Date: 6/29/25 5:40 am From: KEN LIPSHY (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Lea Hutaff Island birding ? Tern and Skimmer presentation of Piping plovers?
While birding Lee Hutaff Island this weekend
I watched a pair of skimmers flying over the Breeding enclosure in what appeared to be a straffing maneuver looking for chicks to pick off. The first two times i thought it was a fluke but after several times it appeared purposefully.
I also watched a teen chasing a pair of Piping plovers away from their chicks. At first that looked to be a fluke as well but after a while that two seemed to be purposeful.
Was all this just a coincidence?
Pic on the EBird link
https://ebird.org/atlasnc/checklist/S254664949
