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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.
Original - Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) -- Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada Reason A valuable image of threatened bird species with very good technical quality. Original info from photographer: The Piping Plover is an endangered species in Ontario. This individual was photographed on a public beach in Sauble Beach, Ontario, one of about ...
The Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a sparrow-sized, sand-colored, endangered shorebird that lives on the Atlantic coast and on the shores of the Great Lakes. Really liked the photo. Rather large. I can't see any noise or graininess. Nominated by: D tbohrer talk•contribs 22:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
The piping plovers have their own Facebook page, and Waukegan designated the Great Lakes piping plover the official city bird in May − in large part to the success of plovers like Blaze in ...
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.
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.
The killdeer is a large plover, with adults ranging in length from 20 to 28 cm (7.9 to 11.0 in), having a wingspan between 59 and 63 cm (23 and 25 in), and usually being between 72 and 121 g (2.5 and 4.3 oz) in weight. [3] It has a short, thick, and dark bill, flesh-colored legs, and a red eye ring. [8] In flight
The work started in 1986 when piping plovers were listed as threatened under the federal and the Massachusetts Endangered Species Acts. "The pairs in the state had dropped down to 135," said ...