/s320/5D1D127E-7688-4D43-9A2B-47CD1881FAB5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='444' height='369' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwVuYAo3wKljBpJpqepMwmWdaaG5NBCqy37Ip-oagZOP23N7T55Qp-8uPhS7lfqmLcREI68-0nsC_ytTbW6mg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(All photos and videos in today's blog post from Kathy Hannah.)</div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRKaTHJqgzoMOtyZK7ZRycdJwNrt028XQHVMy51GKeFt-NiU1g3wlQXXPO8hkVXD0Q-WZatfibp2Vukvt2J-2a0Cw2ujUEaq2VfI2jYl2uZUtUVn_SSQzGArHwtouwzcOXWkHCZG-4izL7w6jk6hnLMkFXT8YktymFtewujeoCu7XZtlvAnUtzSBS/s960/34DE11FA-18F6-43F4-85EA-8F4DD28956EC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="960" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRKaTHJqgzoMOtyZK7ZRycdJwNrt028XQHVMy51GKeFt-NiU1g3wlQXXPO8hkVXD0Q-WZatfibp2Vukvt2J-2a0Cw2ujUEaq2VfI2jYl2uZUtUVn_SSQzGArHwtouwzcOXWkHCZG-4izL7w6jk6hnLMkFXT8YktymFtewujeoCu7XZtlvAnUtzSBS/w640-h456/34DE11FA-18F6-43F4-85EA-8F4DD28956EC.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-57461754773902746042022-06-30T10:50:00.001-07:002022-06-30T10:50:38.988-07:00Chicks Are Busy Feasting and Fledglings Are Testing Their Wings<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6PeUHmRvPQmJ6yjKRFr0frBsDqqP_svunWELzV56DfeX-NJGvXxMM09Ly5cQqBHgXTTmaxaWyBY3AS1YpseX3Vpu9UEuMNRiv1ydvJIF3BSVbhsloFR8dG9GRyriuB5Jq15ZVA_3KzjLcucsqV1uTeqwP5uzPiF0Wh1Xd7aaLNGW2WfKd4Q_Y1HR/s1036/IMG_1648.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="1036" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6PeUHmRvPQmJ6yjKRFr0frBsDqqP_svunWELzV56DfeX-NJGvXxMM09Ly5cQqBHgXTTmaxaWyBY3AS1YpseX3Vpu9UEuMNRiv1ydvJIF3BSVbhsloFR8dG9GRyriuB5Jq15ZVA_3KzjLcucsqV1uTeqwP5uzPiF0Wh1Xd7aaLNGW2WfKd4Q_Y1HR/w640-h234/IMG_1648.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: 14.6667px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span><p></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">The Black Skimmers and Common Terns are still incubating eggs and chicks are hatching throughout the colony. Many of the fledglings are starting to test their newly developed wings and are learning to fly. It is a full time job for the parents to keep their chicks fed and to protect them from the heat and predators. Sometimes it's difficult to believe the chicks can swallow the large fish their parents bring to them.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">Several of our beach visitors and Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards have captured these moments in some amazing photographs. </span></h4><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZuvekeU-1GLICbDK3UdJVRuDoxYW8qtfD_6_fyyADvfmDulVby-Ld0u7OkzFiZRlNkSwIb3aRiJUfdFtVgfoDHG6bxW5zdwk9SVuPNwtl6Oo8RyJ-0OEp32uoj7STolExnM-9IAeQyGRTfOJvC061bX8LjANu2uD2zO6vjXRLP7NbUsE3pyHeJRI/s1936/IMG_1676.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrZuvekeU-1GLICbDK3UdJVRuDoxYW8qtfD_6_fyyADvfmDulVby-Ld0u7OkzFiZRlNkSwIb3aRiJUfdFtVgfoDHG6bxW5zdwk9SVuPNwtl6Oo8RyJ-0OEp32uoj7STolExnM-9IAeQyGRTfOJvC061bX8LjANu2uD2zO6vjXRLP7NbUsE3pyHeJRI/w400-h400/IMG_1676.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos by Martin West<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jpa-zNlCNSXk3_c0vNv_xNy_62-hDlPjvqF15K-mPNeXezf-t6tvo_iTZMzBRaVDnbdzGpcD5ZfxLlZl351zG_oVz0utyBAijLKz689ZKnqhk225jMex9xWl1ur0baEMrnQWwwWzb46iY5GPpf_2OddJltaebU90vlNZ6ZYCHIIsm7nnC5y3C3kf/s1936/IMG_1677.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7jpa-zNlCNSXk3_c0vNv_xNy_62-hDlPjvqF15K-mPNeXezf-t6tvo_iTZMzBRaVDnbdzGpcD5ZfxLlZl351zG_oVz0utyBAijLKz689ZKnqhk225jMex9xWl1ur0baEMrnQWwwWzb46iY5GPpf_2OddJltaebU90vlNZ6ZYCHIIsm7nnC5y3C3kf/w400-h400/IMG_1677.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photos by Martin West<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMiG3MwHKx5woUSXc_b4JQZzC--rt74A-1qzjO5UGT_yXsxc8TWtEZBt3uPwmVhPEuYDeZ6fqLUJb-Vi2QSLb9S7ni5E5t285RcI-GGBkCEmMQCFFKsxjIVDDdEiQ2xjJITn_4BABEbtezSLR1LMXUDFN5cpdC5swK0w1XVak1xu5qx_Q9WSkVKIqL/s1936/IMG_1678.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVIkjYgCnhHdSjfZ1WHvtzIuq2-dcbqQG7V7lRhQaZRLo0nrbI6wEZeuyHp3vwKU0KWhICz4b4aL3CP5-cNR1PMZ7TIz4vt1B9U3SlDCrxcEp51YrqMVsZNOc0yGMIDKbo-QfNdal33F2vnDKMJDs5kwVb7aU-uli5fQZL-PymkFzy8mGSxMHxzCJ/s1936/IMG_1680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUVIkjYgCnhHdSjfZ1WHvtzIuq2-dcbqQG7V7lRhQaZRLo0nrbI6wEZeuyHp3vwKU0KWhICz4b4aL3CP5-cNR1PMZ7TIz4vt1B9U3SlDCrxcEp51YrqMVsZNOc0yGMIDKbo-QfNdal33F2vnDKMJDs5kwVb7aU-uli5fQZL-PymkFzy8mGSxMHxzCJ/w400-h400/IMG_1680.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos by Patricia Ihnat</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpbYyhVyfmO_93Fjgf2Uc5A3WduneLeXqol6oijzZiLbQ3-DtI2e4eFuVhLSRaXdSF80y_icSaUrGZ-0FNfM8COxRIpVAf8ekdBDB_A9QzACesHR-L4XicaHiFgRjJVgC3aYMWK6BZRSEyokVi90vEPfod42HbyNo7rJ8ps5VOpzawSUhE2LHiOM9/s1936/IMG_1685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpbYyhVyfmO_93Fjgf2Uc5A3WduneLeXqol6oijzZiLbQ3-DtI2e4eFuVhLSRaXdSF80y_icSaUrGZ-0FNfM8COxRIpVAf8ekdBDB_A9QzACesHR-L4XicaHiFgRjJVgC3aYMWK6BZRSEyokVi90vEPfod42HbyNo7rJ8ps5VOpzawSUhE2LHiOM9/w400-h400/IMG_1685.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos by Camille Daniels</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EB9yZNbHFTIyJovQ9GBNrgDbrPZvIvPSpUVPCHX0OfGoRapQM7VUk-wblSn77w1nsdnKAI7gPPs0bUVmY-xP8rSGGiUsMYDUtwN5iEh8rQ5TeedaTx_oQo3l8TXf6MXSVMGx5pbvFJNBvUgjHCbMqKmICCmpa2_NUr6VyE85ghsRWWQDZ912HjRf/s1936/IMG_1684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EB9yZNbHFTIyJovQ9GBNrgDbrPZvIvPSpUVPCHX0OfGoRapQM7VUk-wblSn77w1nsdnKAI7gPPs0bUVmY-xP8rSGGiUsMYDUtwN5iEh8rQ5TeedaTx_oQo3l8TXf6MXSVMGx5pbvFJNBvUgjHCbMqKmICCmpa2_NUr6VyE85ghsRWWQDZ912HjRf/w400-h400/IMG_1684.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos by Camille Daniels<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: -webkit-center;">REMINDER...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: -webkit-center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: -webkit-center;">Free Bird Walks with Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards</span><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">South end of Wrightsville Beach</span><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><b style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">9 a.m. every Monday this Summer</b><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><b style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Meet at the gazebo at Beach Access 43</b><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Join Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards for a FREE bird walk at Audubon’s sanctuary at the south end of Wrightsville Beach.</span><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Every Monday, free tours begin at 9 a.m. at the wooden gazebo. You’ll get a guided tour from a knowledgeable volunteer and up-close looks at our resident nesting birds, including Least Terns and Black Skimmers. If you come soon, you may catch a glimpse of baby birds learning to fly.</span><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">You’ll also learn how you can help protect these beach-nesting birds by keeping your distance and using the beach with birds in mind.</span><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><br style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;" /><strong style="font-family: "Open Sans", arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 16px; text-align: -webkit-center;">We hope to see you there!</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-size: 14.6667px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-73257522737183674152022-06-10T11:21:00.057-07:002022-06-10T11:37:59.746-07:00The Colony Evolves<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmILTGd7SYKOAlcqX2Q3W0TSDvVp04TrKTeMIs6QTSgAnA8yBUnhdm6jA9Pk3QNdE9vqTOz-XYelQ3QCLAOacJmfYNwXcra9cG2-cKRr7yfzItFdWDx8YcDGrGlCgj5GUwkEAoXscmaGhk_cbF_0w0srop5plMIC_46C7YB5TzpvBMCTlQ_BGo4J6h/s2048/286320577_10228773822158375_3544979613070801267_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmILTGd7SYKOAlcqX2Q3W0TSDvVp04TrKTeMIs6QTSgAnA8yBUnhdm6jA9Pk3QNdE9vqTOz-XYelQ3QCLAOacJmfYNwXcra9cG2-cKRr7yfzItFdWDx8YcDGrGlCgj5GUwkEAoXscmaGhk_cbF_0w0srop5plMIC_46C7YB5TzpvBMCTlQ_BGo4J6h/w400-h266/286320577_10228773822158375_3544979613070801267_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Least Tern fledgling practicing flight<br />photo by Kevin Giannini</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><u>LE</u>AST <u>TE</u>RNS (LETE) </b></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">As the days become hotter, you will see the parent birds continuing to protect their chicks from heat stress by shading them or standing close to the chicks as the chicks seek shade by a nearby plant. Protecting chicks from Ghost Crab and Gull predation also continues.</span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">We are beginning to see LETE “fledglings” and several are attempting and practicing flight. Several LETE are re-nesting and incubating eggs. </span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9hiseVSC09ZMJdVJt7aPJsRgcmO4QUWh2zd8CejaDDb1KDO8s_6xCHhDJj3PwkcNHaAjKmM6qITsouLuUOXbGUregzFc8zK6m9N3Q6x4vc9KSuXdO_21FfigSm8vxphMpVW_Gn5ZuRP44lZwYTbZLLrJo7laDZeI0znI-nDFNfm-CNyNu0aDLSqo/s1378/LTth.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="919" data-original-width="1378" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9hiseVSC09ZMJdVJt7aPJsRgcmO4QUWh2zd8CejaDDb1KDO8s_6xCHhDJj3PwkcNHaAjKmM6qITsouLuUOXbGUregzFc8zK6m9N3Q6x4vc9KSuXdO_21FfigSm8vxphMpVW_Gn5ZuRP44lZwYTbZLLrJo7laDZeI0znI-nDFNfm-CNyNu0aDLSqo/w400-h266/LTth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by </span>Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjghVYRv3luOKAwvzVf9UHakWu2yblEA4HhJxs-C3mRKRYmsnIJM1x3YvEyVZNh0m-wuWUT258eRxCYqQ-40ieeEuENNZf40LZ5VVOtl2z0j2YQRrHS4WJ2MNyC2YSAXJjvw857aaWuKtTeu_bOaR_iiOA7Vx7U-1YiVFQTdL4lJbo46Qq1S4jIrzM/s1390/LT2th.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="1390" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjghVYRv3luOKAwvzVf9UHakWu2yblEA4HhJxs-C3mRKRYmsnIJM1x3YvEyVZNh0m-wuWUT258eRxCYqQ-40ieeEuENNZf40LZ5VVOtl2z0j2YQRrHS4WJ2MNyC2YSAXJjvw857aaWuKtTeu_bOaR_iiOA7Vx7U-1YiVFQTdL4lJbo46Qq1S4jIrzM/w400-h266/LT2th.