Conservationists urge the public to give birds at beaches a quiet nesting seasonBy Huang Ming-tang and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerConservationists yesterday held a demonstration at Taitung County’s Jhihben Beach, calling on the public to avoid activities that disturb breeding seagulls. The nests of the breeding seagulls are threatened by fishers driving onto the beach, the group said, as it named other behaviors people should avoid to leave the seagulls undisturbed. People should not allow construction to interfere with the nests, should not drive across beaches during the nesting season, should not venture near the chicks, should not let dogs or other pets near the nests or chicks, and should keep the beaches clean, it said. Conservationists from the Taitung Wild Bird Society and other groups at Jhihben Beach in Taitung County yesterday urge people not to disturb seagulls and other birds nesting on beaches. Photo: Huang Ming-tang, Taipei TimesKentish plovers, little terns and other migratory birds are also breeding throughout the county from this month to August, it added.

Source: Taipei Times April 24, 2022 20:40 UTC