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East Island

            East Island is in Nassau County area where I used to photograph frequently in 2010.  

As the years passed, I noticed the North Shore is not what it used to be -- flourishing with shorebirds and wading birds.  They are minimally observed.  Considering that this is the summer season, I expected to see an overflow of Snowy Egrets, Cormorants, Great White Herons, Great Blue Herons, Least Terns, Piping Plovers, Sanderlings.

This is not the case -- I returned home dismayed.

Even the Gulls are scarce. 

I ran into an Audubon Conservationist last week at the Ocean and during our conversation, she stated "Now every shorebird is a threatened species as well as the known endangered."

I understand why she said it and I suspect it will get worse unless there's an epiphany what we are doing to our beaches, bays and dwindling habitats.

Have you noticed this in your areas as well? (Or is it just me?)

Taken on: July 13, 2016

Tags:

Gulls

Birds

East Island

Nassau County

Lisa Franceski

Dwindling habitats

Conservation « less

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