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The piping plover is globally threatened and endangered; it is uncommon and local within its range, and has been listed by the United States as "endangered" in the Great Lakes region and "threatened" in the remainder of its range.
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?
These little birds are listed as federally threatened under the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Act, thus the cancellation of fireworks on Memorial Day. Plovers are federally protected.
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.
Piping Plovers, listed federally as a threatened species, fall under this category and are therefore protected on the island. During their summer breeding period, closures of the OSV zone and North end of the island often occur in order to prevent visitors from disturbing their nests or harming the newborn chicks.
Bird watchers are cautiously optimistic about seeing endangered piping plovers again this spring in Presque Isle State Park. The small migratory shore birds are starting to rediscover the Gull ...
Piping plovers are threatened or endangered depending on the location in North America, but due in part to protected nesting sites like Duxbury Beach, Massachusetts piping plovers have seen a 500% increase in breeding pairs between 1986 and 2023, resulting in 50% of piping plovers on the Atlantic Coast nesting in Massachusetts. [10]
Below is a list of the endangered and threatened animal and plant species in the Commonwealth of Virginia, ... Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) Roseate tern ...