Center kids learn about shorebirds
CINDY LANE | SUN
Anna Maria Island Community Center kids went
birdwatching last week with Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and
Shorebird Monitoring volunteers.
BRADENTON BEACH – Last Tuesday’s Turtle Talk took a turn for the birds.
Anna Maria Island Community Center kids watched nesting shorebirds through a high-powered scope with Glenn Wiseman, of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring.
The two groups are partnering to offer summer activities for area youth.
Last week’s event focused up close on shorebirds nesting in Bradenton Beach, including black skimmers and least terns.
Participants learned that both species are imperiled and that the stakes around the nesting area are designed to keep beachgoers away from the birds so they can nest undisturbed. Nests and eggs often blend into the sand and would be unknowingly trampled otherwise.
Beginning next month and continuing through August, Tuesday Turtle Talks will move to the Annie Silver Community Center on 23rd Street, one block off Gulf Drive in Bradenton Beach from 10 to 11 a.m.
To register your child or for more information, contact the Center at 941-778-1908.
