#charadrius melodus

[birdblues]

Piping Plover

#piping plover #Charadrius melodus #Charadriiformes #Charadriidae #Charadrius #upl #bird

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

Piping Plover (charadrius melodus)

Endangered in Great Lakes Region / Threatened elsewhere

US & Canada

threats: development, habitat loss, human activity near nesting sites, historical hunting for feathers

I wanted to make some prints that featured multiple local endangered species, starting with my home state Michigan. So if the blog leans toward US midwest species at first, that will be why!

#endangered animals #endangered bird #animal art #bird art #conservation #piping plover #charadrius melodus #bird #shorebird #usa #canada #north america

[arborophila]

stretch worm

#piping plover #birds #wildlife #charadriiformes #pic by thebirdherder on IG #found on the ontario piping plover conservation programme page #Charadrius melodus

[niru13]

#collage #birds #bird #piping plover #charadrius melodus #art #my posts #now to be annoying about these little dudes #they’re pretty small; sitting somewhere between sparrows and robins #the ones here ^ are juveniles #you know because of the black beak #adults have an orange beak with a black tip #the oldest recorded piping plover was 16yo! #it was recaptured and rereleased in 2015 during a banding operation #it had been previously banded in 1999

[sirinthada]

Some piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) and American searocket (Cakile edentula), a native annual that provides the birds with shade, protection from the wind, and attracts a smorgasbord of insects for them to eat. 

#plovers #piping plover #shorebird #bird art #sirin thada #bird lover #sirina ruby #illustration #my art

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

(Photo by Forest Jarvis)

Conservation Status- Near Threatened

Habitat- North American Atlantic Coast; Gulf of Mexico Coast

Size (Weight/Length)- 63 g; 18 cm; 38 cm wingspan

Diet- Insects; Mollusks; Crustaceans

Cool Facts- A common sight on eastern North American coastlines, the piping plover is a bundle of fluff on legs. Running surprisingly fast, these plovers have learned how to track the tides. When the tide goes down, the plovers move in. Digging through the sand with their short beaks, they flick out mollusks and crack them open with ease. Males perform courtship ceremonies every March, diving towards the sand dunes and swerving up at the last minute. Females create nests out of grasses, shells, and sand in sand banks so that the nest is as camouflaged as possible. Both parents aid in raising the chick, the chick’s coloration allowing it to look like a pile of sand to aerial predators.

Rating- 13/10 (Conservationists are hard at work to protect their sand dunes.)

#Animal of the day #Animals #Birds #Plover #Monday #December 5 #Piping plover #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[stackofturtles]

The Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) have returned to Massachusetts!

When I first started birding these little guys were one of the first birds I fell in love with! Just look at them!

#birds #birding #piping plover #photography #my photos

[tenderanarchist]

Piping plovers / Charadrius melodus

(photos taken with zoom from a respectful distance)

#birding #birdwatching #seabirds #piping plover #shorebirds #nature photography #my photography #beach #ocean #cape cod #charadriiformes #mother nature

[writedisaster]

vamptober day 11: My Safe Haven

        Don’t call the cops.  Please, please don’t call the fucking cops.

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        Lip is trying their best to look sane and sober in the quiet reading section of the library.  It’s harder than it should be; they’re not even high right now.  But even with every muscle in their body clenched, they keep jolting in and out of consciousness.  This is your brain on sleep deprivation.  The librarian keeps looking at them sideways.  Lip turns a page, willing the words to make sense.  Just a normal library patron, never mind the enormous ratty backpack at their feet or the filth on their fourthhand coat.  Please don’t call the cops.

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        “Shouldn’t you be in school?”

        Lip jumps.  The librarian’s question catches them just as off-guard as her approach; they’re not used to anyone treating them like a kid anymore.  It’s bizarre to think that anyone could look at them and still see a seventeen-year-old.

