{"id":427,"date":"2022-08-01T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T16:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/?p=427"},"modified":"2024-05-07T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T15:17:33","slug":"whimbrel-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/whimbrel-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery at Deveaux: Safe Refuge for 20,000 Whimbrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hiding in Plain Sight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright has-lightgray-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\"><em>This conservation media initiative was funded by the <strong>Robert F. Schumann Foundation<\/strong> to protect critical bird habitat across the Atlantic Flyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Felicia Sanders, seasoned biologist and Shorebird and Seabird Project Coordinator for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, had a sneaking suspicion.<\/strong> After dusk on a small barrier island just 20 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, she watched thousands of Whimbrel\u2014a rapidly declining migratory shorebird\u2014streaming onto the low-lying dunes. Sanders knew it could be a gathering of unprecedented scale, hiding in plain sight, under cover of darkness. But without other witnesses to count and verify, the phenomenon was almost too wild to believe\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May 2019, Sanders gathered a team of shorebird biologists to census the nocturnal Whimbrel roost at <strong>Deveaux Bank<\/strong>, and invited The Center for Conservation Media to document the effort to confirm her discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Watch below to join the biologists in the moment of discovery:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Deveaux Bank South Carolina Whimbrel Announcement\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KSr6V3VDgFo?feature=oembed&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-birdpress-transcript accordion\" data-accordion=\"true\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\"><div class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item=\"true\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Show Transcript<\/a><div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content=\"true\">\n<p>I think most people just see a sandbar and maybe some birds flying over it but they don&#8217;t realize the incredible birdlife that lives and roosts there.I&#8217;ve been going to Deveaux for decades and we&nbsp; go during the day to monitor the pelicans,&nbsp;&nbsp;the terns, some of the shorebirds that nest there.&nbsp; [oh my gosh] but it&#8217;s very rare that I go to Deveaux&nbsp;&nbsp;at night. [there&#8217;s so many&#8230;the point it looks&nbsp; black but those are actually all whimbrel] I started realizing there&#8217;s maybe a lot more going&nbsp; on at night than we see during the day.[oh my gosh]Deveaux Bank is a large sandbar. It&#8217;s&nbsp; actually shaped like a horseshoe.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the interior are broad marshes and&nbsp; some dunes, some grasses, some low shrubs.&nbsp;&nbsp;It has wide, fairly exposed beaches.&nbsp;&nbsp;A couple years ago I was anchoring the boat&nbsp; on the back side and I just happened to be&nbsp;&nbsp;there right at dawn. I could just hear&nbsp; swirls of birds passing over my head.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thousands of whimbrel came off the island. I&nbsp; was just amazed and I thought: how had I never&nbsp;&nbsp;seen this before? I realized it needed&nbsp; further investigation and documentation.A whimbrel is a type of curlew. It has a long&nbsp; decurved bill for probing in the sand for crabs&nbsp;&nbsp;and invertebrates and it&#8217;s a long-distance&nbsp;migrant.They are spending six, seven months&nbsp;of the year down on the northern coast of South&nbsp;America and then they&#8217;re making this jump up to&nbsp;&nbsp;the Atlantic coast of the U.S. From there they&#8217;re&nbsp; making flights up to their Arctic breeding grounds.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&#8217;re talking days, sometimes even a week without&nbsp; stopping, without food, without sleep. What that&nbsp;&nbsp;means though is that the places that they do&nbsp; choose to stop are really critically important.On the northern migration a lot of the whimbrels&nbsp; stop in South Carolina for a month, a month and a&nbsp;half.&nbsp;That whole system of marshes and undeveloped&nbsp; coastline is critical to the survival of this&nbsp;species.They spread out all across the coast&nbsp; throughout the day to forage in the mud flats&nbsp;&nbsp;and then they come together to spend the&nbsp; night. And in South Carolina that&#8217;s at Deveaux Bank.It&#8217;s May 16th, and it&#8217;s pretty close to a&nbsp; full moon so the tides are extreme and the&nbsp;&nbsp;whimbrel will be concentrated at a few spots&nbsp; so it&#8217;s a really great time to count them.&nbsp;&nbsp;So Abby&#8217;s stationed at the southwest point of&nbsp; Deveaux kind of on the sand spit, the very tip.&nbsp;&nbsp;We&#8217;re kind of right in the middle&nbsp; looking for the birds coming mostly from northeast.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here comes our first big&nbsp; group, maybe about 80 just came in.These birds could theoretically be coming&nbsp; in from a tremendous distance away.As the tide rises and night falls, they&#8217;re leaving those&nbsp; foraging areas where they&#8217;ve been eating all day&nbsp;&nbsp;and coming out to these areas that are a little&nbsp; bit more remote where they&#8217;re safe from predators.&nbsp;&nbsp;That was another 40 that just came in. &nbsp;&nbsp;Curlews&nbsp;worldwide are a group of birds that we know is prone to extinction and whimbrel are among those.&nbsp;&nbsp;So this group here is like 180 flying over us&nbsp;right now.Somewhere around forty thousand whimbrel&nbsp;&nbsp;use the Atlantic flyway of North America.&nbsp;Hundreds and hundreds of whimbrels over the marsh.&nbsp;&nbsp;That population already represents a decline&nbsp; of about half from where they were 20 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;By now there&#8217;s literally thousands of birds all&nbsp;around us.It&#8217;s the craziest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen.207&#8230;We won&#8217;t be able to count them much longer&nbsp; because it&#8217;s just too hard to see them but you&nbsp;&nbsp;can hear them calling still as they&#8217;re coming&nbsp; in. There&#8217;s another group and another group.