{"id":7705,"date":"2020-10-08T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T23:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes-2\/?post=susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir"},"modified":"2020-10-08T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T23:15:14","slug":"susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the tide swallows the sand bar off of Bald Point, we walk over to the oyster reefs. A few foraging birds poke the sprinkling of oysters still above water; we end up counting seven oystercatchers. Susan Cerulean notices that a couple of them are grown chicks. \u201cIt\u2019s got a dusky bill,\u201d she says as I train my camera on one. \u201cThat\u2019s how I can tell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>During our interview, least terns are squeaking over our heads. Nearby, a marbled godwit plunges its long bill into the wet sand, extracting a worm. It\u2019s mid-July, and the godwit is at the leading edge of the winter migration. It\u2019s not a bad morning of birding: two state-threatened species, evidence of successful breeding, and an early migrant. Bald Point State Park\u2019s salt marshes, oyster reefs, and sand flats give these birds the space they need to eat and raise young. But this kind of habitat is becoming increasingly rare, and shorebirds across North America are feeling it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t see the losses out here right now.\u201d Susan says. \u201cIt looks pretty pristine. It\u2019s like, wow, yay! Seven oystercatchers! The least terns are feeding, and we saw a black skimmer. There\u2019s two godwits, and that\u2019s great. But these birds, these shorebirds, since 1970, have lost seventy percent of their numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loss is at the center of Susan\u2019s new book,&nbsp;<em>I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter\u2019s Memoir<\/em>. The loss of shorebirds and coastal ecosystems, but also loss within her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2020\/08\/susan-ceruleans-new-book-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bird\/\">Click here to read the rest of this article on WFSU Public Media&#8217;s Ecology Blog.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>You&#8217;re also invited to participate in a special online discussion about the human relationship to nature.  Learn more by clicking on the image below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2020\/09\/the-age-of-nature-on-wfsu-and-on-the-apalachicola\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Photo of the Apalachicola River from the bluffs above it. Covered by graphic saying The Age of Nature online discussion takes place on October 20th at 7pm ET. Website to learn more is wfsu.org\/ecologyblog.\" class=\"wp-image-7725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-1068x601.png 1068w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129-747x420.png 747w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/vlcsnap-2020-10-08-14h58m03s129.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the tide swallows the sand bar off of Bald Point, we walk over to the oyster reefs. A few foraging birds poke the sprinkling of oysters still above water; we end up counting seven oystercatchers. Susan Cerulean notices that a couple of them are grown chicks. \u201cIt\u2019s got a dusky bill,\u201d she says as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7706,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[136],"tags":[52,610],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the tide swallows the sand bar off of Bald Point, we walk over to the oyster reefs. A few foraging birds poke the sprinkling of oysters still above water; we end up counting seven oystercatchers. Susan Cerulean notices that a couple of them are grown chicks. \u201cIt\u2019s got a dusky bill,\u201d she says as [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-08T23:00:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-08T23:15:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rob Diaz de Villegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rob Diaz de Villegas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/\",\"name\":\"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird - WFSU Local Routes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-08T23:00:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-08T23:15:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#\/schema\/person\/ec1064679708b0ea57f955a40095f7a2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/\",\"name\":\"WFSU Local Routes\",\"description\":\"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#\/schema\/person\/ec1064679708b0ea57f955a40095f7a2\",\"name\":\"Rob Diaz de Villegas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/f80\/f80bc05b01deefb64e462ebfed093036x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/f80\/f80bc05b01deefb64e462ebfed093036x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Rob Diaz de Villegas\"},\"description\":\"Rob Diaz de Villegas is a senior producer for television at WFSU Public Media, covering outdoors and ecology. After years of producing the music program OutLoud, Rob found himself in a salt marsh with a camera, and found a new professional calling as well. That project, the National Science Foundation funded \\\"In the Grass, On the Reef,\\\" spawned the award-winning WFSU Ecology Blog. Now in its tenth year, the Ecology Blog recently wrapped its most ambitious endeavor, the EcoCitizen Project. Rob is married with two young sons, who make a pretty fantastic adventure squad.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/author\/rob\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird - WFSU Local Routes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird - WFSU Local Routes","og_description":"After the tide swallows the sand bar off of Bald Point, we walk over to the oyster reefs. A few foraging birds poke the sprinkling of oysters still above water; we end up counting seven oystercatchers. Susan Cerulean notices that a couple of them are grown chicks. \u201cIt\u2019s got a dusky bill,\u201d she says as [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/","og_site_name":"WFSU Local Routes","article_published_time":"2020-10-08T23:00:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-08T23:15:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Rob Diaz de Villegas","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rob Diaz de Villegas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/","name":"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird - WFSU Local Routes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-10-08T23:00:17+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-08T23:15:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#\/schema\/person\/ec1064679708b0ea57f955a40095f7a2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2020-10-08\/susan-cerulean-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bir\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Susan Cerulean: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/","name":"WFSU Local Routes","description":"Local stories from northern Florida and southern Georgia.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#\/schema\/person\/ec1064679708b0ea57f955a40095f7a2","name":"Rob Diaz de Villegas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/f80\/f80bc05b01deefb64e462ebfed093036x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/f80\/f80bc05b01deefb64e462ebfed093036x96.jpg","caption":"Rob Diaz de Villegas"},"description":"Rob Diaz de Villegas is a senior producer for television at WFSU Public Media, covering outdoors and ecology. After years of producing the music program OutLoud, Rob found himself in a salt marsh with a camera, and found a new professional calling as well. That project, the National Science Foundation funded \"In the Grass, On the Reef,\" spawned the award-winning WFSU Ecology Blog. Now in its tenth year, the Ecology Blog recently wrapped its most ambitious endeavor, the EcoCitizen Project. Rob is married with two young sons, who make a pretty fantastic adventure squad.","url":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/author\/rob\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7705"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7735,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7705\/revisions\/7735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}