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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.
Almost 40 years after piping plovers were listed on the endangered species list, something is happening with them on local beaches. What's the story? 'Back from the brink.'
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.
In New York City, piping plovers primarily nest in the Rockaways on beaches like Rockaway Beach, Fort Tilden, and Breezy Point. [45] The New York City Plover Project was founded in 2021 to watch over the birds, educate beach-goers, and try to enforce existing regulations.
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 ...
Members of the Erie Bird Observatory have been monitoring the return of piping plovers on Gull Point. Here's what you need to know about these birds.
The park consists of 341-acre (1.38 km 2) of undeveloped and undisturbed sand dunes that serves as a protected nesting site for the endangered piping plover, the least tern and black skimmers. Other shorebirds and waterfowl, such as the American oystercatcher , various species of sandpipers , gulls , herons , sanderlings and ducks also stop ...
Last year, only about 250 piping plovers were summering in the Great Lakes region. The Park District announced the expansion of the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area in 2021 to support wildlife ...