Photo of Indian Point Park
The Indian Point Park Site
In 1998, Tammy White and Carole Wesolac helped Audubon improve nesting habitat at this park. The parks exhibits several long berms of crushed oyster shell, which have provide nesting sites for Black Skimmers and Least Terns in the past. Last year several terns and skimmers attempted to nest at this site, but later abandoned their scrapes and nests after the site was over-run by people walking along the berms.
In an effort to protect the nesting habitat at this site, we removed overgrown vegetation, fishing line, broken bottles, six-pack rings along several long strips of oyster reef. We posted the areas with sings donated by the Texas Department of Transportation, and erected psychological barriers (posts with twine and flagging) to direct people away from the nesting habitat. Thus far, several tern and a few skimmer pairs have established nest bowls at the site. Visitors appear to be respecting the fenced areas.
June 1998 Update:
Beth Hoekje has adopted Indian Point Park as a Waterbird Watch site, where she conducts waterbird counts along 2 elevated boardwalks bordering the shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay and inner salt marsh wetlands. Beth is the acting Director of the Advisory Board to the Portannd Parks and Recreation Department, and is an avid photographer and bird enthusiast. Beth will be visiting schools in the Portland/Corpus Christi Area in the coming year to give presentations about the importance of protecting waterbirds and their habitat.
Recently, Jennifer Lorenz, the Executive Director of the Coastal Bend Bays Foundation, visited the site. Jennifer coordinating a multi-group action to create interpretive signs that will be erected at this site, as well as several other Waterbird Watch sites (e.g., Oso Creek, Newport Pass, Sunset Lake).
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