The Laughing Gulls lay their eggs under brush or just out in the open. We may have disturbed the parent of this nest. Counters noticed that there were a fair number of abandoned nests and some with dead chicks. Photo credit: Marcy Spears

The colonial-waterbird 2008 annual-census takers were: Chester Smith, Warden of Sundown Island, Ed Taylor, David Newstead (Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program), Andy Kasner (Audubon), Clare Lee and Robyn Cobb (Fish & Wildlife Services), Kim Withers (TAMUCC), Diane Nunley (TOS) and Marcy Spears (Houston).

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The Laughing Gulls lay their eggs under brush or just out in the open. We may have disturbed the parent of this nest. Counters noticed that there were a fair number of abandoned nests and some with dead chicks.

Photo credit: Marcy Spears