Terns at Great Point

By Peter B. Brace
Independent Writer

Late Friday afternoon, Trustees of Reservations Property 
Superintendent Steve Nicolle closed Great Point from the southern end 
of the Galls northward to the point.
Nicolle closed the beach not because of piping plovers chicks 
hatching, but because of a large tern colony with 100 nesting pairs. 
He expects the closure to last around a month. The outside of 
Coatue is still accessible from the southern end of the Galls.