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by </span>Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbedZWSgEEqBA7KGvbwuFky20MC9QHz9eOQYAKgrMhMLxiazvdh6lcY7Wa9EzaHlhjfjte3z8nbxNZSt_9eKYFzhi_nbrZv3fwi46twxa6yGUgwdesyEBCjvI0wZbMite8QHo5JxbYhlXiwa21SefZavH2y0dVN-ZelbV-jbqQddNn9x_HoQemT3tR/s2048/286989549_10228773821758365_8258742817914171777_n.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbedZWSgEEqBA7KGvbwuFky20MC9QHz9eOQYAKgrMhMLxiazvdh6lcY7Wa9EzaHlhjfjte3z8nbxNZSt_9eKYFzhi_nbrZv3fwi46twxa6yGUgwdesyEBCjvI0wZbMite8QHo5JxbYhlXiwa21SefZavH2y0dVN-ZelbV-jbqQddNn9x_HoQemT3tR/w400-h266/286989549_10228773821758365_8258742817914171777_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Kevin Giannini</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u>CO</u>MMON <u>TE</u>RNS (COTE) </b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Common Tern chicks can be seen throughout the posting and the COTE parents have been actively keeping beachgoers (and bird stewards!) a safe distance away. We have Common Tern nests throughout the posting. Incubation and hatching continues.</span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAcRqkEeUQ3mhy4OUarBeWe28l5lafhhWQAnKy_wLE1BIyHUXjQDx7rkjCXNY7KxX2Y4hvwT161352_hIHsyTGOQNavXWmV_TmAmTR_EoIiwlVlcfMYb86o-ofcWqS_KA22zegE4zAYDDnpSixjCeAS84KxGgD35afIVefudVeE6xxPMZqhXBEeVC/s1848/CT2th.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1848" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyAcRqkEeUQ3mhy4OUarBeWe28l5lafhhWQAnKy_wLE1BIyHUXjQDx7rkjCXNY7KxX2Y4hvwT161352_hIHsyTGOQNavXWmV_TmAmTR_EoIiwlVlcfMYb86o-ofcWqS_KA22zegE4zAYDDnpSixjCeAS84KxGgD35afIVefudVeE6xxPMZqhXBEeVC/w400-h268/CT2th.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by </span>Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"> </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv684V3nx4a4YCw5ZDNw__-qaUEA99Wk8NLsxxblMM3IhvPj5c5xcJOC-rEGMIg6Dx3vlEVxVB9KaxCu-ZsFy_EuiXV_nLXcbui3grBdgoW6tP6C24MTkiaV7u-uZexqG7-167LqB_YAhHc7s5XMjjP6H81RfL5jbKTOZZwsCD64EXGbgAgd0ct_Dg/s2048/T5th.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv684V3nx4a4YCw5ZDNw__-qaUEA99Wk8NLsxxblMM3IhvPj5c5xcJOC-rEGMIg6Dx3vlEVxVB9KaxCu-ZsFy_EuiXV_nLXcbui3grBdgoW6tP6C24MTkiaV7u-uZexqG7-167LqB_YAhHc7s5XMjjP6H81RfL5jbKTOZZwsCD64EXGbgAgd0ct_Dg/w400-h266/T5th.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e32ss2CbcZazZYFZN3zxeedf-JHcLVSvvzie-VpSfwif7at_Piud5YJQptkFtBEw4e-IAZehUR2JajfeAKwUSLzUoM25YL4gDszdRIGyTa_XE_AQKP6Wj_Uqc7L0sqIc7ToxNXIojwMU4TrS_lrzkBXOLX1g77hurA07zvtAgBzkaI7-exgSk9XC/s4608/IMG_2189.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8e32ss2CbcZazZYFZN3zxeedf-JHcLVSvvzie-VpSfwif7at_Piud5YJQptkFtBEw4e-IAZehUR2JajfeAKwUSLzUoM25YL4gDszdRIGyTa_XE_AQKP6Wj_Uqc7L0sqIc7ToxNXIojwMU4TrS_lrzkBXOLX1g77hurA07zvtAgBzkaI7-exgSk9XC/w400-h225/IMG_2189.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Kathy Hannah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dveWz3yxVl5vpkrb3zhGTVhKfUxSC1ACszh63cf7PFBXRZS_AkO5ynY9mc2Akd_DWIATk3-MxamXM3mvGCRBaQHfEWWS-qpz7w8p6JHyAYBxYWQVfhQ44kzbMz3meAWdf7cSekp3fRuwAQ7mEoIuEAjfLWgI5Y64w8I7z3ZLVvbRXnOFTrxXf0IL/s1100/IMG_6578.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1100" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dveWz3yxVl5vpkrb3zhGTVhKfUxSC1ACszh63cf7PFBXRZS_AkO5ynY9mc2Akd_DWIATk3-MxamXM3mvGCRBaQHfEWWS-qpz7w8p6JHyAYBxYWQVfhQ44kzbMz3meAWdf7cSekp3fRuwAQ7mEoIuEAjfLWgI5Y64w8I7z3ZLVvbRXnOFTrxXf0IL/w400-h266/IMG_6578.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Patricia Ihnat</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmQzgZehv03t5aWOLv-4D8CBn9ewL0X7X5znTG4WLqhTwvH1PMRIMh0hojp57Jzf3sv9z2qX0DKspw7d50FImNOihKXFwhCoUOgBTxSd54ntVGUBqXXfAFFzelg_c6KmgmXIe9O2sLhYX1kd1yzbJrWfvItCINyunkvYpCbO4iDzMMUWVmLW6c7yL/s1100/IMG_6577.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1100" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmQzgZehv03t5aWOLv-4D8CBn9ewL0X7X5znTG4WLqhTwvH1PMRIMh0hojp57Jzf3sv9z2qX0DKspw7d50FImNOihKXFwhCoUOgBTxSd54ntVGUBqXXfAFFzelg_c6KmgmXIe9O2sLhYX1kd1yzbJrWfvItCINyunkvYpCbO4iDzMMUWVmLW6c7yL/w400-h266/IMG_6577.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Patricia Ihnat</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; 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line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlECe-4hUCsHzoHU-W3cJ6TPLioCZ9-QYnJFhf6Lyl4asNVHEwRrNR76TIJP1hGAFMPb9R8NJCxuV5Vy6lhnXItei4SKMxWMgpWSObN08Y8C83zkoU_H42BHs4hZQqhiyeRlM26agHoBF0z9bA7UqE8C031i1yuOCQOymuZIqxqws_Nfrc90ycIVy/s1100/IMG_6576.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1100" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlECe-4hUCsHzoHU-W3cJ6TPLioCZ9-QYnJFhf6Lyl4asNVHEwRrNR76TIJP1hGAFMPb9R8NJCxuV5Vy6lhnXItei4SKMxWMgpWSObN08Y8C83zkoU_H42BHs4hZQqhiyeRlM26agHoBF0z9bA7UqE8C031i1yuOCQOymuZIqxqws_Nfrc90ycIVy/w400-h266/IMG_6576.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Patricia Ihnat</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u>BL</u>ACK <u>SK</u>IMMERS (BLSK) </b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">We have 97 Black Skimmer nests with the potential for another 20 nests. Chicks have begun hatching and can be seen oceanfront and on the inlet side on the west side of the posting (towards the Coast Guard Station). A total of 234 Black Skimmers breeding…not counting the non-breeding skimmers who are too young to mate this year.</span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">If you see a Black Skimmer flying in with a fish, follow it with your binoculars right to its nest to feed chicks. Adorable! Courtship, mating, nesting and incubation continues. </span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDak9azUYJeFCbtfi6uGMyG51DaOormtI66ImJqrFLZ3vyKWulE8T9zVRAJ27VqB7-3_Xm3pIfCLJtFMsl8VNOFDcmp6YsHcAbz-RPvsqe8r9z12z9L2ljnvD7o_MpgiL4jjmXz2trFI7df1b4D9eHJSv95VDhKgmaeUJH5_O87ZR7M--bYPRZK-5A/s2048/skimmer%201%20TH.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDak9azUYJeFCbtfi6uGMyG51DaOormtI66ImJqrFLZ3vyKWulE8T9zVRAJ27VqB7-3_Xm3pIfCLJtFMsl8VNOFDcmp6YsHcAbz-RPvsqe8r9z12z9L2ljnvD7o_MpgiL4jjmXz2trFI7df1b4D9eHJSv95VDhKgmaeUJH5_O87ZR7M--bYPRZK-5A/w400-h266/skimmer%201%20TH.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by </span>Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4-SsSCT1dztZCjiEBz0sWzcH-6oMUZ5_gJ34tHjr5qQj7Z-tKPR3aBn46zqsAGU75SQQEpkWiBsPPB07cvX84UsmEZtLU4dUi5Hs-3I2l1lZ6QioF0qOpgSH8ArV3w1iTHBLoY3e4gQHyWmWJmxC7e3eT5K5dbntcm3TLB6sBGKFfTdt2xIhwMKJ/s600/LT%20fledKG.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4-SsSCT1dztZCjiEBz0sWzcH-6oMUZ5_gJ34tHjr5qQj7Z-tKPR3aBn46zqsAGU75SQQEpkWiBsPPB07cvX84UsmEZtLU4dUi5Hs-3I2l1lZ6QioF0qOpgSH8ArV3w1iTHBLoY3e4gQHyWmWJmxC7e3eT5K5dbntcm3TLB6sBGKFfTdt2xIhwMKJ/w400-h300/LT%20fledKG.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Kevin Giannini</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><b><u>AM</u>ERICAN <u>OY</u>STERCATCHERS (AMOY) </b></span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> We are saddened to report that EMY’s chick disappeared sometime Thursday night (6/2). We believe that it could have been the result of a ghost crab.</span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintpJBkeWUukJlXFH883lyv_j5WwvVUNCHzGXUUiZ17zNF31Cl4HVxqobAfAfnvMUslppBSmMhFJUI4m9zClslg1LOGJDnH4_pBFoAT-1V5jxgrd1667VPmtWNMSUYG8-_pDTpQeGeSzPjr1LTzsAAVQtp1G8_XM3y_9G8JBGV_xNnC8_lpQ3ksZhF/s2048/ghostth.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEintpJBkeWUukJlXFH883lyv_j5WwvVUNCHzGXUUiZ17zNF31Cl4HVxqobAfAfnvMUslppBSmMhFJUI4m9zClslg1LOGJDnH4_pBFoAT-1V5jxgrd1667VPmtWNMSUYG8-_pDTpQeGeSzPjr1LTzsAAVQtp1G8_XM3y_9G8JBGV_xNnC8_lpQ3ksZhF/w400-h268/ghostth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><br /></p>These photographs (taken on Thursday afternoon, 6/2) are from the last time we saw the AMOY chick.<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrht6gAq1dkFrUpTbhHV8lIuSyNPbpHREfZ7H903GcrmCsdDj9_thtIS3hydgCbmkrrMNb5VlPC7Rp9DsVy9LlQ4ccAtw4K0OuE6Op1qEuvbA4_dwiyP0QH5e6IToss6IYsWHLVy2QJtQnShdjoVbXDhh35mgcKuyX3gjoCARodGTqfaoF7QEx1HT/s4145/IMG_6572.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2762" data-original-width="4145" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrht6gAq1dkFrUpTbhHV8lIuSyNPbpHREfZ7H903GcrmCsdDj9_thtIS3hydgCbmkrrMNb5VlPC7Rp9DsVy9LlQ4ccAtw4K0OuE6Op1qEuvbA4_dwiyP0QH5e6IToss6IYsWHLVy2QJtQnShdjoVbXDhh35mgcKuyX3gjoCARodGTqfaoF7QEx1HT/w400-h266/IMG_6572.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Renee Tevelow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c_0AA3n7HPZv7ZXopa3FfBf2HaJuBsbv3yCJf7U6uYm7zfCDLk69WVn6kKVBhlzQ39thhmU07ibz7X_E0KgzSIli0-ZENM3HcB3ze6C85cKOvT0KDyQE1yx3RBc48C64D6Ka_gi3bFvk53njs1_0YjMneE2a8BlFFgi9LVTAUYYq7q2lS2Mlq8qI/s2716/IMG_6570.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2716" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c_0AA3n7HPZv7ZXopa3FfBf2HaJuBsbv3yCJf7U6uYm7zfCDLk69WVn6kKVBhlzQ39thhmU07ibz7X_E0KgzSIli0-ZENM3HcB3ze6C85cKOvT0KDyQE1yx3RBc48C64D6Ka_gi3bFvk53njs1_0YjMneE2a8BlFFgi9LVTAUYYq7q2lS2Mlq8qI/w400-h216/IMG_6570.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Renee Tevelow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">You may now see both pairs of Oystercatchers </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(EMY & mate) and </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">(CT4 & CF0) on the south end and in the posting. We remain optimistic that next year may be more successful for them.</span></p><p class="yiv9340442897MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fXkK3IOwFWyPc5zQyI_I4gacY_UOXIf6eMOEfKVWDtrIrXrq5sPOzey1hJLLfYvVSSfq3JpsoB51MjNrfelHFWWtT6KUPCMXXu_LvW7uzCkshMjlDMyHinTorDytbEP62PCM1OOzVbRUt2_VZvESk6tjlppyVjcfi_83dMwrComJRiKVXy-h6fIB/s2048/AMOYth.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fXkK3IOwFWyPc5zQyI_I4gacY_UOXIf6eMOEfKVWDtrIrXrq5sPOzey1hJLLfYvVSSfq3JpsoB51MjNrfelHFWWtT6KUPCMXXu_LvW7uzCkshMjlDMyHinTorDytbEP62PCM1OOzVbRUt2_VZvESk6tjlppyVjcfi_83dMwrComJRiKVXy-h6fIB/w400-h266/AMOYth.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPbPiYGHpvuK0AngOvD_ZFoktJVZ2UeAfuOVnXj9HY8XlABKtpOJeQenvMy0rcE2AOQmSkK_UCFk1nSDcgY93jXjIJ0uGYXnjVKF32TZEnq5p03o6v6ai0qWauF5bNgLGDuato-al3H4fvwDmp0fDAXr3jXtOttRTSyAt5miLNKPXmjIcxHE6CiTB/s2048/AMOY2th.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPbPiYGHpvuK0AngOvD_ZFoktJVZ2UeAfuOVnXj9HY8XlABKtpOJeQenvMy0rcE2AOQmSkK_UCFk1nSDcgY93jXjIJ0uGYXnjVKF32TZEnq5p03o6v6ai0qWauF5bNgLGDuato-al3H4fvwDmp0fDAXr3jXtOttRTSyAt5miLNKPXmjIcxHE6CiTB/w400-h266/AMOY2th.