In June, I go to Nickerson Beach, a place of nesting Common Terns, American Oystercatchers, Piping Plovers, and, later in the summer, Black Skimmers. Nickerson...

Nickerson Beach is an amazing place to visit when the breeding birds are back. Though it is an active beach at which people fish,...

Nickerson Beach, Nassau County, New York, July 2011 Common Terns nest in colonies.  The sheer number of birds packed together offer some protection to...