 | | American Oystercatcher adults with their day-old chicks. Photo by Bill Dalton |
Beach nesting birds, such as Piping Plovers, Least Terns, Black Skimmers, and American Oystercatchers, are among New Jersey's rarest and most at-risk wildlife. The beaches where they nest are the same beaches visited by millions of residents and tourist every summer. Because they are extremely vulnerable to human disturbance, these birds can struggle to successfully hatch their nests and raise their young.
Will you make a contribution today to help save these special creatures?
Each year the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey helps mount a massive effort to protect these birds. We oversee and direct partners throughout the state to help us in this task, while also devoting our own staff to this project. They work tirelessly from March to August to erect fence and post signs at nesting areas, locate nests and monitor chicks, place predator cages around Piping Plover nests, patrol sites on busy weekend days, and try to educate beachgoers about the plight of these birds.
Quite simply, these birds would not survive on our beaches without human intervention.
If you care about keeping beach nesting birds in New Jersey's future, please consider making a donation today to the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.
Your generous support helps to protect our beach nesting birds. For example:
- $50 buys fence materials to protect a nesting colony
- $100 purchases binoculars to help track hard-to-see nesting birds
- $250 helps us keep staff on the beaches throughout the season
Any amount is greatly appreciated, but please be generous - especially now that we are in a critical time in the midst of the nesting season. Our beaches simply wouldn't be the same without these birds. | 