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0Otdj2HnPMTRHvL-rsW-x_P9sZJd2VU3rK9Y-PbDJCn3iKWV1yA4zX8rHnOK0VwJwnJaYRU0iT8c9k7j9WjRQFX95yNooIB2KbLVkib7sV4Cfan6qofC_-XNNs5RGjHf1ny3x0r2wbm9q_mqhg8N3JZUexPEloMnloPoFXUENnIxcCPzkezK-Rt6/s2175/IMG_1454.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2175" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0Otdj2HnPMTRHvL-rsW-x_P9sZJd2VU3rK9Y-PbDJCn3iKWV1yA4zX8rHnOK0VwJwnJaYRU0iT8c9k7j9WjRQFX95yNooIB2KbLVkib7sV4Cfan6qofC_-XNNs5RGjHf1ny3x0r2wbm9q_mqhg8N3JZUexPEloMnloPoFXUENnIxcCPzkezK-Rt6/w400-h245/IMG_1454.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">photo by Martin West</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-33370390980865401442022-06-03T14:13:00.020-07:002022-06-04T11:31:52.388-07:00Our Shorebirds Are Demonstrating Incredible Parenting Skills<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHA2eOSdNU1_Jiwg9V9Fc0TPvtRgW9idMcIw5JLBQ5QmkPf9KNiaDRbx6s1YT3degJT96cx-kYofA2BvH5uzY2aSzz2v7_iCVggD6slsOFvDXVYC61AFQ2Y1gVyIgRfRinOuoplxjIy6qSpirgRDTiESkt73b9XLUm3r1C36CyTQ0O1vNUDlokkAzm/s960/IMG_6523.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="960" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHA2eOSdNU1_Jiwg9V9Fc0TPvtRgW9idMcIw5JLBQ5QmkPf9KNiaDRbx6s1YT3degJT96cx-kYofA2BvH5uzY2aSzz2v7_iCVggD6slsOFvDXVYC61AFQ2Y1gVyIgRfRinOuoplxjIy6qSpirgRDTiESkt73b9XLUm3r1C36CyTQ0O1vNUDlokkAzm/w400-h255/IMG_6523.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Black Skimmer chicks.... note the speckled egg between them!<br />photo by Gretchen Schramm</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>NEST CHECK NUMBERS</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="background-color: white;">Lindsay, our NC Audubon biologist, was able to do a nest check in the early morning of 5/31 and we have some numbers for you. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> A special thanks to our great bird friends, Jill and Kate, who braved going into the colony with the aggressive Common Terns to count nests with Lindsay!</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">LEAST TERNS (LETE) – </b><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">Incubation and hatching continues for the Least Terns and most of the day is spent protecting their chicks from predators. As the days become hotter, you will see the parent birds continuing to protect their chicks from heat stress by shading them or standing close to the chicks as the chicks seek shelter/shade by a nearby plant. </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Lindsay counted 16 LETE chicks and 4 LETE re-nesting and incubating eggs. Some of the LETE chicks have already begun transforming to fledglings and a few have even been seen trying their wings.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODII29L8dPSbzk7mEBlCQrNB0-IXiKUokbbban_PP9pLcrLdrMQOS0DWQxB0bBrEiZQ5ry-xpOsmcBV-LIkkX3d_xJlKxgymPcjYi9r4HZtUt6O5dYMYST_R_XFX8u1VObQJWbSsdtyjattTJlmUv0bYZuD4zx_E74hUeDPLPX3_TIvKkDx1h1Iiz/s782/IMG_1447.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODII29L8dPSbzk7mEBlCQrNB0-IXiKUokbbban_PP9pLcrLdrMQOS0DWQxB0bBrEiZQ5ry-xpOsmcBV-LIkkX3d_xJlKxgymPcjYi9r4HZtUt6O5dYMYST_R_XFX8u1VObQJWbSsdtyjattTJlmUv0bYZuD4zx_E74hUeDPLPX3_TIvKkDx1h1Iiz/w369-h400/IMG_1447.JPG" width="369" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photo by Martin West<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoBOw82vhdWniB0ySW3tNh1-KbhcDpPy6PCUnjiJyQUCSSZmU_HwhCPWUCgMUCjWGa6JbDSFGApQloS4WBype9BhuY7vZwXEU2SvAIylCZrAMY6AQMNgsOTJ-wZtckBskY28CCtxELDAHjMYLHqS2n5YIbQoSYYkrK5jxXKMFEkFcLVlU-W-R-g2c/s642/IMG_1441.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="642" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoBOw82vhdWniB0ySW3tNh1-KbhcDpPy6PCUnjiJyQUCSSZmU_HwhCPWUCgMUCjWGa6JbDSFGApQloS4WBype9BhuY7vZwXEU2SvAIylCZrAMY6AQMNgsOTJ-wZtckBskY28CCtxELDAHjMYLHqS2n5YIbQoSYYkrK5jxXKMFEkFcLVlU-W-R-g2c/w400-h284/IMG_1441.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photo by Martin West</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBJm2iR5aLKOIGmK3Brl2V2C7mBgbKClU7HQmSiz7xRpYcmJ7-Xyov9SKHZYhEVSlZXmtbD5ULc1V368UiNgdDfekhfzufI0UVbRuDuZuPPsHkCEF6qWkAfU5JXzoI3PZGzIiRHzhLqnXxVPT4JeJ9accqGTXjPUpWYSML_eHIpVGJTyz4eaWUW61/s664/IMG_1439.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="664" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBJm2iR5aLKOIGmK3Brl2V2C7mBgbKClU7HQmSiz7xRpYcmJ7-Xyov9SKHZYhEVSlZXmtbD5ULc1V368UiNgdDfekhfzufI0UVbRuDuZuPPsHkCEF6qWkAfU5JXzoI3PZGzIiRHzhLqnXxVPT4JeJ9accqGTXjPUpWYSML_eHIpVGJTyz4eaWUW61/w400-h229/IMG_1439.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Martin West<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR9HLJv_vRMBLxHKSwN3DkVhR_uqgTpzyxz42uA3y4UUAbvtpUMRLCcK1TFa_-ezbokpNQ95gv_SQiPD7-UeB6roQ0dexcTEsqD25RLLTh8v8hylAHnPAAWps3Aa-bDD_5wpQHsXgCiYHgGx9RLMSfTQQcqMRx7B4BVm1iSNcb3KTA5sO6FKpoS94/s1377/IMG_1440.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1377" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilR9HLJv_vRMBLxHKSwN3DkVhR_uqgTpzyxz42uA3y4UUAbvtpUMRLCcK1TFa_-ezbokpNQ95gv_SQiPD7-UeB6roQ0dexcTEsqD25RLLTh8v8hylAHnPAAWps3Aa-bDD_5wpQHsXgCiYHgGx9RLMSfTQQcqMRx7B4BVm1iSNcb3KTA5sO6FKpoS94/w400-h345/IMG_1440.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">COMMON TERNS (COTE) – </b><span style="background-color: white;">Common Tern chicks can be seen on top of the dunes Oceanside and on the inlet side. We have about 10 Common Tern nests throughout the posting.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56usg-gHWpjZmPYH-B8B01DwxjDPWBoojQvlfgW0OW7pCe2WWVUcwsifRMFRPdsVQWQwGWXzGPKLKxoOudBHvD9U_53KJOH1D2HxjHib5xIUkwjXAZGDkS6LOstR5DySNtuDhev1D8sT0dSnOfbgbC1T5ijm_0-qmGS0O1QyMLSAjHg8pCJEULKUo/s2048/IMG_1434.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56usg-gHWpjZmPYH-B8B01DwxjDPWBoojQvlfgW0OW7pCe2WWVUcwsifRMFRPdsVQWQwGWXzGPKLKxoOudBHvD9U_53KJOH1D2HxjHib5xIUkwjXAZGDkS6LOstR5DySNtuDhev1D8sT0dSnOfbgbC1T5ijm_0-qmGS0O1QyMLSAjHg8pCJEULKUo/w400-h300/IMG_1434.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photo by Cordelia Norris<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_-KMjqZwpOorUWUZ_4be8CGvacloNXDlAOwdYJW1Vp_l8u_p0hDOjJNPb5ICiaGwsjmo0X7vR7scNi2-QQLeoRuav9sX571MxHc-q2W7r2ET9rT0SPcm1jJSctXFI9d7vXdIbwyu684f-apY4wYh_dMYtly4sdr6P5f4kWnGbGBq4cAiEJtHYnGR/s2048/IMG_1433.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_-KMjqZwpOorUWUZ_4be8CGvacloNXDlAOwdYJW1Vp_l8u_p0hDOjJNPb5ICiaGwsjmo0X7vR7scNi2-QQLeoRuav9sX571MxHc-q2W7r2ET9rT0SPcm1jJSctXFI9d7vXdIbwyu684f-apY4wYh_dMYtly4sdr6P5f4kWnGbGBq4cAiEJtHYnGR/w400-h300/IMG_1433.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Cordelia Norris</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9of48y5QyxEctsT0O3t_cRhLSU3izsufdEXrghKgF2DqCxE-k040LHepGENUTu4yFYQjlagR4sCA1MVdRzJMwyShEusjipD7xD3noww7cIE2uPtyVgePeve55WSuk5v61BlocLEvQGUv5qm4UCHmGsW_u03EOAy30fDkM8Dy2TYXhgc42krhreR2/s2048/IMG_1432.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9of48y5QyxEctsT0O3t_cRhLSU3izsufdEXrghKgF2DqCxE-k040LHepGENUTu4yFYQjlagR4sCA1MVdRzJMwyShEusjipD7xD3noww7cIE2uPtyVgePeve55WSuk5v61BlocLEvQGUv5qm4UCHmGsW_u03EOAy30fDkM8Dy2TYXhgc42krhreR2/w400-h300/IMG_1432.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Tern triplets on the soundside<br />photo by Cordelia Norris</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">B</b></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">LACK SKIMMERS (BLSK) – </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">Lindsay counted 97 Black Skimmer nests and a few are beginning to hatch. Chicks can also be seen Oceanside just below the Common Tern nest that is on top of the dune. Courtship, mating, nesting and incubation continues. We have another 20 pairs making scrapes.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMXPVFKCjcQrE6D2B5sabf57EncA5EWv-tFjQgo-WC89V8Yk-flQQX3K-7qY62jI_-X_PWRAmeOHh5djISAGwqplJFtk_7BclfwkkTFlWmZu-4C6Z6cTaLYjmQO_7LDyIfGbftD8QbKzM6mhP7_YTrhsNlCbcI1-yAeGtk30KQa0GK3XUkHfQWhbh/s4049/IMG_1436.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2699" data-original-width="4049" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMXPVFKCjcQrE6D2B5sabf57EncA5EWv-tFjQgo-WC89V8Yk-flQQX3K-7qY62jI_-X_PWRAmeOHh5djISAGwqplJFtk_7BclfwkkTFlWmZu-4C6Z6cTaLYjmQO_7LDyIfGbftD8QbKzM6mhP7_YTrhsNlCbcI1-yAeGtk30KQa0GK3XUkHfQWhbh/w400-h266/IMG_1436.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Notice the egg under the parent and the 3 very new chicks nearby.<br />photo by Patricia Ihnat<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-frp2sQKh5HNtXo_oziG2wGCJv-Wbbi6vI0qbDkAgFdGm7NPcIYcV8KMnjWQVEjjN3GZ1EGrjgcH6S0b1hG4MdE5O6qHOcTH_VPZ2mGenqQQHcVv5cR9AiscI2unC5OGvnqoc0DFbev2mMvcGck7zuWNzmIGMOx_s_5F2J2wy0l3H5BwvXG79ZRSP/s1080/IMG_1437.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-frp2sQKh5HNtXo_oziG2wGCJv-Wbbi6vI0qbDkAgFdGm7NPcIYcV8KMnjWQVEjjN3GZ1EGrjgcH6S0b1hG4MdE5O6qHOcTH_VPZ2mGenqQQHcVv5cR9AiscI2unC5OGvnqoc0DFbev2mMvcGck7zuWNzmIGMOx_s_5F2J2wy0l3H5BwvXG79ZRSP/w400-h266/IMG_1437.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Patricia Ihnat<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQ8zr0qyDtEsjdlesbt7RkEa0LKQYEairRQMddCpa2IVVl1eBfCZ5SpVu6povzMNiB3oseEdcqFBT-9IcxyqaO-Lel-MXWVPkLzXu0SszYD4Zc6fjN93-vP1GBb1SJ-u412d01DzechpvHTM15uymbSz0AtyFRZW6FcIrgpiRr7yzoj7pD51Uol1e/s1936/4A0C15B0-D7B5-4368-A0E7-4CAC5ADAB0A7.jpeg" style="clear: left; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZH5Fz6l3uLiuTAE7pEVLb1v4nU4aY6pD7JC6N7ZAnAHHBsIORTcutw-hcBJNdLzcv_Pf4wTjLm_FuZoETy6sbvsbNUe9xEQBeMxldLrT1rTUMTpZV4IW4UCdb5_qxahLKs1DFc1aEoOjXlPnEsWWXSFHI5Z8lNDQ_ybcF6HM0NQNRduoQ84IM_L7j/w400-h400/DE7CEF7B-6739-4CBA-AD8D-874E139C87BA.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos by Kathy Hannah</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrKKNRWOuBBufWzHLusjrriu_BtnYeIVQBo3DbE65BfOdxOTunMXCs-B_zb9jb6WXB0FoC14Lkno_pBfIoZHHi2HN5Rq6ljqSgNpHfOt0uTyln6qp0NuTrPtT02SYGacS8IPPXZWOhNIFIILkVS8Ys65wQBuNLE2xN2h4VFBcwpnJ_1bGDyhCKNFo/s1936/FABBBEBD-0F53-45B4-8B2A-428DCB37BB71.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrKKNRWOuBBufWzHLusjrriu_BtnYeIVQBo3DbE65BfOdxOTunMXCs-B_zb9jb6WXB0FoC14Lkno_pBfIoZHHi2HN5Rq6ljqSgNpHfOt0uTyln6qp0NuTrPtT02SYGacS8IPPXZWOhNIFIILkVS8Ys65wQBuNLE2xN2h4VFBcwpnJ_1bGDyhCKNFo/w400-h400/FABBBEBD-0F53-45B4-8B2A-428DCB37BB71.