Heading to a Florida beach this Memorial Day weekend? A wildlife conservation group is asking beachgoers to keep nesting birds in mind. Baby birds and eggs are in greater danger, as crowds of people flock to their habitats.
Many beach-dwelling birds make their nests in the Florida sand. And when threatened species, like the least tern, hatch, Julie Wraithmell, with Audubon of Florida said, “They’re basically these little fluff balls on legs that are scrambling around the beach.”