Charlotte Harbor AP Hosts Guest Researchers for Rookery Monitoring

Staff from Audubon Florida, Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries joined Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves (CHAP) staff for the Pine Island Sound rookery monitoring last week. The direct mission of the day was to look at one specific rookery that has more than 80 tricolored herons (TRHE) nesting on it. CHAP staff started monitoring this island last year, and it has since become the island with the highest number of TRHE nesting on it throughout the program area. Audubon staff were specifically interested in this island because TRHE and the reddish egret, also nests on this island, are designated as State threatened species.