– Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
Shorebird nesting season on Anna Maria Island ends this month with only two least tern chicks surviving out of 30 – cats preyed on the rest, according to photographer Kathy Doddridge, a volunteer with Audubon Florida and Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring. The two chicks, banded for identification and tracking by Florida Audubon, were a product of the first least tern colony on the Island since May 2016. Least terns, a threatened species in Florida, laid 64 nests this year on AMI.
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
- Kathy Doddridge | Submitted
