Look what I found! Everyone should know about this. 🤎 🤍 🖤 🥰 😘

And check out the photo of a piping plover chick just emerging from its shell, with its minuscule egg tooth still in place. 🥚 It's on the page titled "Our Mission."

The majority, if not all, of the photographs were taken by Kim Smith.

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https://pipingploverproject.org/

The Piping Plover Project

Dedicated to Piping Plover Conservation

The Piping Plover Project
The Ontario government is handing provincial parklands over to the town in hopes of boosting the local economy. Residents wonder whether the beach will still be welcoming to the endangered birds — and the public.#ontario #pipingplovers #wasagabeach
What’s going on in Wasaga Beach? Profit, piping plovers and an Ontario town’s complicated future | Great Lakes Now
What’s going on in Wasaga Beach? Profit, piping plovers and an Ontario town’s complicated future | Great Lakes Now

The Ontario government is handing provincial parklands over to the town in hopes of boosting the local economy. Residents wonder whether the beach will still be welcoming to the endangered birds — and the public.

Great Lakes Now
The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.#birds #endangeredspecies #pipingplovers
A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers | Great Lakes Now
A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers | Great Lakes Now

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first time.

Great Lakes Now
One of the most delightful birding moments I’ve had was seeing three Piping Plover chicks last year, so I thought this little one would make a good stand-in today for my son on his birthday.

#FamilyJoys #birds #birding #PipingPlovers #lifer #fluff #shorbs #BirdFamilyLife #BabyShorebird #CorsonsInlet #BirdPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #SolaceInNature
Judge orders rethink of preservation plan for endangered piping plovers on East Coast
Piping plovers are small shorebirds that nest primarily on sand, gravel or cobblestone beaches.
#law #environment #bird #EastCoast #pipingplovers
https://globalnews.ca/news/11210402/preservation-plan-piping-plovers/
Judge orders rethink of preservation plan for endangered piping plovers on East Coast
Piping plovers are small shorebirds that nest primarily on sand, gravel or cobblestone beaches.
#law #environment #bird #EastCoast #pipingplovers
https://globalnews.ca/news/11210402/preservation-plan-piping-plovers/
Judge orders rethink of preservation plan for endangered piping plovers on East Coast
Piping plovers are small shorebirds that nest primarily on sand, gravel or cobblestone beaches.
#law #environment #bird #EastCoast #pipingplovers
https://globalnews.ca/news/11210402/preservation-plan-piping-plovers/
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Bluesky Social

Time for some adorableness. 🥰 😘

This is a piping plover on the beach standing guard over her two chicks. They are TINY.

Photographer - Karl Ramsdell

Edit: I am informed by @Avloky that she is being a "Mombrella," shielding her babies from the sun and other weather. A perfect description! 🏖️

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