New! Ned, one of the volunteers at The Big Event, helps Chris, TPCP Outreach Coordinator wind mylar flags together.
New! The Big Event at University of Nebraska-Lincoln gathers over 1,000 staff and students to volunteers for non-profits and neighborhood associations as a thank you for being part of the Lincoln community. Ten volunteers helped the Partnership make mylar flagging; six of them are pictured above.
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New! Volunteers help with mylar flagging on a cold, windy day in April, 2008. Flagging was put up in areas that were being excavated in preparation for a new housing development. The flagging will discourage terns and plovers from nesting in areas where developers need to work. There are also areas at this development that are open for the birds to use if they choose. |
Erecting large electrified protective fences around tern and plover colonies takes a lot of work. Volunteers help set the fences up, then help take them down at the end of the season.
At the top of the electric fences, we string a small ribbon from pole to pole at about 3 1/2 feet high. This ribbon is a psychological barrier, giving predators the impression that the fence is higher than it actually is. Predators, particularly coyotes, will hesitate jumping over something too high.
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Dave, a two-year volunteer, helps a group of Girl Scouts learn to use binoculars and spotting scopes. Environmental education is an important aspect of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, and volunteers assist with many of these activities.
Summer days can really be hot, especially on sand. Thanks to these volunteers, Least Terns chicks were prevented from crossing back and forth across a road leading to a housing development.
The Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership encourages riverside communities to become stewards of Least Terns and Piping Plovers. Collecting information about terns and plovers nesting on sandbars close to these communities helps us to understand the dynamic interactions the birds have with human activities.
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