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The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black stripe running along the breast line.
Piping plovers are a species of small shore birds able to camouflage themselves in the sand. They weigh 1.5 to 2.25 ounces with a height of just up to 7 inches.
According to preliminary data from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, compiled through the agency's Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, an estimated 1,145 plover ...
Members of the Erie Bird Observatory have been monitoring the return of piping plovers on Gull Point. ... have an opportunity to help an endangered species and that’s really incredible and ...
The refuge also supports piping plover, least terns, peregrine falcons, bald eagles, and other state and federally protected species. Nesting success of plover and terns has benefitted from the increased habitat protection. In addition to anadromous fish, many commercially and recreationally important fin and shellfish rely on these coastal ...
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus): Piping plovers migrate between the United States and the Gulf of Mexico between seasons, but the time spent in the Assateague State Park is used to breed. Piping plover eggs often fall prey to raccoons, gulls, or foxes. Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis): Brown pelicans are specialized hunters. They use ...
Piping plovers are designated as a state and federal threatened species, according to the Massachusetts state website. There are four other species of threatened or endangered shorebirds in ...
All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters. Other collections were lost in varying ways, and we now have only 237 plants Lewis collected, 226 of which are in the Philadelphia ...