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photos by Kathy Hannah<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8HVKiCJ36pLfPSMOHGZ8LrR1zfCBhXkyXimCOZf3LF1uG_CubUgRQoCDrdKgu-2pKZOsFbZYJFbkQl579FqECgIoQpEDlPNFo42-VaJtcMFp2MYJFLmd_t45ga4kT4IxIEzqE8wPbkAMElvDfzG6Dbp19W6GBrEF1EgCSiu-YJL9MgYTxJG_ypyP/s960/IMG_6524.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="960" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8HVKiCJ36pLfPSMOHGZ8LrR1zfCBhXkyXimCOZf3LF1uG_CubUgRQoCDrdKgu-2pKZOsFbZYJFbkQl579FqECgIoQpEDlPNFo42-VaJtcMFp2MYJFLmd_t45ga4kT4IxIEzqE8wPbkAMElvDfzG6Dbp19W6GBrEF1EgCSiu-YJL9MgYTxJG_ypyP/w640-h402/IMG_6524.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Gretchen Schramm</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">These next two photographs by Patricia Ihnat demonstrate our Black Skimmers "skimming"!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMRK2xOxQMqSXtLQQD2WhgyOH9hLaOQMK4ne-XSO0vwIAgq6k3DYIq3QinZQ6YcwnkVfgrKjAHBfoINBiCT-_wV6RGJuvTEE6KeCAU4ACabHYv_dBw4_GJKJ4MFHaBSC3yi56T4hvYrG4ZxZD_qozrdK-VPlj6mAPvrmD52Ps5jzpmXIcuzwd05tC/s4630/IMG_1445.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3087" data-original-width="4630" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnMRK2xOxQMqSXtLQQD2WhgyOH9hLaOQMK4ne-XSO0vwIAgq6k3DYIq3QinZQ6YcwnkVfgrKjAHBfoINBiCT-_wV6RGJuvTEE6KeCAU4ACabHYv_dBw4_GJKJ4MFHaBSC3yi56T4hvYrG4ZxZD_qozrdK-VPlj6mAPvrmD52Ps5jzpmXIcuzwd05tC/w400-h266/IMG_1445.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IBFyEj_hOP13UVcw9p-GtHn4r9-wUWZta9nadAZPX8RYe9jQBysbt5sY1xoBVevhFkI6v3UrbB54RB7I7lhp7xhGhSgCxgLKrnZAcdczpdxtlg8510Q7MriFYjKgeZX4NzGrHjWB3cUGGkpO0Im-HcfZefGx32JwMK8FAbf0pkjv_Rsxf05Rft5J/s4924/IMG_1444.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3283" data-original-width="4924" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IBFyEj_hOP13UVcw9p-GtHn4r9-wUWZta9nadAZPX8RYe9jQBysbt5sY1xoBVevhFkI6v3UrbB54RB7I7lhp7xhGhSgCxgLKrnZAcdczpdxtlg8510Q7MriFYjKgeZX4NzGrHjWB3cUGGkpO0Im-HcfZefGx32JwMK8FAbf0pkjv_Rsxf05Rft5J/w400-h266/IMG_1444.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">OYSTERCATCHERS (AMOY) –</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">We have one Oystercatcher chick on the beach by the AMOY pair (one parent is banded EMY) that nested on the inlet side of the posting. The Oystercatcher family made its appearance Saturday (5/21). So adorable…you will just want to watch them all day!</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PTKYNy38LI5KM0qAQADk5ygZ2YzL-wERki8AZBJTzVYkTchjtl9041aEF32ieUsCnFDIZ3v3vJE6SSUkqvjO_g5Gv9Rwod0VSaOvYlj3XdBo9-GK0ha1C7gq7WhyBOLrQ_nM6qxWwxRTV4MuYb4qQPnDYIT-_8bqLNJJDVxRNAxTKTEgODnVyREC/s320/IMG_2139.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Kathy Hannah </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PTKYNy38LI5KM0qAQADk5ygZ2YzL-wERki8AZBJTzVYkTchjtl9041aEF32ieUsCnFDIZ3v3vJE6SSUkqvjO_g5Gv9Rwod0VSaOvYlj3XdBo9-GK0ha1C7gq7WhyBOLrQ_nM6qxWwxRTV4MuYb4qQPnDYIT-_8bqLNJJDVxRNAxTKTEgODnVyREC/s4608/IMG_2139.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="2175" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkjCokz21M4rf2GG3wWwNpNr889BqdnVl4mTkiygniZpVOZZoRY9_S-fTmaioDEzehY7RX7yL_VDJuPkT6dLvUYzFAmydeNON2yP83UqkeYjv8v8V5LQ0iNEPqIpXMBz2UvjmlNEZnaEHbzCFJe-OQqDsFoLb9FtseJpCo7xwBMCzwhHOYJ977vS7/s320/IMG_1454.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkjCokz21M4rf2GG3wWwNpNr889BqdnVl4mTkiygniZpVOZZoRY9_S-fTmaioDEzehY7RX7yL_VDJuPkT6dLvUYzFAmydeNON2yP83UqkeYjv8v8V5LQ0iNEPqIpXMBz2UvjmlNEZnaEHbzCFJe-OQqDsFoLb9FtseJpCo7xwBMCzwhHOYJ977vS7/s2175/IMG_1454.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It appears that the other Oystercatcher pair has lost their chick. CT4 and mate CF0 were seen together on the Oceanside of the nesting colony together without their chick on Sunday evening (5/29).</span></span></p><p class="yiv1620038148MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1620038148MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1620038148MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Parent birds work hard to get their chicks to the water to drink and cool their bodies. We our encourage beach guests to stop and enjoy this unique opportunity to see this behavior.</span></p><p class="yiv1620038148MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">It is very important that all the chicks are able to get to the water to prevent heat stress so PLEASE observe from a safe distance. Our behaviors affect the bird’s behaviors. If we are standing too close, looking at them with binoculars, taking photos, or standing between the birds and the water, the <b>parent birds will not escort their chick to the water</b>. </span></p><p class="yiv1620038148MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">You will also notice wooden shelters have been placed in the colony. We are hopeful that the shelters will protect the various chicks from heat stress and also make it more difficult for predation from gulls.</span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdAQIiNAYRFW2DESA-HcRCR7G1GzTa5KOgla_mF_RIEn1HPSquCOVxmT48CKK_Zduox66ghpJcMDCBvqY0OmmK2rRrxkfqcYe_5C4BGjCrVAorh0evE5Hy0TKloJsv-XcVTKEuWskUHU6Ucb4flKMkfMAVlJwf6pFYTFLOfsqCBblJD9vMWfstHy8/s4608/IMG_2137.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdAQIiNAYRFW2DESA-HcRCR7G1GzTa5KOgla_mF_RIEn1HPSquCOVxmT48CKK_Zduox66ghpJcMDCBvqY0OmmK2rRrxkfqcYe_5C4BGjCrVAorh0evE5Hy0TKloJsv-XcVTKEuWskUHU6Ucb4flKMkfMAVlJwf6pFYTFLOfsqCBblJD9vMWfstHy8/w400-h225/IMG_2137.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photo by proud grandma Kathy Hannah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-20348093980270564232022-05-27T12:01:00.012-07:002022-05-27T12:15:10.773-07:00Lots of Active Chicks Are Ready to Welcome Memorial Day Weekend Visitors<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrP7yjuZ6jER2ujuaBYHLFnlWqnUlosHzbxA8llYOPzuC6fDN18YMF045ayme9NKCvjH5ugqU4XRdVmSGz0S1AIY86vZ8Nbyvr0rCIGpbwVR5QTa9aq9MB6oXh5wXUJ_-NVNQ-Ry0KPDwj_F7Qb_rBDN8Kpu_A9UV-CpiyJ9tNwNEWxHQCY20Vimx/s3692/IMG_1406.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2462" data-original-width="3692" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrP7yjuZ6jER2ujuaBYHLFnlWqnUlosHzbxA8llYOPzuC6fDN18YMF045ayme9NKCvjH5ugqU4XRdVmSGz0S1AIY86vZ8Nbyvr0rCIGpbwVR5QTa9aq9MB6oXh5wXUJ_-NVNQ-Ry0KPDwj_F7Qb_rBDN8Kpu_A9UV-CpiyJ9tNwNEWxHQCY20Vimx/w400-h266/IMG_1406.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">American Oystercatcher Chick<br />photo by Renee Tevelow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dozens of hungry Least Tern chicks are running around the beach.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='467' height='388' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwGvhrkY9iLwf0BgxnX8M-x4VAqKSG_EKPJUSamosWRGdMkuL399vZ7vh-fiWkvpA31rSdqkb1L3Ap03yBZCg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAWMobfv9z5dhQ87UOhAY24MnhrthsQAhMFy7knQm_lkYSECRuDxog0Leyk41-1CV25CojDd8qgyPvk2qVqX9hcIn9vzscpbP5y_BrnxcY68QmV1kALRIDa5afWSLiDYbDJD-o0Fw8asx0hPbP8xxEWKqA5AQ-LjRTJ5ReooooR8OcrXq_cwPhtce/s1936/IMG_1424.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMAWMobfv9z5dhQ87UOhAY24MnhrthsQAhMFy7knQm_lkYSECRuDxog0Leyk41-1CV25CojDd8qgyPvk2qVqX9hcIn9vzscpbP5y_BrnxcY68QmV1kALRIDa5afWSLiDYbDJD-o0Fw8asx0hPbP8xxEWKqA5AQ-LjRTJ5ReooooR8OcrXq_cwPhtce/w640-h640/IMG_1424.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Kathy Hannah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Least Tern parents defend their eggs and chicks from the predatory Ghost Crabs.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS2q09F4T4fDX-6pp00JL_VHlg7oPakA_fiKjnrPwuhVRU3a53tIawiUAhLNtDAzkqZ_zwKu2veK64kf5Dz-NEiezGpjrL3m78YC_L1lkuZo97-wYymzfMZF9m4V-SU-gurciYLRh7iOIpnC2_9gHpHmk4f1DUCz3KocdXe4Kw42e29bOi92Yonp_/s1936/IMG_1422.JPG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS2q09F4T4fDX-6pp00JL_VHlg7oPakA_fiKjnrPwuhVRU3a53tIawiUAhLNtDAzkqZ_zwKu2veK64kf5Dz-NEiezGpjrL3m78YC_L1lkuZo97-wYymzfMZF9m4V-SU-gurciYLRh7iOIpnC2_9gHpHmk4f1DUCz3KocdXe4Kw42e29bOi92Yonp_/w400-h400/IMG_1422.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Martin West<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sN98jNX3wISjRnpGLddWK3JzZ6JZuP5VcTIk1Uv6DW_9APtC9e6J6eJhydZb6tMBLGlsxjnwKLgCyJClVpzHk4n12o0dvFOL6JslPavBK6dDkywAdWWYhwTRO7nyRVPGOJrsiTv-BecAeXgVqKf_2Hf_mT3rBd3lXK0MT6ythlIsIbsa3_RBPgAx/s1936/IMG_1421.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_sN98jNX3wISjRnpGLddWK3JzZ6JZuP5VcTIk1Uv6DW_9APtC9e6J6eJhydZb6tMBLGlsxjnwKLgCyJClVpzHk4n12o0dvFOL6JslPavBK6dDkywAdWWYhwTRO7nyRVPGOJrsiTv-BecAeXgVqKf_2Hf_mT3rBd3lXK0MT6ythlIsIbsa3_RBPgAx/w400-h400/IMG_1421.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Martin West</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Common Tern chicks can also be seen throughout the colony. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsNvWs0niag9Tg5dT5zkZlac75b2h0jvWP1eIh_HC1sqW6QH5Y_ZLjD5-aNOnaaGmJWeYcP4yys_tJBIxTPK-qsZBJt4M9VoLhNTC59BrSyC-H8YWjXGLbY1JiuXcq_6dI17Qh-gcZLVefsWSVebWys83IrwTaZiRP6v0exkOKSBrOA5ooS-58X_K/s2048/CT1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsNvWs0niag9Tg5dT5zkZlac75b2h0jvWP1eIh_HC1sqW6QH5Y_ZLjD5-aNOnaaGmJWeYcP4yys_tJBIxTPK-qsZBJt4M9VoLhNTC59BrSyC-H8YWjXGLbY1JiuXcq_6dI17Qh-gcZLVefsWSVebWys83IrwTaZiRP6v0exkOKSBrOA5ooS-58X_K/s320/CT1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYmUWuLbe1sDTpKR1kQxKChDlP1YTDMO385beJKg_tARfz1-OgCPFxEaFj2ZhFQJhLjnt5LQTuXZpon5Mza1oFUYnBn9b1DSimAZe5ZX9YVLxiTdC2VAEvgrjJJmy0Ut8OZrzqDYB-NhIHTx9XhRBRGT6qoxq2SPvIvLcY2Omk4i1r1RQLOPJ8W3_/s2048/CT2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYmUWuLbe1sDTpKR1kQxKChDlP1YTDMO385beJKg_tARfz1-OgCPFxEaFj2ZhFQJhLjnt5LQTuXZpon5Mza1oFUYnBn9b1DSimAZe5ZX9YVLxiTdC2VAEvgrjJJmy0Ut8OZrzqDYB-NhIHTx9XhRBRGT6qoxq2SPvIvLcY2Omk4i1r1RQLOPJ8W3_/w400-h266/CT2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPhQyJI36eZJGkKffqFh3HFpCoI1zPh154HPg2ftWc7w60atUgfKab7jfhiLlzsE4dgBr6jJb-AbL5MnZtx-ThLpGbldQ-3DJoWURtnDgJP9w0f3MC8zaTIqHxH7oftyq_PVpmkqS2ppQQTdAOyYc0UdJ_JNQyvkF_lCgvYF_CuB8_R12HxzL54cs/s2048/CT3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPhQyJI36eZJGkKffqFh3HFpCoI1zPh154HPg2ftWc7w60atUgfKab7jfhiLlzsE4dgBr6jJb-AbL5MnZtx-ThLpGbldQ-3DJoWURtnDgJP9w0f3MC8zaTIqHxH7oftyq_PVpmkqS2ppQQTdAOyYc0UdJ_JNQyvkF_lCgvYF_CuB8_R12HxzL54cs/w400-h266/CT3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo by Tom Hanna</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHqDuQZGkoITms52VCyUZqUIvZYWc-H7NDOlsjpKOtOcrsXNZEIf-ySSJ5kNJaEiiK-9CiINXLV2OWYFeEba7K9TcNUeHhKOuzhVnS4RO2IMnCDL-8XyJm3j9FHWVQvxkHSFfB5fWr7ozdBKgWbmbAIdkkFQ_iUsAXQYtNTAFw0BZ4zM_4-_1t_N8/s1936/IMG_1422.