Portion of Keewaydin closed to nesting terns

Photo: GREG KAHN / Staff

Beverly Anderson, right, a research biologist at Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Tina Gwaltney, left, research coordinator at Rookery Bay, map out a path to place markers as they closed a small portion of the beach on the south-end of Keewaydin Island for nesting season of least terns, a migratory bird. The area will be closed starting on May 1st and last until mid-August. In 2007, 79 nests were located on the island, producing 28 chicks.