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They have been listed as endangered or threatened since 1985 and piping plovers living in other states are also seeing some success and cautious optimism.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Nov. 2023
Several threatened and endangered species live in the area, including the Gulf Coast jaguarundi, ocelot, five species of sea turtles, and birds like the piping plover, red knot, and Northern aplomado falcon.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
The first ospreys and piping plover were reported, including an osprey trying to reclaim its nest from a pair of bald eagles at Cedar Pond in Orleans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Getty Images/iStockphoto Authorities have also described moose, salmon, snowshoe hares, American pikas, sea turtles, puffins, Alaskan caribou, piping plovers, polar bears and crocodiles as being at risk from climate change.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
Imani, a piping plover, stands in the water in the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area on July 27, 2023.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
At Race Point in Provincetown, sightings included a late piping plover, 4 red-necked grebes, 2 harlequin ducks, 72 razorbills, 220 black-legged kittiwakes, 113 Cory’s shearwaters, 6 great shearwater, 3 Manx shearwaters, 700 Northern gannets, 3 American pipits, and a Lapland longspur.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
Through Southern Wings, 41 state agencies have donated nearly $3.9 million to projects in 11 countries, including to piping plover projects in the Bahamas.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
The petite, plump piping plover has been the focus of conservation efforts along its East Coast breeding grounds, including in New York City.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 Nov. 2023
Several threatened and endangered species live in the area, including the Gulf Coast jaguarundi, ocelot, five species of sea turtles, and birds like the piping plover, red knot, and Northern aplomado falcon.
—WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
The first ospreys and piping plover were reported, including an osprey trying to reclaim its nest from a pair of bald eagles at Cedar Pond in Orleans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Getty Images/iStockphoto Authorities have also described moose, salmon, snowshoe hares, American pikas, sea turtles, puffins, Alaskan caribou, piping plovers, polar bears and crocodiles as being at risk from climate change.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
Imani, a piping plover, stands in the water in the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area on July 27, 2023.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
At Race Point in Provincetown, sightings included a late piping plover, 4 red-necked grebes, 2 harlequin ducks, 72 razorbills, 220 black-legged kittiwakes, 113 Cory’s shearwaters, 6 great shearwater, 3 Manx shearwaters, 700 Northern gannets, 3 American pipits, and a Lapland longspur.
—BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
Through Southern Wings, 41 state agencies have donated nearly $3.9 million to projects in 11 countries, including to piping plover projects in the Bahamas.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
The petite, plump piping plover has been the focus of conservation efforts along its East Coast breeding grounds, including in New York City.
—Emily Anthes, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
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