Recovery poor for Endangered Piping Plover

Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:25:50 -0300
From: Kevin Chisholm <kchisholm@ca.inter.net>
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Anna McCarron wrote:
> 
> Piping Plovers, an endangered shorebird species, are having a hard time
> this year. The recovery of this species depends on a successful nesting
> season. So
> far, it doesn't look good. These birds began nesting on our Nova Scotia
> beaches in April and May, and of 25 nests found and monitored (searching and
> monitoring is allowed only for those issued permits from the Canadian
> Wildlife Service), at least 15 have been lost!

I have a friend who is licensed to hunt for Piping
Plover nests, and has found 23, on an Island, about
2000 feet long.

 Most of these nest losses
> have been due to
> predators such as crows, or by the high storm tides that have washed out
> their nests. 

Most of the losses in this area were due seagulls. 

Seagulls seem to be in excess, because of all the
garbage introduced by Man. Now that Man is making an
effort to dispose of edible wastes by composting and
recycling, the Seagulls are searching for other food
sources. Is it not appropriate that Man help the Piping
Plover by controlling Seagulls, since he was a
contributor to the Seagull Problem in the first place?

What are the pros and cons of "Seagull Sandwiches?

Kevin Chisholm



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