&nbsp;&nbsp;Oh my gosh, the entire the entire point all&nbsp; the way to those signs is covered in birds now.We were all tallying our numbers and it&nbsp; took quite a while to go through our notes.&nbsp;&nbsp;64. 175. I remember I wrote down the numbers from&nbsp; all the parties 140&#8230;700. And could not believe it.&nbsp;&nbsp;65&#8230;400&#8230;750&#8230;207 Holy Moly that&#8217;s a lot of birds&#8230;a lot&nbsp; of whimbrel. Yeah. It was about 19,500 birds&nbsp;&nbsp;That blew my mind because that&#8217;s half \u2013 literally&nbsp; half of estimates of how many whimbrel there are&nbsp;&nbsp;on the Atlantic coast. For all of them&nbsp; to be coming in to roost on this one&nbsp;&nbsp;tiny island that just&#8230;that blew my mind. We&#8217;ve&nbsp; never encountered this many whimbrel in any one&nbsp;&nbsp;spot anywhere else in the world. That is unique.&nbsp; That means that Deveaux is a really special place.A discovery of this size really&nbsp; seemed impossible. How could there be&nbsp;&nbsp;a half of the estimated population at one place&nbsp; and personally in my backyard in South Carolina.&nbsp;&nbsp;There are certain things that we should refuse&nbsp; to destroy and those things that we should refuse&nbsp;&nbsp;to destroy are those things that really define us,&nbsp; that make us unique, that bring us together.&nbsp;&nbsp;And in South Carolina, by preserving&nbsp; those places, we have refused to destroy&nbsp;&nbsp;the best part of us. We&#8217;ve created&nbsp; good habitat for whimbrel to give&nbsp;&nbsp;them a chance and we just have a&nbsp; responsibility to do what we can to&nbsp;&nbsp;keep them from becoming extinct. Because we know&nbsp; that the future of that species is in our hands.We know how the decline of whimbrel potentially&nbsp; ends. We know how that story could end.&nbsp;&nbsp;But their population size is&nbsp;still large enough at this moment,that we have the time to do something before it&#8217;s&nbsp;too late.Seeing thousands of whimbrel come in to&nbsp;roost at night, it kind of just gives you&nbsp; hope that that you know so many birds exist.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s one of the most phenomenal&nbsp;sights I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life.I don&#8217;t think there is anybody that doesn&#8217;t&nbsp; love a beautiful thing. You don&#8217;t even have to&nbsp;&nbsp;know what they&#8217;re called, what the birds are,&nbsp; and you watch them come in on that sunset&nbsp;&nbsp;and you have to be amazed, you have to be astounded,&nbsp; and you have to be proud to know that that&#8217;s here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"end-transcript\">End of Transcript<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Power of a Visual Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This phenomenon\u2014and the dedicated work that preserved its possibility and secures its future\u2014had the potential to inspire: to fundamentally reshape the way people understand <em>places on the ground<\/em> as the pillars of Flyways, and to see our own homes and landscapes as shared with migratory birds. The impact of the film began with our partners first, who realized the potential of an immersive visual story to transport viewers to a shared experience for diverse decision-makers and stakeholders alike \u2014 audiences crucial to demanding and securing lasting change for shorebirds in South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There are certain things that we should refuse&nbsp;to destroy\u2014those things that define us,&nbsp;that make us unique, that bring us together.&nbsp;And in South Carolina, we have refused to destroy&nbsp;the best part of us &#8230; We&#8217;ve created&nbsp;good habitat for the Whimbrel, and we know that the future of that species is in our hands.<\/p>\n<cite>Chip Campsen, South Carolina State Senator<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Then in June 2021, our partners at the <strong>South Carolina Department of Natural Resources<\/strong>, the <strong>Coastal Conservation League<\/strong>, <strong>Manomet<\/strong>, and <strong>Audubon South Carolina<\/strong> co-hosted an event at the Charleston Museum to screen the Announcement Film for community leaders, regional press, and legislators. Beyond a written press release, the film uniquely opened the door to gather stakeholders in one room to celebrate common ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-custom-content-position is-position-center-left\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-302 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-scaled.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1707;object-position:38% 42%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"38% 42%\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210493-3-1-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote show-quotes\"><blockquote><p>You watch them come in on that sunset, and you have to be amazed, you have to be astounded \u2014 and you have to be proud to know that that\u2019s <em>here<\/em>.<\/p><cite>Dr. J. Drew Lanham, Clemson University<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Spreading the Word: Building Community Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Locally, guided by the expertise of partner organizations, community and municipal leaders, we knew securing protections for whimbrel at Deveaux Bank\u2014and for shorebirds across the Atlantic Seaboard\u2014would first require the support of coastal constituent communities, <em>before<\/em> reaching decision-makers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nationally, our coverage <strong>equipped major outlets<\/strong> like&nbsp;<strong><em>CBS Sunday Morning<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong><em>New York Times<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;to tell the story widely, shining a national spotlight on the globally significant discovery \u2014 thereby <strong>enabling our<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>partners on the ground<\/strong>&nbsp;to re-energize an engaged local community, committed to preserving the phenomenon for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-list card-display card-three \"><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/a-migration-odyssey-tagging-whimbrel-shorebirds\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CBS-featured.