For years, Maine Audubon has been working on behalf of Piping Plovers, which�are listed as an endangered species in Maine and are threatened under federal law. Each spring, the birds�make their nests on many of the beaches of southern Maine. People love watching plovers scurrying across the beach — especially when they are tending their […]
Plovers & Terns
Abnormally Large Piping Plover Seen on Maine Beach
Birding enthusiasts have begun flocking to Old Orchard Beach following reports that a rare 50-foot Piping Plover has been spotted roaming around the popular summer destination. Maine Audubon biologist Laura Minich Zitske, who directs the Piping Plover and Least Tern Project, said that while sightings of enormous plovers are quite unusual, they aren’t unheard of. […]
MEDIA RELEASE: First Protected Piping Plover Nest of the Season Found in Maine
NEWS RELEASE� For Immediate Release April 28, 2015 Contact: Agata Ketterick, Maine Audubon, 207-781-2330 x232 Meagan Racey, USFWS, 413-253-8558 Mark Latti, MDIFW, 207-287-5216 First Protected Piping Plover Nest of the Season Found in Maine Wildlife agencies, Maine Audubon ask for help safeguarding nesting areas On the heels of last year’s highly productive piping plover […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Endangered Piping Plovers Return to Southern Maine
NEWS RELEASE� For Immediate Release April 24, 2014 Contact: Michelle Smith,�Communications & Marketing Manager msmith@maineaudubon.org (207) 781-6180 x209 Mobile: (207) 838-0511 Endangered Piping Plovers Return to Southern Maine Maine Audubon reminds beach-goers and landowners to be aware of nesting areas FALMOUTH � Maine Audubon reported today that several Piping Plover nesting pairs have returned to […]
Death of Piping Plover Serves as Reminder to Keep Dogs on Leash
By:�Katie Burns and Mary Badger (Piping Plover project interns) On Monday, July 15, our biologists received concerning news. The Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center called the Piping Plover/Least Tern Project office to report that a dead piping plover fledgling (learning to fly) had been delivered to the Center. The citizen who brought in the plover�witnessed the […]
Maine Audubon and MDIFW seeking witness in Piping Plover case
Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2013 Contact: Michelle Smith, Maine Audubon (207) 838-0511 Doug Rafferty, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (207) 287-5248 Scarborough – Maine Audubon, Maine Game Wardens and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are seeking a witness in the death of protected Piping Plover chick on Pine Point […]
A Day in the Life of a Plover Chick
By�Katie Burns and Mary Badger (Piping�Plover�project interns) A day in the life of a plover chick can be an amazing and terrifying thing for our biologists to behold. Resembling a fluffy cotton-ball, a Piping Plover chick is possibly one of the cutest babies in the animal kingdom. However, their twenty-five day journey from marshmallow to […]
Piping Plovers: Endangered, Small, and Tough.
By: Katie Burns, Piping�Plover�project intern Due to their endangered status and small stature, Piping Plovers are often given a bad rap by the general public. For years, they have been deemed �wimpy� or �pathetic,� but this is simply not the case. It’s time to set the record straight: Piping Plovers are tough cookies. Though this […]
Piping Plover Nesting Update
With nice weather due to return for the weekend here in Maine, we would like to take a moment for a short update on our Piping Plover Monitoring Program. After the storms in late April, a group of plover/endangered species biologists from United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and […]