Attentive readers will recall recent news about several notices posted at Gull Point around crow effigies. See, e.g., above. In a recent trip out to the point, BirdingPI.com staff finally encountered one or two of the effigies. (Perhaps it’s a work in progress?) For example, along the outer Gull Point rope trail:
Suffice to say, anecdotally, during the 2-3 hours recently spent at the point, no predators were spotted = seems to be working! Stay safe, little plovers!
Thankfully it’s not blackbird effigies, since that would be upsetting (presumably) to the many Red-winged Blackbirds at outer Gull Point, like this female exhibiting flycatching behavior:
