Edgartown conservation officials are taking new measures to protect shorebirds after the New Year's Day Breach washed away the tern population's favorite nesting spot on Norton Point.
Edgartown school students last week put bird shelters out on Norton Point. The wooden huts were designed and built by the students as they learned about the Island's shorebirds.
Sunday marked the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Across the Northern hemisphere, tens of thousands of birders spent the day collecting data and counting birds. On the Vineyard, teams spread out across the Island to record over 120 species and over 17,000 individual birds.