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CBS-featured-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CBS-featured-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CBS-featured-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CBS-featured-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/CBS-featured.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\">CBS News Article<\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/a-migration-odyssey-tagging-whimbrel-shorebirds\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">A Migration Odyssey: Tagging Whimbrel Shorebirds<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/06\/19\/opinion\/carolina-coast-whimbrel-deveaux.html?searchResultPosition=1\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NYT-featured.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NYT-featured-720x540.png 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NYT-featured-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NYT-featured-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NYT-featured-480x360.png 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/NYT-featured.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\">New York Times Article<\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/06\/19\/opinion\/carolina-coast-whimbrel-deveaux.html?searchResultPosition=1\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Leave This Wondrous Island to the Birds<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/a-miracle-of-abundance-as-20000-whimbrel-take-refuge-on-a-tiny-island\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-1280x1656.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-720x932.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-1280x1656.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-480x621.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2021-Autumn-LB_REV_FC-scaled.jpg 1978w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/1656;\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\">Living Bird Article<\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/a-miracle-of-abundance-as-20000-whimbrel-take-refuge-on-a-tiny-island\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">A Miracle of Abundance as 20,000 Whimbrel Take Refuge on a Tiny Island<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-center-left\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-299 lazyload\" alt=\"Maina Handmaker (R, USC), Janet Thibault (L, SCDNR), and Dr. Abby Sterling (Manomet) watch the capture zone of a cannon-netting setup, waiting for Whimbrel to arrive.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-1280x854.jpg\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/854;object-position:48% 27%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"48% 27%\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/DB210390-scaled-e1646339919262-480x320.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote show-quotes\"><blockquote><p>This media has been the greatest conservation tool in my 21 years at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.<\/p><cite>Felicia Sanders, SCDNR<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Real Outcomes for Birds &amp; Habitat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Leveraging momentum from a groundswell of public support and attention, the Department of Natural Resources  increased stewardship capacity and law enforcement in the Deveaux Bank area, and the United States Coast Guard has re-routed routine flights around the island to prevent disturbance to nesting and roosting birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2021 \u2014 just four days after the CBS Sunday Morning broadcast \u2014 <strong>the Board of South Carolina&#8217;s Department of Natural Resources voted to advance new statewide beach regulations<\/strong> to the state legislature, in an effort to better protect shorebirds from disturbance in sensitive areas (including Deveaux Bank). The same rules had been rejected one year prior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finally, in May 2022, the South Carolina General Assembly passed the proposed rules into law.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Over multiple years of close collaboration with partners, our media equipped on-the-ground conservation champions with the tools to create and leverage television broadcasts, local screening events, and diverse press coverage, to reach millions of people. But most importantly, it compelled audiences with a stake in\u2014and bearing on\u2014Deveaux\u2019s future.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">But putting Deveaux Bank on the map is only the beginning&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns two-column-section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BI1Uk71fn64?si=Gb9PD15eE32OX0MA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-386 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Roost_Eco_Playhead-480x270.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/720;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Roost Ecology Primer<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Biologists are now working at Deveaux Bank to better understand how Whimbrel use South Carolina&#8217;s dynamic coastal ecosystems. New tracking data are beginning to reveal the importance of a healthy <em>network<\/em> of offshore refuges, like Deveaux, for preserving shorebird populations across the Atlantic Flyway. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns two-column-section is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u5dD08EUKWk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-1280x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/conservation-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DB_LAUREL_playhead-480x270.jpg 480w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/720;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">&#8220;The Wider View&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Beyond its staggering ecology, the discovery at Deveaux Bank reveals a critical intertwining of human histories\u2014and futures\u2014with the coastal landscape and its birds. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wildness-on-a-whim-reflections-on-whimbrel-in-the-south-carolina-lowcountry\/\">Living Bird essay<\/a> (and the film at left), acclaimed South Carolina ornithologist, author, and poet Dr. J. 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