Thursday, August 4, 2022

Going, Going, Going … But Not Yet Gone!

photo by Evan Mauk

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.

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.



photo by Evan Mauk


photo by Evan Mauk

photo by Evan Mauk

Notice the bands on the Black Skimmers in the next two photographs.  

photo by Evan Mauk


photo by Evan Mauk


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.

( all banding photos by Tom Hanna)














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