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHqDuQZGkoITms52VCyUZqUIvZYWc-H7NDOlsjpKOtOcrsXNZEIf-ySSJ5kNJaEiiK-9CiINXLV2OWYFeEba7K9TcNUeHhKOuzhVnS4RO2IMnCDL-8XyJm3j9FHWVQvxkHSFfB5fWr7ozdBKgWbmbAIdkkFQ_iUsAXQYtNTAFw0BZ4zM_4-_1t_N8/w400-h400/IMG_1422.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top: Least Tern with chicks<br />Bottom: Common Tern and chick<br />photos by Camille Daniels</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Black Skimmers are sitting on dozens of nests. New chicks should be hatching soon. Meanwhile one of the more spectacular sights at the beach is watching them all take to the sky.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='447' height='372' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxu1VZtYuPgIwd3VJGs025ebDFuwg8GDZucL54N_T2EhKRo9Mdw6W5i0Cl6zFNECA6EJzqThSM_Zj8GjVpuMw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Two American Oystercatcher families have been seen on the south end of Wrightsville Beach. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On the ocean side look for banded CT4 and CFO.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vujD_gIpFLpXYx8w7BSGPyhL93RfXjSHBPfOMn_NLRzYHntdKt0ueLODji8mwE86RHqd1B76a6pEbhKSHWZIYXIq5y53EOk1AfSQ2VU6wKd_v7-QpB__7lvJiC7z9dg-hBYpKrywLGmeHRbCnGz9Ad3RRSQ6beNC66Z_KByn8ZgbD_EJAhVKdHMS/s1936/IMG_1419.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5vujD_gIpFLpXYx8w7BSGPyhL93RfXjSHBPfOMn_NLRzYHntdKt0ueLODji8mwE86RHqd1B76a6pEbhKSHWZIYXIq5y53EOk1AfSQ2VU6wKd_v7-QpB__7lvJiC7z9dg-hBYpKrywLGmeHRbCnGz9Ad3RRSQ6beNC66Z_KByn8ZgbD_EJAhVKdHMS/w400-h400/IMG_1419.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Renee Tevelow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On the soundside look for EMY and mate with their chick.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VVB7gQkl_klwff0FZJv0AiCg7hHllGoT-QMpl6BkZU_PxPyZOr6zee8hhB9fYbMGM2iU8bn2TT46DW27ZJNMAoi9emLXzehqH4v7wvlC5DQQqXwbrTfJnQPFtHFupNgKJUrZ3WWgUqvQGKKYajHSG9tUmj4dbGrOYPseFDSdZaa276QtgPPKdjyp/s1936/37E4C6FA-3D61-4636-B22C-D392DE0857C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VVB7gQkl_klwff0FZJv0AiCg7hHllGoT-QMpl6BkZU_PxPyZOr6zee8hhB9fYbMGM2iU8bn2TT46DW27ZJNMAoi9emLXzehqH4v7wvlC5DQQqXwbrTfJnQPFtHFupNgKJUrZ3WWgUqvQGKKYajHSG9tUmj4dbGrOYPseFDSdZaa276QtgPPKdjyp/w400-h400/37E4C6FA-3D61-4636-B22C-D392DE0857C1.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Renee Tevelow<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp23umsDgUOEELFRSvo1ludTLd-ZT2FftwiCcd4vd4kKj5bCndBIYj9Yfr0S_5ZLNdJo6VZ3lu7uS5RzEs2ixtlDhq2lTxRra4pkAvSccTox9lY6uc1qJUbbI3o4Mta5YpZc-zkM6EHGQymHgt3TISmxfL3FelSNIMJ2v2DJ_R173vImZupEU2Et7-/s1936/204C9F97-78C8-4741-9762-7606967195E0.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp23umsDgUOEELFRSvo1ludTLd-ZT2FftwiCcd4vd4kKj5bCndBIYj9Yfr0S_5ZLNdJo6VZ3lu7uS5RzEs2ixtlDhq2lTxRra4pkAvSccTox9lY6uc1qJUbbI3o4Mta5YpZc-zkM6EHGQymHgt3TISmxfL3FelSNIMJ2v2DJ_R173vImZupEU2Et7-/w400-h400/204C9F97-78C8-4741-9762-7606967195E0.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Renee Tevelow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Besides the nesting shorebirds other species have made appearances.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk0eF6rk8XTbFeRJUHUtdGBE7YutH07EFXMLKNVUdf-mBLqXtOv1h2OUUxCkGS6CMsKzqTQ0M8DtaYQAtnaB3iJGlNbkRkD9YQtzQsclhGT9aLnm2c7iFsceYeOJIkVC7j51I9VONDIEexrJP_mj7S2CzU1i_HZFqOMHGCCVO19D-gWRnDaVxVHhK/s1936/IMG_1423.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghk0eF6rk8XTbFeRJUHUtdGBE7YutH07EFXMLKNVUdf-mBLqXtOv1h2OUUxCkGS6CMsKzqTQ0M8DtaYQAtnaB3iJGlNbkRkD9YQtzQsclhGT9aLnm2c7iFsceYeOJIkVC7j51I9VONDIEexrJP_mj7S2CzU1i_HZFqOMHGCCVO19D-gWRnDaVxVHhK/w400-h400/IMG_1423.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photos by Kathy Hannah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top Left: Royal and Sandwich Terns</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Top Right: Marsh Hare</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bottom Left: White-tailed Deer tracks</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bottom Right: Great Blue Herons</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-44385429685376408012022-05-14T15:22:00.004-07:002022-05-15T05:22:02.664-07:00Nesting, Incubating, Courtship and HATCHING … All Happening Now!<p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHraB-6tzC5y_R1K0kgp7x79WK5Pjq_8OqGfxUDfV6_kGQgrTra3JiaZaEB58Zc9YjTAiAgOA0f98PdPfJVkfHypeCpgFxCSdrnqRyovYSe0SQe-TEuFfVqeepCENqLp2ZfHQKGODq0TwWZv98bU8jxRT2akfNIC467I_hzLvO_2HcM-cZuiecYSby/s961/IMG_6195.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="961" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHraB-6tzC5y_R1K0kgp7x79WK5Pjq_8OqGfxUDfV6_kGQgrTra3JiaZaEB58Zc9YjTAiAgOA0f98PdPfJVkfHypeCpgFxCSdrnqRyovYSe0SQe-TEuFfVqeepCENqLp2ZfHQKGODq0TwWZv98bU8jxRT2akfNIC467I_hzLvO_2HcM-cZuiecYSby/w400-h266/IMG_6195.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><h2 style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">LEAST TERNS</span></b></h2><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lindsay Addison, our NC Audubon Coastal Biologist was on the beach May 13 and confirmed that about 60 Least Tern nests were lost this week. There were 84 before the nor’easter and only 23 afterwards. Lindsay thinks the storm and possibly the Ruddy Turnstones were the most likely reason. The Ruddy Turnstones should be migrating soon so hopefully they will not remain an issue to both the Least Terns and Black Skimmers. </span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Ruddy Turnstones look for opportunities for the nesting birds to be disturbed and off their nests and then peck the eggs open. We have seen a number of the Ruddy Turnstones walking through the colony and also eating eggs.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPtzb2eaGU80UvYB3qz7LR63OK9x_htFukQBODLtvVa1zqdR4PxnxJIn9L36NcpkJvsFRu_na2ExJ_N3NnlvC88_UOyxoJ1TOdPM8Xm8zJDbbnhGH9O6UCRCPqVafY85abi2Q2_ok5kmraJvh0tasMlm03Sp9b0PTMoOdOKejXWEgHtGR-McgW2mc/s640/IMG_6202.PNG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="640" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPtzb2eaGU80UvYB3qz7LR63OK9x_htFukQBODLtvVa1zqdR4PxnxJIn9L36NcpkJvsFRu_na2ExJ_N3NnlvC88_UOyxoJ1TOdPM8Xm8zJDbbnhGH9O6UCRCPqVafY85abi2Q2_ok5kmraJvh0tasMlm03Sp9b0PTMoOdOKejXWEgHtGR-McgW2mc/w400-h265/IMG_6202.PNG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Joseph Daniels<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTMcxGmSbBQPYo2qQ-rJu6F8VFjS4Kz2dj-rVFos6uW8nSlkdrbf2D_nflBwG4ba55h-gOV-7GKDmwj1i8iW8fWYpUVm5iqHWfqVfD4IolaPqcyCZCHLlRJRwEqW_HtY_EjF65by0kCMlgrQU5nPPsq4zQwOCqLEB2TWMzRYFYKGwe-4tBn-TsotR/s640/IMG_6205.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="640" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTMcxGmSbBQPYo2qQ-rJu6F8VFjS4Kz2dj-rVFos6uW8nSlkdrbf2D_nflBwG4ba55h-gOV-7GKDmwj1i8iW8fWYpUVm5iqHWfqVfD4IolaPqcyCZCHLlRJRwEqW_HtY_EjF65by0kCMlgrQU5nPPsq4zQwOCqLEB2TWMzRYFYKGwe-4tBn-TsotR/w400-h261/IMG_6205.PNG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Joseph Daniels</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_WUIqJKRKQNURziFiWzk4VYXuoiPxpxNV9CbMRLi_EWxHvJvwbFTd28gvRXmyedg3bm6xVdHwswz-YtmpWYm4jGqvnnOQ1dA0NrASChtXa5qjKwAXj5Dfr4GzMKRKhwhxRQZ4BAbARREC5lJEu45Cc_RdcYDOU_BvArdkS5SAAz8EG5Ak2CgXNFI/s640/IMG_6201.PNG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="640" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_WUIqJKRKQNURziFiWzk4VYXuoiPxpxNV9CbMRLi_EWxHvJvwbFTd28gvRXmyedg3bm6xVdHwswz-YtmpWYm4jGqvnnOQ1dA0NrASChtXa5qjKwAXj5Dfr4GzMKRKhwhxRQZ4BAbARREC5lJEu45Cc_RdcYDOU_BvArdkS5SAAz8EG5Ak2CgXNFI/w400-h264/IMG_6201.PNG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Joseph Daniels</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And to prove that rain and some hungry Ruddy Turnstones will not deter the birds here is a photograph that Lindsay took on Friday, May 13 of our first evidence of a Least Tern chick. She estimates this chick to be 2-3 days old.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCMsfcv5AfzyNgIaKaHezXMacaai5Tem1159ymsjt8wMWaf5_q6H96asZI37oHlOFrSTzELvIviA8G3wKQUc6SeY62zlWwFIYJ9ysREcH9cKRH5XX9UAAIfefo7XYaokS1bNui3dvQ-8UV6ZxIjj4BLdogHWzAKUy9nl1BKd6uBi2QRUvupfysiBt/s3231/IMG_1383.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3231" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCMsfcv5AfzyNgIaKaHezXMacaai5Tem1159ymsjt8wMWaf5_q6H96asZI37oHlOFrSTzELvIviA8G3wKQUc6SeY62zlWwFIYJ9ysREcH9cKRH5XX9UAAIfefo7XYaokS1bNui3dvQ-8UV6ZxIjj4BLdogHWzAKUy9nl1BKd6uBi2QRUvupfysiBt/w640-h426/IMG_1383.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Lindsay Addison</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">COMMON TERNS</span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have at least 5 nests, with additional pairs courting, and the Common Terns are being very attentive and continue the couple bonding with feeding behaviors while incubating. The Common Terns are becoming very protective and aggressive to protect their eggs if beachgoers are too close to the posting. The Ruddy Turnstones may also have disturbed some of their nests as evidenced by his Common Tern egg that had clearly been predated... perhaps by a gull.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF_qqID1x7CswSEniD4yXv1IBz8UxJ3QaA4rp5F76N9-q9AfxxswYsI8XO_zSn1aZ8cG-Hn0iZEkrDkFWQBa2M87Vs0_iTrMi2dMRTXxgUBmp2EHPkTddbeNIiVM_LfJmVxQ19nHI5iJzw9383tCEe78P8-jyt9RwBxh-QnQumR349bmHmbY96LIS/s489/IMG_6204.PNG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="489" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnF_qqID1x7CswSEniD4yXv1IBz8UxJ3QaA4rp5F76N9-q9AfxxswYsI8XO_zSn1aZ8cG-Hn0iZEkrDkFWQBa2M87Vs0_iTrMi2dMRTXxgUBmp2EHPkTddbeNIiVM_LfJmVxQ19nHI5iJzw9383tCEe78P8-jyt9RwBxh-QnQumR349bmHmbY96LIS/w400-h351/IMG_6204.PNG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Joseph Daniels<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8RyCqfORMQnwzTL8wy0GZl0I7TZ208d7NS2ySpm6XYMBPskWnBNzNTZQU5g3X07s9zLTmZRsy4TuAHBMepG1YTywOkGpNni4FzsXX7LsNhQtj7xhuIsuAiWpKGv4Hb0rR1iilt7DOP3rmQXmOrBYoqvRmec_CSKI9sIq9WT6S5x6G_VEkbPX91Yu/s961/IMG_6199.