Colonial Bird Nesting
July 18, 2022 @ 9:00AM — 12:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
: 12817 Harbor Road Ocean City, MD 21842 Get Directions
Tour the recent colonial bird nesting habitat creation project by boat!
Tour the recent habitat creation project by boat and learn about the partnership between Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Maryland DNR, Maryland Coastal Bays Program and USFWS. The nesting rafts project in the Coastal Bays provide a safe nesting site for Common Terns, a species which have undergone serious declines due to sea level rise. This was the first seabird nesting raft ever attempted in the Mid-Atlantic. Despite a slow start, a total of 20 nesting pairs by mid-summer has given hope to the team.
The July 18th event is the fifth installment of the Delmarva Bird Conservation Series. The full series will highlight restoration efforts being implemented across Maryland’s Eastern Shore and will include discussions of restoration practices and trainings in bird conservation, in an effort to increase awareness of the challenges to bird populations and of the actions being implemented to counter them.