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Siesta Seen Luckner — whose husband, Bob, coordinates the Sarasota Audubon volunteer efforts on the beach — talked about efforts to keep peo- ple from interfering with the nesting birds. Plans were under way, she said, to distrib- ute Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission brochures about the birds to the condominium complexes on the key. "A lot of people do rent [units]," she pointed out, "and they're not familiar with our [Sarasota County] Parks and Recreation [Department] regulations." In other popular tourist destinations, she noted — Hilton Head, S.C., among them — wildlife protection efforts are "very aggres- sive." On Hilton Head, she said, signs are even posted in elevators of visitor accom- modations to alert people to wildlife on the beaches and to explain what people should do to protect the creatures. People seem to abide by the rules, she noted. "So I think we can go a little further" with the Siesta Key Condominium Council." SKA Director Helen Clifford, who is the sec- retary of the Condo Council, pointed out that that organization's next meeting included an agenda item about beach nesting birds. "Then we'll be there," Luckner responded. Least Terns sit on nests in a buffered area near Beach Access 4 on Siesta Public Beach. Sarasota News Leader May 16, 2014 Page 73