. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. fisheries problems. For further infor- mation about the Kitty Hawk meeting, contact: Executive Director; 1 Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, 29407; (803) 571- A Wake County farm- er may rub his eyes and take a second look when he sees a snowy egret standing at the edge of his farm pond. But what he's seeing is true. It seems young herons and egrets, like the young in a lot of species, have wanderlust just after leaving the nest, says James Parnell, a biologist at the University of North
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. fisheries problems. For further infor- mation about the Kitty Hawk meeting, contact: Executive Director; 1 Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, 29407; (803) 571- A Wake County farm- er may rub his eyes and take a second look when he sees a snowy egret standing at the edge of his farm pond. But what he's seeing is true. It seems young herons and egrets, like the young in a lot of species, have wanderlust just after leaving the nest, says James Parnell, a biologist at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The maturing herons and egrets leave their estuarine environ- ment to visit the farm ponds of pied- mont and eastern North Carolina before flying south to Florida and the Gulf for the winter. The young of other colonial water- birds like terns and gulls are also on the wing now along the coast. Once the young of any colonial waterbird species are able to fly, the colony, which is formed for nesting, disbands. To learn more about the colonial waterbirds you may like a copy of the Atlas of colonial waterbirds of North Carolina estuaries, by James F. Parnell and Robert F. Soots, Jr. Published by UNC Sea Grant, the 268- page atlas provides information about the history, biology and management of colonial waterbirds in this state, along with a more specific account and picture of each species found here. To purchase a copy of this atlas, write UNC Sea Grant, P. O. Box 5001, Raleigh, 27650-5001. Ask for publication number UNC-SG-78-10. The cost is $7. During 1980, UNC /fc«4uksb^ Sea Grant began plan- W\'ff Mm\ mng and funding its ma- ^B§r jor research projects on a \ \: w-'J I two-year cycle. An im- \ \fy^/ portant part of that cy- ^ULS cie is a site visit made by a panel that reviews and critiques Sea Grant's proposed programs. Sea Grant was host to a site visit last fall, and will have another in the fall of 1982. But occasionally, research needs aris
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