        “I’m... homeschooled.  Um, today’s my day to work on an independent research project.”  She doesn’t believe them.  Obviously.  They offer her a smile- carefully now.  This isn’t their party smile or their fall-in-love-with-me smile; this is the smile of a poor little thing doing their best, all tired optimism and barely-concealed fragility.  Please don’t kick me out, please don’t call the cops-

        The librarian sighs.  “Other patrons complained you’re setting a bad example for their kids.”

        Lip starts gathering up their backpack, heart thudding in their chest.  How long has it been?  What time is it?  Will the sun still be up when they get outside?  “Okay.  Okay, I’m sorry, I’ll just- no trouble, I’ll just go.”

        “You’d get more privacy in one of the study rooms.”

        “- what?”

        The librarian sighs again.  “They’re supposed to be for groups of two to four, but... look.  No one’s got reservations right now.  Let me just book you a study room for two hours.  If you need a nap that bad, it’s your business.”

        “Oh.”  Lip fidgets with the straps of their backpack, suddenly unable to look at the librarian.  “...Thank you.”

[Parts of today’s writing were bastardized from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.  Learn more about piping plovers (with less unreadable text gimmicks) here: https://www.fws.gov/species/piping-plover-charadrius-melodus]

#distorted text /// #vamptober 2022 #//i am yet again writing a vamptober prompt about a character who isn't a vampire. sue me #do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away | IC: lip #police mention ///

[sol2sleepy]

Birds Of The 13th

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

awww i want to squeeze it SO hard! unfortunately i can't because this bird is endangered because of habitat loss. I would say something else but i really don't know how to continue form that last bit

#piping plover #birds for every 13th #Sol's bird posts #Charadrius melodus

[farlane]

Piping Plover Protection

If you're on the Lake Michigan shore this weekend, there's a chance you may see one of these small shorebirds scurrying along the water's edge with some unique legwear.

Piping Plover Chick by Bill VanderMolen If you’re on the Lake Michigan shore this weekend, there’s a chance you may see one of these small shorebirds scurrying along the water’s edge with some unique legwear. The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore page on piping plovers begins: The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is an endangered shorebird. They are sand-colored on the back and white…

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#beach #bird #michigan #piping plover #sleeping bear dunes

[birdblues]

Piping Plover

#piping plover #plover #Charadrius melodus #bird #upl

[allmichigan]

Piping Plover Protection

If you're on the Lake Michigan shore this weekend, there's a chance you may see one of these small shorebirds scurrying along the water's edge with some unique legwear.

Piping Plover Chick by Bill VanderMolen If you’re on the Lake Michigan shore this weekend, there’s a chance you may see one of these small shorebirds scurrying along the water’s edge with some unique legwear. The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore page on piping plovers begins: The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is an endangered shorebird. They are sand-colored on the back and white…

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#beach #bird #michigan #piping plover #sleeping bear dunes

[seraphica]

Illuminating Forms

Shedding Light on Endangered Species

Anna Cerelia Battistini is a sculpture and fiber artist from St. Paul. She specializes in large, internally lit lanterns made of willow, rattan, and paper...  During three months in residence at the Bell Museum, Battistini has developed a series of six large paper lanterns exploring endangered, threatened, and special concern species in Minnesota.

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) 

Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) 

Small White Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium candidum) 

Higgins Eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii) 

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) 

#art #bell museum #animals #endangered species #bumblebee #turtle #bat #orchid

[triruntu]

#458, a piping plover. A less detailed one for today.

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#bird #bird art #plover #piping plover #charadrius melodus #daily draw #tri's art

[dendroica]

Chicks huddle under an adults winds to escape a strong south wind at Dowses Beach in Osterville. Newly hatched piping plover chicks are starting to close sections of beach across the Cape to make way for the hatchlings.

Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip

(via Photos: Photo Gallery: Piping plover chicks hatching out - capecodtimes.com - Hyannis, MA)

#Piping Plover #Charadrius melodus #Charadrius #Charadriidae #Charadrii #Charadriiformes #Aves #birds #plover #shorebird #chick #nest #beach #coast #Cape Cod #Massachusetts