Day: June 13, 2019
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ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY: ONE LITTLE REASON WHY IT MATTERS…
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I had been going to post a selection of bird photos to mark Endangered Species Day today. I’d begun to plan the details – the birds to use, the captions for each and so on. Then I saw one photograph that is so charming and yet so poignant that I realised that adding further images would be superfluous. This… Continue reading ENDANGERED SPECIES DAY: ONE LITTLE REASON WHY IT MATTERS…
“50 WAYS TO PLEASE YOUR PLOVER”: PIPING PLOVERS ON ABACO (2)
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“50 WAYS TO PLEASE YOUR PLOVER”: PIPING PLOVERS ON ABACO (2) There must be 50 ways at least, most of them amounting to leaving Piping Plovers alone and respecting their habitat. So, in many cases simply NOT doing things . Refraining from driving your SUV around on the beaches exactly where they are resting (with other shorebirds) during migration (yes,… Continue reading “50 WAYS TO PLEASE YOUR PLOVER”: PIPING PLOVERS ON ABACO (2)
NEST PROTECTION: WILSON’S PLOVERS ON ABACO (2)
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NEST PROTECTION: WILSON’S PLOVERS ON ABACO (2) This is the second of three vaguely planned posts about these delightful shore birds. They aren’t rare but they are approachable and fun to watch. During the nesting and hatching season, there may even be some gorgeous chicks on a beach near you (a phrase I never thought I’d find myself using). PART… Continue reading NEST PROTECTION: WILSON’S PLOVERS ON ABACO (2)
SCRAPES, CHICKS & BROKEN WINGS: WILSON’S PLOVERS ON ABACO (3)
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SCRAPES, CHICKS & BROKEN WINGS: WILSON’S PLOVERS ON ABACO (3) The male plover above is keeping watch from a rocky vantage point over an area at the north end of the beach at Delphi. And with good reason. It’s the summer breeding season, and on the sand are some nests. One of them is his. This is a ‘scrape’… Continue reading SCRAPES, CHICKS & BROKEN WINGS: WILSON’S PLOVERS ON ABACO (3)
‘CHECK OUT THE WEB’: SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS ON ABACO
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‘CHECK OUT THE WEB’: SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS ON ABACO “Semipalmated”. You what? Come again? Ehhhh? My reactions to the word until embarrassingly recently. In fact until the steep learning curve involved in writing a bird book made some all of the terminology clearer. Plovers and sandpipers both have semipalmated versions, and I’ll take the semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) first. WHAT SHOULD I… Continue reading ‘CHECK OUT THE WEB’: SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS ON ABACO
RARE GEMS: PIPING PLOVERS ON ABACO (1)
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RARE GEMS: PIPING PLOVERS ON ABACO (1) 8000 That’s the total number of all the piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) left in the world. Like many other rare and vulnerable species (e.g. the Kirtland’s Warbler), the habitat at both ends of their migration routes is under threat. And, as with the Kirtland’s, vigorous conservation campaigns are underway. Problems such as… Continue reading RARE GEMS: PIPING PLOVERS ON ABACO (1)
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