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="961" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8RyCqfORMQnwzTL8wy0GZl0I7TZ208d7NS2ySpm6XYMBPskWnBNzNTZQU5g3X07s9zLTmZRsy4TuAHBMepG1YTywOkGpNni4FzsXX7LsNhQtj7xhuIsuAiWpKGv4Hb0rR1iilt7DOP3rmQXmOrBYoqvRmec_CSKI9sIq9WT6S5x6G_VEkbPX91Yu/w400-h266/IMG_6199.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Common Tern aggression often<br /> includes being attacked from above!<br />photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zN8H8M23my1GWDMm8qixys3_aH00ubT9jIgKC5Pb-_9YE8W8qBYy80-rylF8MvXeGgr6PFm15BH9vYxvqvLrTugzqKs0Jb-1QdhbI_voEwtuNgQkBg9GgsWDSugqXlJ8ATwN9w5H1BTwR04X1rp_wPrLERRJZlvaTMNrAi1Owtof3fo_glazNp62/s1280/ruddy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zN8H8M23my1GWDMm8qixys3_aH00ubT9jIgKC5Pb-_9YE8W8qBYy80-rylF8MvXeGgr6PFm15BH9vYxvqvLrTugzqKs0Jb-1QdhbI_voEwtuNgQkBg9GgsWDSugqXlJ8ATwN9w5H1BTwR04X1rp_wPrLERRJZlvaTMNrAi1Owtof3fo_glazNp62/s320/ruddy.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ruddy Turnstone<br /><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruddy_Turnstone/lifehistory#">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruddy_Turnstone/lifehistory#</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">BLACK SKIMMERS</span></b></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Black Skimmers are the last species to start nesting at the colony. Last Saturday (5/7) there were 15-20 that had initiated nests, but they also are the least apt at protecting their nests from the Ruddy Turnstones. Some nests remain and the majority of the pairs are still courting and scraping (making the depressions where they lay their eggs). Look for continued nest initiation throughout May.</span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After three years of our banding program, we are seeing more and more banded skimmers returning to the colony. Use binoculars to scan their lower legs but always remember to stay back from the string and make sure you are not causing the birds to be nervous. Even stepping off a nest briefly could result in a Ruddy Turnstone pecking an egg!<b></b></span></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTsjzqFQ9gjDHYNvcjEkUUp0K_ckMO7VrKyEHtm1d_6xqfM-34xLUe-EpHs-kNDIUeCGkAIt5maa_9aYvZxjdf_p1tyHDB6SZC-nOuZrEJibeL3IGGIDlgPpSR8VUyuF2ujBGHFF8uYkvSbpc75weixrh28gW0bFXtFO79RIF0uPNNqJvZ20QJNDH/s640/IMG_6206.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTsjzqFQ9gjDHYNvcjEkUUp0K_ckMO7VrKyEHtm1d_6xqfM-34xLUe-EpHs-kNDIUeCGkAIt5maa_9aYvZxjdf_p1tyHDB6SZC-nOuZrEJibeL3IGGIDlgPpSR8VUyuF2ujBGHFF8uYkvSbpc75weixrh28gW0bFXtFO79RIF0uPNNqJvZ20QJNDH/w400-h268/IMG_6206.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">photo by Joseph Daniels</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p class="yiv8951986733gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Incubation continues by the oystercatchers and Lindsay confirmed the two nests are still nicely hidden within the dunes as of May 13. We expect the hatching of chicks around Memorial Weekend</span><b>.</b> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Martin West, one of our new WBBS, captured a photo of Royal Terns in courtship display and fish presentation on May 13 and one of the Royal Terns had a white “field readable” band on its right leg. Marlene reported the band to </span><a href="http://reportband.gov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; color: blue; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">reportband.gov</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and learned the Royal Tern was banded as a chick in 2018 in Hampton, Virginia. Very cool!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3LmIeRIxKlfsbbSMGVezmDo4rOj-djcAnIukal5hEzyROI14Q8oXN_Sp6ihKPZjXc3niwSo7ervShwaSEC67sL6FMZXwFowI1Wy_GLXzpM3vGVsFlxG_YDlmgZkC_gsWm1GPUoS1ELTHZVjyFag04wZaHbKHUXplXX_efBcNQst15_6lFoxKESH6/s2481/IMG_1384.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="2481" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3LmIeRIxKlfsbbSMGVezmDo4rOj-djcAnIukal5hEzyROI14Q8oXN_Sp6ihKPZjXc3niwSo7ervShwaSEC67sL6FMZXwFowI1Wy_GLXzpM3vGVsFlxG_YDlmgZkC_gsWm1GPUoS1ELTHZVjyFag04wZaHbKHUXplXX_efBcNQst15_6lFoxKESH6/w400-h216/IMG_1384.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span face="verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-31123083494852391182022-04-30T16:20:00.037-07:002022-05-01T04:57:04.744-07:00More Birds Arriving Every Day<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DXDZWwcWfRIQvCmhsaAj_a2S_maxgxPCXbeIyzZDZ9N0_9PRttLaoG4zQKoeszm67qKrUpZQJEs45xkdFildFf-nwHQF_q4JE4TYHAFzh3DDBxgHzO2HB60Gyf9idkXuHA-qIUJSAA58gW6wQspCbyVZBSFY0XNtuHYQX6I9IeaQqvuyJqdT1xC0/s3655/IMG_6120.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="3655" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DXDZWwcWfRIQvCmhsaAj_a2S_maxgxPCXbeIyzZDZ9N0_9PRttLaoG4zQKoeszm67qKrUpZQJEs45xkdFildFf-nwHQF_q4JE4TYHAFzh3DDBxgHzO2HB60Gyf9idkXuHA-qIUJSAA58gW6wQspCbyVZBSFY0XNtuHYQX6I9IeaQqvuyJqdT1xC0/w400-h270/IMG_6120.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">photo by Martin West</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgZi-8aCkmaZ33QOyTWn9R48WxCmrSYH5JLDiSxV2XDi5ihtK5cA6i65D5tZQIU7qVc2lmh993Jgg0C9Ld15I46qz5Y1pWe56cARdkTyVs5KMrywHaepB5NpmaP39rjlC4PJcEBc1edz4bydTLt1zoClVLcnCWIfBQ-IJvac18tAVRTujtH-59cdj/s5273/2AF4D837-7E4C-4C07-96C6-C0C36786E7BD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="5273" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgZi-8aCkmaZ33QOyTWn9R48WxCmrSYH5JLDiSxV2XDi5ihtK5cA6i65D5tZQIU7qVc2lmh993Jgg0C9Ld15I46qz5Y1pWe56cARdkTyVs5KMrywHaepB5NpmaP39rjlC4PJcEBc1edz4bydTLt1zoClVLcnCWIfBQ-IJvac18tAVRTujtH-59cdj/w640-h214/2AF4D837-7E4C-4C07-96C6-C0C36786E7BD.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Migration is underway and groups of birds have been arriving consistently since April 15. </span></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Our Audubon NC Coastal Biologist Lindsay Addison did a nest check on the south end the morning of 4/28. Lindsay’s nest checks provide us with specific numbers and nesting updates to report.</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS</b> – Both pairs of Oystercatchers now have nests! </span></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Oystercatcher banded EMY and mate who are seen on the inlet side have now nested. EMY is the adult Oystercatcher that had a successful fledging last year. Oystercatcher banded CT4 and mate, newly banded CFO, have been seen on the ocean side. CT4 nested last year but lost the chicks within days</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-UBRbcEDvrC3eTFDcLzG28k4PX8xrsWRjXXJjJNcAdr8zXUOHkdv5csQPbIgpTBGnjnEMN7w0s89C1Nu46xw-vhD10bZrSD01q3L1tVPSPCFgXnA9ZXJD9HKiQQcl6ICRVs61X0Jnt_bPGytkAcBjwPbw6bPHYseCVSvBvN94v6uBkulvngMrM9M/s4608/2A35FF4B-BEC6-4D28-8345-095255BBCD29.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-UBRbcEDvrC3eTFDcLzG28k4PX8xrsWRjXXJjJNcAdr8zXUOHkdv5csQPbIgpTBGnjnEMN7w0s89C1Nu46xw-vhD10bZrSD01q3L1tVPSPCFgXnA9ZXJD9HKiQQcl6ICRVs61X0Jnt_bPGytkAcBjwPbw6bPHYseCVSvBvN94v6uBkulvngMrM9M/w400-h225/2A35FF4B-BEC6-4D28-8345-095255BBCD29.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">banded EMY<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qIWChf4nCmXf6fvSE0NE3jVfmEChpbwjKmdQcne8oe6Kg1_XfjX2MM8QN11EASj3H1Q24407oyGIPbP0u5vaCbsqxlN1mYDlSTjlY-Ce0KznLcpe5btzhJHs_gHJiHDL0xENV6OCLjdtAVfMt6EyPW7XChyzRad76DbMQvQdxJS8LG241jjWnSoV/s1107/922BA8EA-83F3-4E22-A8A9-66786889B496.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1107" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qIWChf4nCmXf6fvSE0NE3jVfmEChpbwjKmdQcne8oe6Kg1_XfjX2MM8QN11EASj3H1Q24407oyGIPbP0u5vaCbsqxlN1mYDlSTjlY-Ce0KznLcpe5btzhJHs_gHJiHDL0xENV6OCLjdtAVfMt6EyPW7XChyzRad76DbMQvQdxJS8LG241jjWnSoV/w400-h376/922BA8EA-83F3-4E22-A8A9-66786889B496.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">newly banded CFO<br />Photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4YFxuh2EIlvaqGXtF4RXerrCXZ6jt5em1r4_JgO4M-QWDny7RN2W7O1ZZn099pi-HTp-h-vhpa1-_BiI-UdT1yXghuuVmDDaFphAWGP0L2SJLpLYqvTO2lzydDOWHMvjFP9fxaox22PGHE4cM416RuwjX2duAJylO6Bnoun6jxhzqAGfx8YIGbS5/s1808/E41633C1-C1BF-4730-BC61-4C196F39115F.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1808" data-original-width="1808" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4YFxuh2EIlvaqGXtF4RXerrCXZ6jt5em1r4_JgO4M-QWDny7RN2W7O1ZZn099pi-HTp-h-vhpa1-_BiI-UdT1yXghuuVmDDaFphAWGP0L2SJLpLYqvTO2lzydDOWHMvjFP9fxaox22PGHE4cM416RuwjX2duAJylO6Bnoun6jxhzqAGfx8YIGbS5/w400-h400/E41633C1-C1BF-4730-BC61-4C196F39115F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">banded CT4</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Remember the birds may practice making scrapes during courtship, but scrapes are only considered “nests” once they have eggs in them.</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>BLACK SKIMMERS</b> – Black Skimmers have been arriving in groups since 4/14. The count was 312 on Saturday 4/23, 357 on 4/24 and 383 on 4/27. </span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Lindsay was able to identify 3 Black Skimmers that were banded as chicks on the south end of Wrightsville Beach in 2019 and returned this year. How cool is that???</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQLqXNdeBQNjlS1_y1LHtORci3BSziNo826QO1mAdEF-Vmsxy2IQiDaNl_p8v2mKhfGSkHV0SqXxJd-mpUp9prDAY3SnHVxOEqtxqmV4mS-xFtcdKSgmaOLuNPeIcXpE9yXxpgy2gx6kCe8N30CpPg54-Bgtvz4exwcyT9TjZ5LzcpnS8yuuOfaHJ/s2063/331F8C70-CA70-4A02-B30A-F506CD17C171.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1285" data-original-width="2063" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwQLqXNdeBQNjlS1_y1LHtORci3BSziNo826QO1mAdEF-Vmsxy2IQiDaNl_p8v2mKhfGSkHV0SqXxJd-mpUp9prDAY3SnHVxOEqtxqmV4mS-xFtcdKSgmaOLuNPeIcXpE9yXxpgy2gx6kCe8N30CpPg54-Bgtvz4exwcyT9TjZ5LzcpnS8yuuOfaHJ/w400-h249/331F8C70-CA70-4A02-B30A-F506CD17C171.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the fish in the mouth of the mating skimmer.