Interpretive Signs (Least Tern and Black Skimmer)


ABC is working with many partners Gulf-wide to establish educational kiosks or interpretive signs about Black Skimmers and Least Terns near actual nesting locations. Below is a list of locations and partners. There are some subtle differences in the signage at each location based on varying management regimes.

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Black Skimmer - Panel Locations:
❶ Rockport Beach, TX
❷ Biloxi, MS
❸ Ft De Soto, FL
❹ Honeymoon Island SP, FL
❺ Egmont Key SP, FL
❻ Caladesi Island SP, FL
❼ Anclote Key Preserve SP, FL

Partners: Aransas County Navigation District; Audubon Florida; City of Rockport, Texas; Clearwater Audubon Society; Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program; National Audubon Society; Florida State Parks; Florida Shorebird Alliance; Friends of Ft De Soto, Inc.; Mississippi Coast Audubon Society; Pascagoula River Audubon Center; Pinellas County (Florida); St. Petersburg Audubon Society;
Credits: Kim Taylor (preening skimmer foreground right) Kevin Cole (bird in flight upper left plus various flight birds) US Fish and Wildlife Service (sleeping chicks foreground, distant skimmer wings up) Thomas Gorman (fishing bird) DJ Zemenick (main foreground bird right) Michael Libbe (hungry baby left) Janice Waltzer (background children)
Least Tern - Panel Locations:
❶ Grand Isle SP, LA
❷ Trinity Island, LA (Isles Derneires Wildlife Refuge)
❸ Biloxi, MS
❹ St. George SP, FL
❺ St. Joseph SP, FL
❻ St Andrew SP (Shell Island), FL
❼ Honeymoon Island SP, FL
❽ Egmont Key SP, FL
❾ Caladesi Island SP, FL
❿ Anclote Key Preserve SP, FL & Lovers Key SP, FL

Partners: Audubon Florida, Clearwater Audubon Society; National Audubon Society; Florida State Park;, Florida Shorebird Alliance, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Louisiana State Parks (Grand Isle SP); Mississippi Coast Audubon Society; Pascagoula River Audubon Center
Credits: US Fish and Wildlife Service (eggs with chick foreground right & adult on egg) June Mita (Willet) Geoff Coe (courtship) Julian Hough (chick) Ralph Wright (standing tern on left)