Mountain Plovers and Black-tailed Godwits don't seem at first glance to have much in common, but in one respect they do.
In the USA the Mountain Plover is traditionally a bird that breeds on the open short-grass Prairies. This habitat, like so many others has changed beyond recognition for the large part due to the expansion of agriculture swallowing up great swathes of it. The areas that are left have often been changed too with the irradication of Prairie Dog towns and the loss of grazing North American Bison. All this has meant that birds, such as the Mountain Plover, that depend on this habitat naturally, have suffered a loss of range and therefore their population is in decline (65% in 40 years). The Mountain Plover is considered to be Near Threatened as a result...http://www.waderquest.org/2014/11/saving-farmland-breeding-waders.html
In the USA the Mountain Plover is traditionally a bird that breeds on the open short-grass Prairies. This habitat, like so many others has changed beyond recognition for the large part due to the expansion of agriculture swallowing up great swathes of it. The areas that are left have often been changed too with the irradication of Prairie Dog towns and the loss of grazing North American Bison. All this has meant that birds, such as the Mountain Plover, that depend on this habitat naturally, have suffered a loss of range and therefore their population is in decline (65% in 40 years). The Mountain Plover is considered to be Near Threatened as a result...http://www.waderquest.org/2014/11/saving-farmland-breeding-waders.html