<br />Photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfGYGcwUykzgHn42SEWt4jDl3fwuyIjMCo17rgTKslgJfTrQqALUQfGUL8FuKgeNaQY2jXkAfoXb2nsCr8N452-8A_kCjl1wrm8A_Ywe2Kw5GEMTOYMc7rt9tLe9W0f3Cd2JGEJmp2K30kGPdX4vCSyG6ny0HzaMyruIW7_tAEV74Bu8DI4D9G09f/s2011/9982F527-186A-4508-8482-92F6FF57D5B5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2011" data-original-width="1944" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfGYGcwUykzgHn42SEWt4jDl3fwuyIjMCo17rgTKslgJfTrQqALUQfGUL8FuKgeNaQY2jXkAfoXb2nsCr8N452-8A_kCjl1wrm8A_Ywe2Kw5GEMTOYMc7rt9tLe9W0f3Cd2JGEJmp2K30kGPdX4vCSyG6ny0HzaMyruIW7_tAEV74Bu8DI4D9G09f/w386-h400/9982F527-186A-4508-8482-92F6FF57D5B5.jpeg" width="386" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo by Martin West</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>COMMON TERNS</b> – Seven pairs of Common Terns were on the beach on 4/28. Courtship and mating continue.</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWSG9gWywZCddTdFObtMLANg1mOjZqWDCD3mXTba5Ti_ui7rgdX8wZNWwlafAvg-oQTsXAv-Dhd8aNBit1o6WzOyzIz_AI6Fmy4wICAl6uLbLh3OgF-dRGHCrCLRtsg9sTeWS133UnaH-3beUPJWpK9MC8ns2sG_LPcWv0yV-VX3OuZfQJW4gbJfN/s4608/00F13D6C-D1CB-4328-96E7-F9AA66F4199D.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWSG9gWywZCddTdFObtMLANg1mOjZqWDCD3mXTba5Ti_ui7rgdX8wZNWwlafAvg-oQTsXAv-Dhd8aNBit1o6WzOyzIz_AI6Fmy4wICAl6uLbLh3OgF-dRGHCrCLRtsg9sTeWS133UnaH-3beUPJWpK9MC8ns2sG_LPcWv0yV-VX3OuZfQJW4gbJfN/w400-h225/00F13D6C-D1CB-4328-96E7-F9AA66F4199D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; 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It appears that several Least Terns are nesting on the ocean side.</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Courtship activities including fish presentations, scraping, and mating continue!</span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IeQrxyr65tn6invrqv6Bz6-QZITzuQH8LMbo8alAhqWbKy-R-ymLJm1V6TPQ3hqvVSCUs_ndHT8a9sHvoEN3qT5t7eZesSLBKe8uBapghSkyXzrwn1_gii9jDwf8JA2J_Mozy_lyMbm8nUxAfzXs2B1T1_VcpRRecmH0GXgrsDmgjwyXPRNHSp0K/s2538/93AE2B10-704D-4B5B-83F9-0BFB63160A75.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1818" data-original-width="2538" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IeQrxyr65tn6invrqv6Bz6-QZITzuQH8LMbo8alAhqWbKy-R-ymLJm1V6TPQ3hqvVSCUs_ndHT8a9sHvoEN3qT5t7eZesSLBKe8uBapghSkyXzrwn1_gii9jDwf8JA2J_Mozy_lyMbm8nUxAfzXs2B1T1_VcpRRecmH0GXgrsDmgjwyXPRNHSp0K/w400-h286/93AE2B10-704D-4B5B-83F9-0BFB63160A75.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>BIRD WALKS START NEXT MONDAY </b></span></p><p class="yiv1848639633MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Free bird walks to the south end nesting area will be available for the public every Monday at 9 AM beginning, this Monday, May 2 until mid-August. Join us! Invite your friends & family!! We will meet at the gazebo at Beach Access 43.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-84465994757203337672022-04-14T09:05:00.087-07:002022-04-14T10:00:34.510-07:00Birds are starting to arrive at the south end of Wrightsville Beach!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oKA-aGwoBKOOfQyW19nNveTfeyTv1HF0uuB01l8gTpEYbiqt8bYCtbAiergUrHx1VQ_bXPENZZRpEZdqigutFodEFiB_zFHoILgm_DB-9n7aBsw1e4AjOOgAzQ_K6fOF5R88G7YS2UsQiz8zQRuAdKSk5_84YXIN2YiAHON0dpW9NyIun_YG-Q1z/s4608/IMG_1865.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oKA-aGwoBKOOfQyW19nNveTfeyTv1HF0uuB01l8gTpEYbiqt8bYCtbAiergUrHx1VQ_bXPENZZRpEZdqigutFodEFiB_zFHoILgm_DB-9n7aBsw1e4AjOOgAzQ_K6fOF5R88G7YS2UsQiz8zQRuAdKSk5_84YXIN2YiAHON0dpW9NyIun_YG-Q1z/w640-h360/IMG_1865.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As the sun was rising early this morning (4/14/2022) the birds could be seen and heard as we walked onto the beach.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze7jXKiQBrx6I0UqQXW2-Kc2uqoe7F4GKPdu_hDdVQo5_xnGmy5NDnsojbrz3ZD-dxxNOoPUoVzYxWOV9jM8Um2Zz-7rSIlIrpM0PYoSR7pgfYviFbumYkE0fbLh8TE3MYH2_w4xvjH80hF-x8zuRVZgyhZAk7numctAMCMiXQmlMiWNDQtG0rSn3/s1936/IMG_5997.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjze7jXKiQBrx6I0UqQXW2-Kc2uqoe7F4GKPdu_hDdVQo5_xnGmy5NDnsojbrz3ZD-dxxNOoPUoVzYxWOV9jM8Um2Zz-7rSIlIrpM0PYoSR7pgfYviFbumYkE0fbLh8TE3MYH2_w4xvjH80hF-x8zuRVZgyhZAk7numctAMCMiXQmlMiWNDQtG0rSn3/w640-h640/IMG_5997.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We were greeted by Black Skimmers, Least Terns, Common Terns, two pairs of American Oystercatchers and Willets. It is a great time to head to the beach and watch as our birds arrive and begin their courting behavior. Then they will make a scrape (which becomes a nest as soon as eggs are laid). We look forward to seeing adorable new chicks running around the beach in a few weeks.</span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Black Skimmers</span></b></h2><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16.6134px;">To the birder, mention of “Black Skimmer” brings to mind a bird in elegant repose or effortless flight. Watching them at a nesting colony, from a respectful distance, will uncover additional behaviors. Resting skimmers often put their entire bodies, including head and bill, on the sand, probably to keep cool and to give their neck muscles a break from supporting their large bills. When napping in a flock, skimmers tend to remain standing, and the birds on the outer edges of the flock tuck their bills into the wing on the outer side, keeping an eye out for danger. During the nesting season, skimmers are quite active and are surprisingly agile when walking. Their various displays, like those of terns, can be entertaining to watch. Newly formed pairs sometimes fly in tandem, fluttering up together and flying around the nesting area. They also parade through the area together with necks outstretched and bills held up. Males are protective of their small territories (around the nest) and guard females against interlopers, often using warning displays such as tossing the head upward, standing upright, or facing downward with the tail cocked upward. Sometimes, skimmers open the bill, exposing a reddish gape. Some of these warnings are accompanied by soft, barking calls. Courting males usually present a fish to the mate; copulation is accompanied by a wing-flagging display on the part of the male.</span></p><p><span face=""helvetica neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a;"><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Skimmer/lifehistory"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Skimmer/lifehistory</span></a><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpz7WWUhA6vWC7GjgEaFMDCD0qbBe9GmEjmW43_2p_vEeYBqsw79-N_8xQ3Fa0cCjRhSyasaKX96hF5tgrq1NFMI2TS2uvH7hXVDTXfxhJW68g_bH1El3Be_7xas3zhM6sY_YkSTF0LUt-tKoa-FN8wWu67fXAn4UBpp9IOntUqumN2I1U1YX8bk8L/s1936/IMG_6005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpz7WWUhA6vWC7GjgEaFMDCD0qbBe9GmEjmW43_2p_vEeYBqsw79-N_8xQ3Fa0cCjRhSyasaKX96hF5tgrq1NFMI2TS2uvH7hXVDTXfxhJW68g_bH1El3Be_7xas3zhM6sY_YkSTF0LUt-tKoa-FN8wWu67fXAn4UBpp9IOntUqumN2I1U1YX8bk8L/w640-h640/IMG_6005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6Cld5mVs3Dxdcn84Vchmm4th0lvaZ7KygE8zn-binC-hQJTYogm2_4Tx8IUClZwWdYMJqvvzYKHCkbzsGJ7WTpKjimFE_5yhs5vrztcw5521ieKHoI8ftrgG1WgNXOSq2FkxgRekix1HMaqbVvbmKy8gB3T02fYhMkE3CXdFoWTBeR3sn3ZZXyVk/s1936/IMG_6003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf6Cld5mVs3Dxdcn84Vchmm4th0lvaZ7KygE8zn-binC-hQJTYogm2_4Tx8IUClZwWdYMJqvvzYKHCkbzsGJ7WTpKjimFE_5yhs5vrztcw5521ieKHoI8ftrgG1WgNXOSq2FkxgRekix1HMaqbVvbmKy8gB3T02fYhMkE3CXdFoWTBeR3sn3ZZXyVk/w640-h640/IMG_6003.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dczToDke8kkn4k-mCOckwQAU4Zk6jPfHY2mVSaKFJIRXsyAkN4sCFhAVFhhF4BkonMo1pqCkDWAwipwtUKmJkG7wJr8_WqYakpIDedc481AU6VXbOlhA1h_SmJrhYeAT278u_-09PxQfKbH2NdvS-54aP6HM0Qojy3aGneMqkQ8xdzYTV1MdmsX2/s593/TH1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="593" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9dczToDke8kkn4k-mCOckwQAU4Zk6jPfHY2mVSaKFJIRXsyAkN4sCFhAVFhhF4BkonMo1pqCkDWAwipwtUKmJkG7wJr8_WqYakpIDedc481AU6VXbOlhA1h_SmJrhYeAT278u_-09PxQfKbH2NdvS-54aP6HM0Qojy3aGneMqkQ8xdzYTV1MdmsX2/w640-h426/TH1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">photo by Tom Hanna</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Least Terns</span></h2><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.04em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Least Terns nest in colonies. Pairs are monogamous and often stay together over multiple nesting seasons. Pairs form or renew their bonds in spring on the nesting grounds or on “courting grounds” that can sometimes be quite far from the colony site.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.04em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Males defend preferred display sites, often on logs or some other elevated perch, and females likewise choose a favored location to await courtship. Males bring a small fish back to a group of terns, calling, and several terns then follow him in the air, gliding and then landing with stiff wings. The male then presents the fish to the female, who usually consumes it. This courtship feeding continues well into the nesting period and during incubation. Pairs also perform courtship displays while on the ground, raising and lowering bills and bodies, much like larger tern species.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 1.04em;">Females select the nest site, and both sexes defend it, or at least a small space around it (perhaps 3–10 feet), by launching attack flights against intruders or predators and calling loudly, sometimes defecating. Both parents tend the chicks, taking turns foraging and tending them at the nest site. After chicks fledge, Least Terns gather into flocks for foraging and migration. Their flight is strong and direct, on stiff, jerky, rapid wingbeats. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Tern/lifehistory#behavior"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Tern/lifehistory#behavior</span></a></p></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhasMkeaCW9bxN9cN87PFLNXtA9eC_NRlRg3vrvpO7tK4Er4j_eXA_ERCQ8zHf-J9LY8N7AQ3-dFbNWYKzPRbrcDpnAzG907ulMTQ8YgXddZNFNaU7lkzFAUW63SYpM1PTI_46n4Ro4cKuksunA7UTyWIBX3ycil0f6-CQT90LealqheUGm_eTA0v/s1936/IMG_6004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhasMkeaCW9bxN9cN87PFLNXtA9eC_NRlRg3vrvpO7tK4Er4j_eXA_ERCQ8zHf-J9LY8N7AQ3-dFbNWYKzPRbrcDpnAzG907ulMTQ8YgXddZNFNaU7lkzFAUW63SYpM1PTI_46n4Ro4cKuksunA7UTyWIBX3ycil0f6-CQT90LealqheUGm_eTA0v/w640-h640/IMG_6004.