Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Rare in NC, Piping Plovers breed and overwinter in a few locations along the coast.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2004

Note orange legs, pale back & wings, and stubby bill which is black in winter and mostly orange in summer.

Digiscoped with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 and Kowa TSN-824


Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
31 January 2007

Photographed with a Canon eos 20d with a 100mm macro lens


Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2006

Digiscoped with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 and Kowa TSN-824

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2006

Digiscoped with a Nikon CoolPix 4500 and Kowa TSN-824


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Created on ... January 18, 2006 | Updated on ... January 6, 2008 | jspippen@duke.edu