Not Your Beach

The podcast discusses bird protection zones and habitat preservation. These zones protect ground-nesting birds like leaf terns, oyster catchers, and black skimmers. Protecting these areas promotes biodiversity and helps regulate fish populations. It's important to respect these zones to avoid disturbing nesting birds and facing legal consequences. These protection zones exist along both coasts and are crucial for preserving wildlife. Remember to be mindful and respectful when in nature to protect animal habitats. Hello guys, we're here today with our new podcast episode, it's called Not Your Beach. Today I'm here with my buddy Daniel, hey guys, and we'll be discussing bird protection zones and just habitat preservations in general as well. So the reason we decided to talk about this topic is because me and my buddy Daniel, we like to go kayaking and we're frequent beach goers. Right, yeah, we're spending days and times on the beach, and not only on the beach, on these little islands, and these zones are protected, you know, to trespass in and basically for the future of the birds. Right, it's all about protecting the birds' nesting zones so that they'll be able to hatch their young and that they will make it to adulthood and be able to eventually free the nest and be full-grown adults. Alright guys, so we're going to go ahead and get into some of the facts here, starting with the first, bird protection zones and habitat preservation in general are roughed up areas where animals nest, breed, and hatch for birds their young. Many coastal birds nest on the ground where they are in greater danger of disturbance than birds who typically nest in higher surface areas such as telephone poles or in trees. Many of these birds that are native to our beach here in Wilmington, North Carolina or more specifically on Wrightsville Beach are leaf terns, American oyster catchers, and black skimmers, just to name a few. These are very common birds and they are specifically ground nesting birds. Protecting these areas greatly ensures the success of these birds in making it out of the nest and into adulthood, which promotes biodiversity. Not only do these nesting protection zones help birds, it also helps promote biodiversity as the lack of birds will affect many other species of animals along the line. Of course, many of these birds are helping regulate the amount of fish in the ocean right outside of the shoreline as well as other creatures that they may use to feed their young and feed themselves as well, and with the lack of birds, there will be a lot more of these animals, of these prey, on our beaches. These roped up areas primarily are there to prevent accidental trampling of eggs or chicks by humans who may or may not be paying attention while walking along the beach, but they also serve as a stern warning to humans who may have an intention of violating these zones purposefully because doing so can result in heavy fines or possibly even imprisonment. Bird protection zones themselves are very important, but they do not only exist here in Wrightsville Beach, they exist all along the east and west coast as well as many other animal preservation zones exist in between the two coasts in our great nation. It's very important to protect all of these zones as they are protection zones for a reason, and that's why you guys, when you go to the beach, you've got to pay attention because this is not a joke, this is an important thing that we've got to be careful, because we have to help and promote biodiversity. Yeah guys, it's very important to keep your head on a swivel when walking along the beach as there could be times where a bird nests in an area that has not been roped off yet, so it's important to just watch where you're stepping and to avoid the dunes. It's better to stay on the beachy areas closer to the shore. Birds typically don't nest in these areas, but any time you go kayaking as we do, you might find yourself on a smaller island where almost the entire island is a bird nesting zone, and it's best to just avoid those places altogether. And yes guys, this is all for today, and just be mindful when you are in these nature areas. Exactly guys, it's all about being respectful when you're out in nature in the animal's natural habitat. You don't want to desecrate it or disrespect it in any way and negatively affect these animals. And remember, it's not your beach.