ON THE MAP; The Empty Nests of Seven Mile Island: Where Did the Egrets Go?
“,”description”:”The seven-mile-long barrier island that is home to Avalon and Stone Harbor also includes a large area of swampy marshland with tree cover where a variety of shore birds historically nested each season. This year the birds did not return there, and experts are unsure why they did come back, where they have gone or whether they will return. Tedor Whitman, director of education at the Wetlands Institute, a nonprofit organization founded to promote conservation, research and education about the local coastal habitat, talked recently about the birds.”,”keywords”:”BIRDS, MIGRATION,WHITMAN TEDOR,WETLANDS INSTITUTE,SEVEN MILE ISLAND (NJ), NEW JERSEY”,”section”:”nyregion”,”sub_section”:null,”section_display”:”N.Y. \/ Region”,”sub_section_display”:null,”byline”:”By KAREN DEMASTERS”,”pubdate”:”August 6, 2000″,”passkey”:null}; function getShareURL() { return encodeURIComponent(articleToolsShareData.url); } function getShareHeadline() { return encodeURIComponent(articleToolsShareDa
