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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.
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Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds.The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate.They are found throughout the world.
She’s been monitoring migrating birds since 2015 and remembers seeing the first piping plover in 2016 that was first leg banded in Michigan. He was named Jerry and returned to Erie each year ...
In honor of the pair, November 18 was declared piping plover day in Illinois by state governor J.B. Pritzker. [17]A 2-part documentary about the pair, titled Monty and Rose and Monty and Rose 2: The World of Monty and Rose respectively, was produced and released by local filmmaker Bob Dolgan, originally for piping plover day.
At this location, the nest is enclosed in a wire cage, and a 50m x 50m area of the beach is temporarily closed. The birds, and their chicks, are closely monitored by volunteers 24/7 Articles this image appears in Piping Plover Creator Mdf. Support as nominator--Abdominator 04:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC) Support. A high quality image.
In a study of piping plovers, the former function was supported, as nests were 2 °C (3.6 °F) to 6 °C (11 °F) cooler than the surrounding ground. The latter function also had some support, as the plovers generally chose pebbles closer in color to the eggs; nests that contrasted more with the ground suffered more predation. [22]