Fort De Soto Park & Indian Shores: We are passing along this urgent appeal from Audubon Bird Steward Dylan Kahn.
This is Dylan Kahn, and I am the anchor steward for both the sanctuary area atFort De Soto and for theIndian Shores black skimmer colony. I am writing you all today because I really need your help out there on the beaches. We are getting into our very busy summer season now, and we have chicks and eggs that need protecting at both locations. I’ve been out at both Fort De Soto and Indian Shores working very hard, and I have a great group of committed volunteers also working hard to protect the birds. But the beaches are getting more and more crowded with each passing weekend (and therefore a higher rate of intrusions/disturbances), and we are starting to see more eggs and more chicks.
Please, I need your help in protecting these birds. We really need more coverage at both spots, and we need determined and diligent volunteers to get the job done. Volunteer stewardship makes all the difference in terms of ensuring that these birds have a successful nesting season. Without our help, almost all of these colonial and solitary nesting sites will fail.
If you have any interest at all in stewarding for either of these locations. Please reach out to me at dkahn@audubon.org or (815) 355-8451
. We really need you out there for the birds!