#WellsME - #PipingPlover #BeachWalkAndTalk

Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Reservations Required
Cost: Free with site admission

"Come learn about the piping plover and what makes it so special, while taking a walk on #LaudholmBeach!

"In 1981 there were only seven pairs of piping plovers in the entire state of Maine. After decades of hard work and dedication, in 2025 there was a record 174 pairs recorded! Come learn about this federally threatened and state endangered beach-nesting shorebird and what makes it so special. Helen Manning, a Wildlife Biologist from #RachelCarsonNationalWildlifeRefuge, will lead an educational walk on the Wells Reserves Laudholm Beach to discuss the biology of the piping plover and the monitoring and management efforts that have helped this species begin to make a recovery."

FMI and to register:
https://wellsreserve.org/event/87678/piping-plover-beach-walk-and-talk

#RestoreNature #SpeciesRecovery #MaineEvents #LaudholmReserve #SolarPunkSunday #ObservingNature
#Nature #SpendTimeInNature

Piping Plovers in Provincetown 04/21/26

Piping Plovers at Race Point Beach, Provincetown 04/21/26 #PipingPlover #Bird #Provincetown #CapeCod #NaturePhotography

https://capecodadventure.photos/2026/04/21/piping-plovers-in-provincetown-04-21-26/

Piping Plovers in Provincetown 04/14/26

Piping Plovers at Race Point Beach, Provincetown 04/14/26 #PipingPlover #Bird #CapeCod #Provincetown #NaturePhotography

https://capecodadventure.photos/2026/04/14/piping-plovers-in-provincetown-04-14-26/

Piping Plover in Provincetown 04/09/26

Piping Plover at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown 04/09/26 #PipingPlover #Bird #Provincetown #CapeCod #NaturePhotography

https://capecodadventure.photos/2026/04/09/piping-plover-in-provincetown-04-09-26/

Piping Plover in Provincetown 04/04/26

Piping Plover at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown 04/04/26 #PipingPlover #Bird #Provincetown #CapeCod #NaturePhotography

https://capecodadventure.photos/2026/04/04/piping-plover-in-provincetown-04-04-26/

Piping Plovers in Provincetown 03/26/26

Piping Plovers, first I've seen on Cape Cod in the 2026 Season, at Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown 03/26/26 #PipingPlover #Provincetown #CapeCod #Bird #NaturePhotography

https://capecodadventure.photos/2026/03/26/piping-plovers-in-provincetown-03-26-26/

Another Jones Beach, NY bird last Saturday, an unseasonal Piping Plover. They usually don't return from their winter range in parts south until March or April, but in recent years, as the climate has warmed, a rare few have remained up here all winter. This winter that may have posed a problem for pipers lime this one, as the polar vortex brought weeks of intense cold and major snowfalls. Food became scarce. This Plover was out and about foraging on this first mild day in a while, and seemed to be behaving erratically.

Piping Plovers are an endangered species due to habit loss and climate change, including rising sea levels. Concerted education and outreach efforts and protection of nesting colonies (often on public beaches) have led to recovery in some places, but overall, numbers continue to decline. The Audubon Society estimates that they stand to lose half their current range by 2050 if global warming continues at its current rate.
#climatechange #extinction #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #biodiversity #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #shorebirds #peeps #pipingplover

The tiniest of one-day-old Piping Plover chicks poses inside half a seashell. 🤎 🤍 🖤

Photographer - Kathy Diamontopoulos

#Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #PipingPlover #BabyBirds

When sarcoptic mange decimated the red fox population on Fire Island (NY, USA), feral cats took their place as the apex predator, worsening pressure on breeding piping plovers.

#Ecology #Cats #FeralCats #PipingPlover #Birds