Posts Tagged ‘shorebirds’
Ways to Share the Shore this Fourth of July
Independence Day is approaching. However, it is important that celebrations do not cause damage to coastal birds. “Loud noise and lights on the beachside from fireworks can cause nesting birds…
Read MoreRare Bird Sighting: Long-Billed Curlew
While performing monthly breeding bird surveys, SCCF’s shorebird team was lucky enough to re-sight a long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) — a rare sighting in Southwest Florida. “Florida records are sporadic…
Read MoreHelping Least Tern Chicks Stay Cool
To help protect state-threatened least tern chicks from the South Florida heat, SCCF shorebird biologists are deploying “chick shelters” within the nesting least tern colony along the Sanibel Causeway. Least…
Read MoreLeast Tern Volunteers Needed for Memorial Day Weekend
SCCF is seeking outreach volunteers to help protect nesting least terns (Sternula antillarum) on the Causeway during the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, as well as on subsequent weekends through July. Please view…
Read MoreProtecting Least Terns on the Sanibel Causeway
As the Sanibel Causeway Islands prepare to open to the public for the first time since Hurricane Ian, SCCF is busy posting off areas for nesting least terns, a state-threatened…
Read MoreShorebird Team Monitoring 2 Snowy Plover Nests
The SCCF shorebird team is monitoring Sanibel’s first two snowy plover (Anarhynchus nivosus) nests of the year. “One belongs to a familiar face, a male known as White/Blue who was…
Read MoreInaugural Nest Fest Supports Sea Turtles & Shorebirds
Sea turtle and shorebird lovers came out to support SCCF’s Coastal Wildlife staff and volunteers on April 14 for our first-ever Nest Fest — a celebration of sea turtle and…
Read MoreLook Out for Killdeer Nests
You may know Sanibel’s beaches are home to nesting snowy plovers (Anarhynchus nivosus) and Wilson’s plovers (Anarhynchus wilsonia), but did you know there’s a third plover species that can be…
Read MoreHerring Gull from Maine Spotted on Sanibel
The SCCF shorebird team recently encountered a young banded herring gull (Larus smithsonianus) from Great Duck Island, Maine (over 1,400 miles away). The gull, which bore an orange leg band…
Read More12.1K Birds Spotted During Christmas Bird Count
SCCF volunteers and staff recorded 12,104 individual birds from 100 different species on Sanibel and Captiva last month as part of our islands’ contribution to the National Audubon Society’s 125th Christmas…
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