. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. iC Sea Grant (36,9 / n 'â lift May, 1984 Mi ft MAY 3 1 1984" A coast Swatch Photo by J. Foster Scott. A pinpoint landing makes two laughing gulls on a piling The birds Plume hunters plundered their colonies during the late 1800s. Then people began crowding them out of their natural nesting habitatsâthe swamps and beaches. A few years ago, the pesticide, DDT, took its toll on some species. But so far, they've survived. Generally, they're referred to as colonial waterbirds. But specifically, they're egr
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. iC Sea Grant (36,9 / n 'â lift May, 1984 Mi ft MAY 3 1 1984" A coast Swatch Photo by J. Foster Scott. A pinpoint landing makes two laughing gulls on a piling The birds Plume hunters plundered their colonies during the late 1800s. Then people began crowding them out of their natural nesting habitatsâthe swamps and beaches. A few years ago, the pesticide, DDT, took its toll on some species. But so far, they've survived. Generally, they're referred to as colonial waterbirds. But specifically, they're egrets, ibises, herons, gulls, skimmers, terns and pelicans. They nest in coloniesâhence the name colonialâalong North Carolina beaches and estuarine islands during spring and summer. Colonial waterbirds have been sub- divided into colonial seabirds (pelicans, gulls, terns and skimmers) and colonial wading birds (herons, egrets and ibises). The seabirds that nest in North Carolina are migratory and for the most part, lay their eggs in simple nests on the ground. Wading birds tend to nest in dense thickets of shrubs and low trees. Some wading birds overwinter in the state. For over a decade, North Carolina's colonial waterbirds have been under the scrutiny of James Parnell, an or- nithologist at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a UNC Sea Grant researcher. Parnell has ex- amined the birds' nesting habits and habitats, and counted their popula- tions. Ask Parnell why colonial waterbirds need to be studied and protected, and he will gruffly answer, "On good days, I tell people that colonial waterbirds Continued on next page. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original UNC Sea Grant College Program. [Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program]
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