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Piping Plover(Charadrius melodus)

Rare in NC and federally endangered, Piping Plovers breed and overwinter in a few locations along the coast.

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Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover Co., NC3 January 2015
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover Co., NC10 Mar 2016
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover Co., NC10 Mar 2016Ten of the eleven Piping Plovers at this location today are in this photo. I was unable to find any banded individuals, indicating these are likely from the east coast breeding population.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC23 Feb 2014Note very pale above and orange legs identify this species federally endangered species of plover.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC23 Feb 2014Single dark breast band may be incomplete or narrowly complete in front.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Tigertail Beach on Marco IslandCollier Co., FL2 January 2004Piping Plovers have stubby bills which may be mostly black in winter and mostly orange (black-tipped) in summer.Digiscoped with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 and Kowa TSN-824
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Tigertail Beach on Marco IslandCollier Co., FL31 January 2007Photographed with a Canon eos 20d with a 100mm macro lens
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)Tigertail Beach on Marco IslandCollier Co., FL2 January 2006Digiscoped with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 and Kowa TSN-824

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