Piping Plover

Piping Plover

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Piping Plover (endangered) adult (Charadrius melodus) at Wasaga Beach, Ontario - this species returned to Wasaga in 2004 (no successful nests) after not been seen/nesting in the Great Lakes Region of Canada since 1977. One brood of two pairs that attempted nesting in 2008 so far has been lost due to predation and incliment weather (hail storm).

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