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Shannon Curley, coordinator for the NYC Audubon Harbor Herons Survey, monitors field activities as researchers document nesting birds on abandoned islands in Jamaica Bay.They fill the desolate patches of harbor land with tightly packed reed-spun nests in bushes, in trees or right on the beach. They’re guarded overhead by a cacophony of adult birds screeching, vomiting fish and defecating.
, director of conservation and science at NYC Audubon. He said they have noticed a downward trend since 2010 — reversing gains obtained through past conservation efforts.The 2023 spring survey also detected a decrease in the number of wader species visiting the harbor. Last year, a total of nine species came to the island to mate. This year, only seven species were present on the six islands still used for breeding.
“This is amazing real estate on an island in New York City, and you would expect that to be developed by now,” Partridge said. “One of the reasons this has been set aside is exactly because of the importance of this island as a reference for these herons and egrets.”After jumping off a speed boat in Jamaica Bay at low tide in late May, Partridge and a team of half-dozen ecologists waded in hip-deep water toward the shore, carrying a car's rear-view mirror attached to a 10-foot pole.
As soon as they reached the shore, Tod Winston, a former survey leader, drew a map in the sand with his index finger, describing the parts of the island. The six conservationists then set off in different directions.
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