Volunteer beach-nesting bird monitor training May 3 at Henlopen State Park

LEWES — Volunteers who want to help protect Delaware’s beach nesting birds, including threatened piping plovers and state-listed endangered American oystercatchers, are invited to a training session held by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife from 10 a.m. to noon on May 3 at Cape Henlopen State Park’s Officers Club Mess Hall.

Stationed on the boundaries of the birds’ nesting areas, volunteers explain to beachgoers the importance of closing sections of the beach to prevent human disturbance thus helping increase the nesting success of the birds.