Portion of Keewaydin closed to nesting terns
Beverly Anderson, a research botanist with Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, prepares to mark a part of a section of Keewaydin Island that will be out of bounds for the summer breeding season of three bird species. The designated area will not affect boaters who like to visit the popular island.
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Beverly Anderson, right, a research biologist at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Tina Gwaltney, left, research coordinator at Rookery Bay, map out a path to place markers as they closed a small portion of the beach on the south-end of Keewaydin Island for nesting season of least terns, a migratory bird. The area will be closed starting on May 1st and last until mid-August. In 2007, 79 nests were located on the island, producing 28 chicks.
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Part of the south end of Keewaydin Island will be off limits during the breeding season of the Wilson's plover, the snowy plover and the least tern.
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Beverly Wilson keeps a long-distance bead on a snowy plover she saw looking around for a nesting site. The birds scoop small "scrapes" in the sand in which to lay their eggs.
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The annual initiative on Keewaydin Island is all about this little fella, a Wilson's plover, plus snowy plovers and particularly least terns, which are endangered species.
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