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Common Terns</span></h2><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.04em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Like other terns, Common Terns are buoyant and graceful fliers, flying with rowing wingbeats. They forage over open waters singly, in small groups, or in large flocks with hundreds of terns. They also join feeding groups of Arctic Terns, Roseate Terns, and Laughing Gulls. Common Terns are gregarious and breed in colonies. They court each other in the air and on the ground. In flight the male crouches while the female passes over him until they descend to the ground in a zigzag glide. Courting continues on the ground with the male tipping his head down and holding his wings down and out from the body while walking around the female, who points her head upward. The male starts offering food to the female, eventually feeding her almost exclusively as the pair bond is cemented. Pairs are socially monogamous, but some may seek additional copulations outside the pair, a behavior known as extra-pair copulation. Although they are social terns they aggressively defend their territories. Intruding birds are first met with a "bent posture"; adults tip their heads down and hold their wings down and out. Intruders that continue to approach are met with a more aggressive posture with the bill pointed upward and wings held down and out. When posturing fails, adults attack any intruder be it a chick or another adult, often wrestling and fencing with their bills. If humans enter the breeding colony they often dive towards them, peck their heads, and defecate on them.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Tern/lifehistory"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Tern/lifehistory</span></a></p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTJ4aRQ3842SsbFZkLLxUwpCnMxp7j-pyL0WvrCWhOKZ5f1PJvXcc7B_cfnoTP9XAyshch5d_LX5o_OCYIMizJH7I_JgoK0tGakWPN4cXYKuR-osWmIJIV2Ta6tsnykbiNhmlnXqYIcBN9mvW1ObQ-TgkN2tWfT6TZ4-MC7dGSwcZ0W8nhVLYoWdY/s1936/IMG_6002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTJ4aRQ3842SsbFZkLLxUwpCnMxp7j-pyL0WvrCWhOKZ5f1PJvXcc7B_cfnoTP9XAyshch5d_LX5o_OCYIMizJH7I_JgoK0tGakWPN4cXYKuR-osWmIJIV2Ta6tsnykbiNhmlnXqYIcBN9mvW1ObQ-TgkN2tWfT6TZ4-MC7dGSwcZ0W8nhVLYoWdY/w640-h640/IMG_6002.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">American Oystercatchers</span></h2><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial; font-size: 16.6134px;">American Oystercatchers are monogamous and sometimes maintain a pair bond for many consecutive years. Their courtship in early spring is boisterous, with courting birds pacing quickly over the sand in unison, giving a piping call that increases in tempo, and pivoting in arcing patterns around the beach, sometimes taking to flight in pairs. A courting pair often attracts neighboring pairs to begin this display, and sometimes as many as three pairs come together in what scientists call the Piping Ceremony. Copulation often follows this display. The size of a pair’s territory probably depends on local conditions and ranges in size from about 1.7 to 5.3 acres. They sometimes establish territories within a colony of terns, Black Skimmers, or Brown Pelicans. Pairs stay very near one another for the breeding season. Male and female take turns incubating the eggs, and both defend eggs and young, driving away intruders (including other oystercatchers) with calls, chases, and aggressive flight. Young birds can dive and swim underwater to escape predators. After the nesting season the adults and young disperse, often to different locations, for the winter, and younger birds often spend one or more years away from their natal area before returning.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Oystercatcher/lifehistory"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Oystercatcher/lifehistory</span></a><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9B1Avau7VzPksJOstNYfiqwjEzhxjclNF0hVNY49WdriaE_19SXbA_eLQ2qb6TE75mE2lkL3ULY0d2tkxGCAlcjMBqjENTevQCw3StN9bPZMRAueaQ76Z4YOJ0M_CWMdWmE1GGYg2gmOkDxcwoCj7ma5vipq53eMWn8MW6OX0DSLpRRRz3jgjb4w4/s1936/IMG_5999.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9B1Avau7VzPksJOstNYfiqwjEzhxjclNF0hVNY49WdriaE_19SXbA_eLQ2qb6TE75mE2lkL3ULY0d2tkxGCAlcjMBqjENTevQCw3StN9bPZMRAueaQ76Z4YOJ0M_CWMdWmE1GGYg2gmOkDxcwoCj7ma5vipq53eMWn8MW6OX0DSLpRRRz3jgjb4w4/w640-h640/IMG_5999.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Willets</span></h2></div></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.04em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Willets nest in cordgrass, saltgrass, and beachgrass near saltmarshes and on sand dunes, and on bare ground or in short vegetation sheltered by barrier dunes. A pair searches for nest sites together, typically with the male leading the female through the habitat and making trial scrapes for the female to evaluate.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.04em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The male Willet initiates nest building by scraping out a small depression with his feet and breast in the grass, on beach sand, or on bare ground. If nesting in grass, the female then pulls in surrounding vegetation to hide the nest site, lining the grass nest cup with finer grasses and pebbles. If built on bare ground, the birds bring grass from a distance to line the scrape. The finished nest is just over 6 inches across and 2 inches deep.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 1.04em; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Willet/lifehistory" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Willet/lifehistory</span></a></p></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_mte67FV507CY16kqCllK1D5BApetujJWCl-M0kb_Ernh45IqOG1XB4l3UhTNn9pNZmyVqIOJXzQsbvp2DgblrXsfIxBs7QHp3dns4afcUfpUZX4-aEwpuyGEpo8WdRhF2yHef9dKYZaVO4xsj-yD-zw7pHzeelwA4q0jwrlMFLRlKjqB-oyhXon/s1936/IMG_5998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_mte67FV507CY16kqCllK1D5BApetujJWCl-M0kb_Ernh45IqOG1XB4l3UhTNn9pNZmyVqIOJXzQsbvp2DgblrXsfIxBs7QHp3dns4afcUfpUZX4-aEwpuyGEpo8WdRhF2yHef9dKYZaVO4xsj-yD-zw7pHzeelwA4q0jwrlMFLRlKjqB-oyhXon/w640-h640/IMG_5998.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 16.6134px;">As courtship continues we will keep our blog updated and let you know when our pairs are sitting on eggs!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 16.6134px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 16.6134px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our weekly Monday morning FREE bird walks will begin May 2. They begin at 9 a.m. and leave from the gazebo near Access 43 at Jack Parker Boulevard. </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 16.6134px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiyitQbm1KHH6IX65tTe2YFnrfSwoWsCFyy5i5_rHK-5wnKMWx-0f-SEUVNZyQxfGGrGm0fh-q6qQNGUcAg9O_9SMoEpeaM79spqpKGu4IMivaedJrGDSy4pvC0xp8Ysp-b0PPVy-Ob8cFhRQCwGoR3AXP1usy8RGnbIMQel-2BM2MfnN8k_94EY7/s1600/IMG_6008.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1131" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiyitQbm1KHH6IX65tTe2YFnrfSwoWsCFyy5i5_rHK-5wnKMWx-0f-SEUVNZyQxfGGrGm0fh-q6qQNGUcAg9O_9SMoEpeaM79spqpKGu4IMivaedJrGDSy4pvC0xp8Ysp-b0PPVy-Ob8cFhRQCwGoR3AXP1usy8RGnbIMQel-2BM2MfnN8k_94EY7/w283-h400/IMG_6008.JPG" width="283" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1DaHBJLw0izOWkaeseN61WdYCkV9j-0fthML-g0aVeYLHFl3UzZUpoXwc34OM58n_4Km1MEj-GShG27goOxDsz-_mJgvmjWy8fv_bDv4s11iMGdzr4kw7ndLMuXsEM0W47S5fVuW7WZ9LCU-QzXmDrYN95QJFmsUyide0XjyJFRiAbq38O8pjZ5r/s3434/IMG_5990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3434" data-original-width="1938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1DaHBJLw0izOWkaeseN61WdYCkV9j-0fthML-g0aVeYLHFl3UzZUpoXwc34OM58n_4Km1MEj-GShG27goOxDsz-_mJgvmjWy8fv_bDv4s11iMGdzr4kw7ndLMuXsEM0W47S5fVuW7WZ9LCU-QzXmDrYN95QJFmsUyide0XjyJFRiAbq38O8pjZ5r/w226-h400/IMG_5990.JPG" width="226" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span face=""helvetica neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 16.6134px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-14209170944302442832022-04-01T09:10:00.008-07:002022-04-01T09:11:43.830-07:00Wrightsville Beach Bird Stewards Welcome the 2022 Nesting Season<p>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!</p><p>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. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje05qunynr6ealsleuA4SCbKHMnqFtD_QGXZP9oN5RZ5kEC9xGNy--W3UsbpX_tAt1Swy51133tfNFOG0I8fs7zxT4rUWw9myynIHPev7rDQRTUWajFuVuKf7SIMCHqaEqEupU6w4zpHcQTp_8owaMIvxSIINASB3Pla8xWtL75lr3hI9FaIiTP0tj/s2016/CF41BB00-70EF-4314-A588-A406ED401398.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje05qunynr6ealsleuA4SCbKHMnqFtD_QGXZP9oN5RZ5kEC9xGNy--W3UsbpX_tAt1Swy51133tfNFOG0I8fs7zxT4rUWw9myynIHPev7rDQRTUWajFuVuKf7SIMCHqaEqEupU6w4zpHcQTp_8owaMIvxSIINASB3Pla8xWtL75lr3hI9FaIiTP0tj/w400-h300/CF41BB00-70EF-4314-A588-A406ED401398.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8p9ajz-iBoEuD0S6brR4ZrvNk9WwiKOLC0oIRZ_Ln9B8pyXFBldEe0yY7i-JfBpSY3FZrF09OgFMVEclU7DBBKaOSOoa5nuY3Trt7qHohSi3cIOCfImuqyMaUdK1YtVpNuFmj_if1sMQCWny9crYbxTpJgXz_Rkp5-q5-GVIE-nbAwyP6gjXFDpy/s4608/10D07E55-DE7C-46A5-8DBD-8AD4E9CA3B61.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8p9ajz-iBoEuD0S6brR4ZrvNk9WwiKOLC0oIRZ_Ln9B8pyXFBldEe0yY7i-JfBpSY3FZrF09OgFMVEclU7DBBKaOSOoa5nuY3Trt7qHohSi3cIOCfImuqyMaUdK1YtVpNuFmj_if1sMQCWny9crYbxTpJgXz_Rkp5-q5-GVIE-nbAwyP6gjXFDpy/w400-h225/10D07E55-DE7C-46A5-8DBD-8AD4E9CA3B61.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A lot of wrack (<i>organic material that is cast up onto the beach by surf, tides, and wind) <br /></i>needed to be raked out of the nesting area to provide the sandy beach preferred by our<br />nesting birds such as Least Terns and Black Skimmers.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We will keep our blog updated as the birds arrive.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513472094328273580.post-86636630463767751142021-10-14T19:12:00.002-07:002021-10-14T19:12:08.229-07:00Least Terns Persevered<p><a href="https://nc.audubon.org/news/coastal-nesting-recap-terns-persevere-and-bird-populations-hold-strong?fbclid=IwAR1Aw2Avi-KDoSjaoLeDDqPLtB1w8WAqng51BRoS6xuotR01oIi9sndMu6k" target="_blank">Recap of the Perseverance of the Least Terns</a> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0