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A main part of the piping plover's range is in the Prairie Pothole Region of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Canada. [44] The shallow wetlands of this region fluctuate water surface area in response to wet-dry periods. Piping plovers who breed in this region depend on the decreased water levels to reveal shorelines that they use for nesting. [44]
All four sites are important for the nationally endangered piping plover. [ 9 ] Alkali Lake (SK 016) ( 49°00′00″N 104°18′02″W / 49.0001°N 104.3005°W / 49.0001; -104.3005 ) at only 4.98 km 2 (1.92 sq mi) is the smallest IBA in the valley
The site is an important staging and breeding area for the endangered piping plover. Other species identified throughout the complex include "85,000 geese, 100,000 ducks, [and] 12,000 cranes", [ 7 ] as well as black-bellied plover , sanderlings , Hudsonian godwits , red knots , stilt sandpipers , white-rumped sandpipers , semipalmated ...
Since 2017, 37 piping plovers can be traced back to Presque Isle. Some of the eggs from Presque Isle ended up at a captive rearing facility because something happened to the adults.
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. They are easy to miss until they ...
The Great Lakes population of piping plover are isolated and extremely vulnerable to extirpation from the Great Lakes region. [14] On August 30, 2012, the USFWS added 19.85 acres (8.03 ha) acres and more than 1,000 feet (300 m) of Lake Superior shoreline as critical piping plover habitat to Whitefish Point Unit of the Seney National Wildlife ...
The Chicago Park District has voted to name a section of the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area after Monty and Rose, a beloved pair of piping plovers whose unlikely love story captured the hearts ...
The piping plover is designated federally threatened and state endangered in Maine. Fifty to 75% of the Maine piping plover population nests at sites on or near the refuge, including Crescent Surf Beach, Goosefare Brook, and Marshall Point at Goose Rocks. New England cottontails (Sylvilagus transitionalis) are found in Maine.