[NatureNS] Martinique Beach's Piping Plovers(13)

Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:38:44 -0300
From: Hans Toom <Htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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I took a stroll yesterday at Martinique Beach, Martinique Beach Provincial Park, taking advantage of a gorgeous spring morning.  I took a lot of photos so in today's gallery I've interspersed beach shots for the benefit of the folks that have never visited this place before to see the endangered Piping Plover in one of their premier nesting areas.

I counted nine Piping Plovers going down the beach toward the morning sun and thirteen Piping Plovers coming back.  The plovers were in three distinct groups, a small group of three before the first headland, that's where the rocky outcrop stands offshore, a group of six at the primary nesting area just past the first headland and another group of four about 500 metres before the beach ends.

There was a lot of displaying going on which was amusing to watch.

Hans

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Hans Toom
Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada
Website: http://hanstoom.com 
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took a stroll yesterday at Martinique&nbsp;Beach, 
Martinique Beach Provincial Park, taking advantage of a gorgeous spring 
morning.&nbsp; I took a lot of photos so&nbsp;in today's gallery I've 
interspersed beach shots for the benefit of the folks that have never visited 
this place before to see the endangered Piping Plover in one of their premier 
nesting areas.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I counted nine Piping Plovers going down the beach 
toward the morning sun and thirteen Piping Plovers coming back.&nbsp; The 
plovers were in three distinct groups, a small group of three before the first 
headland, that's where the rocky&nbsp;outcrop&nbsp;stands offshore, a group of 
six at the primary nesting area just past the first headland and another group 
of four about 500 metres before the beach ends.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a lot of displaying going on which was 
amusing to watch.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hans</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>_________________________________<BR>Hans 
Toom<BR>Portuguese Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR>Website: <A 
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