North Beach Island continues to play host to many potential parents. As couples shop for real estate (scraping here, there and everywhere) we (the monitors) put up stakes and string in hopes of persuading beach goers to walk around these time sensitive areas. Yellow signs seem to sprout up like the grass, identifying the areas as "future home of Mr and Mrs Plover".
As monitors, we almost hope that the signs, string and stakes will signal the birds "if you nest here you'll be save" like the popular Boston Apartment ad campaign which told Storrow Drive traffic victims, "If you lived here, you'd be home" .
Only time will tell if all the pounding and sign posting will pay off. The quest for the discovery of the first egg begins. Even the American Oystercatchers are getting in on the game; scraping out nests and leaving us wondering where that first clutch will occur.
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About Me
- North Beach Birds
- This is my second season as the Seasonal Plover Monitor for the Town of Chatham. Located on Cape Cod, North Beach Island attracts many Endangered, Threatened, or of Special Concern birds. The position involves working with the Chatham Police Department: Beach Patrol, monitoring the nesting activity on the island, interacting with beachgoers, and writing required state and federal reports.