piping plover

subspecies melodus

Piping Plover Chick

My wife got a pic of me taking a pic of a piping plover so I put 2 and 2 together for a bit of silliness. I'm sure this violates some bird forum rule that may or may not fool anyone.

This may be only the second time I've seen this species.

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Sexes similar. Non-breeding plumage. San Luis Pass, Brazoria County, Texas, USA. Situated on the south-western end of Galveston Island. Gulf of Mexico on the exposed side and West Bay on the sheltered side.

One of 5 plovers I captured this day.

The piping plover in the Great Lakes area (where photo was taken) is an endangered species and the Northern Great Plains and Atlantic coast piping plovers are threatened species.

The Piping Plover in the Great Lakes area is an endangered species and the Northern Great Plains and Atlantic coast piping plovers are threatened species.

The Piping Plover mother was both comforting and clumsy-- check it out here: http://www.birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/5487/Comforting_But_Clumsy_Momma/

Only seems right that on Plum Island I should find this Piping Plover on Plum-colored beach sand.

Have a great weekend!

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) The U.S. Fish & Wildlife list this species as threatened everywhere except in the Great Lakes Watershed in the U.S. where it is considered Endangered. Photographed in Oso Bay, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA. Muddy tidal flats.

The tidal pools along this beach were filled with peeps, plovers and other waders on this sunny day at the Little Estero Critical Preserve.

This plover was all alone among other species, including semipalmated plovers and least sandpipers. I had it ID'ed on the forum since it would be a lifer, one of the six that I got on this last Florida trip.

Endangered

The beach at Sandy Point State Park at the southern tip of Parker River National Wildlife Reserve has a mineral called piemontite which makes the sand purple as you can see in this Piper's Purple setting.

Another from Bermuda

I will be leaving tomorrow for a week in Poconos Mountains in Pennsylavania and will have very limited or no internet access so will make a couple of more posts today and then I will be off for a week. take care all!!

They are cute, aren't they? ^^

A great spring day at the Beach and A piping plover getting something to eat.