Frightened terns abandon 3k eggs after illegal drone crashes on beach

[Tanuki]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/04/tern-bird-eggs-abandoned-drone

"About 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off the birds, a newspaper reported Friday.

Two drones were flown illegally over the Bolsa Chica ecological reserve in Huntington Beach in May and one of them went down in the wetlands, the Orange County Register said.

Fearing an attack from a predator, several thousand terns abandoned their ground nests, according to the state department of fish and wildlife.

Now, during the month when the birds would be overseeing their eggs as they begin to hatch, the sand is littered with egg shells."...(more)

[Baitball Blogger]

1. You just knew that was going to happen.

Drones are going to attract irresponsible or amateur operators. It's a given.