7 July 2023
This weekend I’m at Cape Cod the place probably the most seashores are cordoned off to offer protection to piping plover nests and chicks.
Piping plovers also are secure in Queens through the NYC Plover Challenge, @NycPlover that tweeted 10 superb details about those lovely endangered birds.
This endangered piping plover chick is 14 days previous.
HERE ARE 10 PIPING PLOVER FACTS:
1. Piping plover chicks will have to feed themselves from start.
— NYC Plover Challenge (@NycPlover) July 3, 2023
I’ve unspooled the thread underneath for the ones of you who don’t have Twitter get entry to.
NYC Plover Challenge @NycPlover
Gateway Natl Rec House and 9 others
from Queens, NY
HERE ARE 10 PIPING PLOVER FACTS:
1. Piping plover chicks will have to feed themselves from start.
2. When they hatch, chicks don’t have a house base or nest.
3. Each folks fiercely give protection to them however they will have to have undeterred get entry to to the water’s edge to feed.
4. In the event that they don’t, they are going to die.
5. Few plover chicks reside lengthy sufficient to fly.
6. As soon as they can fly – at about 1 month – they’re over a vital hurdle however nonetheless face many threats.
7. Piping plovers are federally secure beneath the Endangered Species Act of 1973. They’re additionally secure beneath New York State legislation as a NYS endangered species.
8. There are fewer piping plovers than polar bears on earth.
9. A couple of states together with NY, NJ, MA, ME, IL, quickly shut seashores the place plover chicks are provide. This protects their younger fragile lives.
10. As few as 6,000 piping plovers are left on the earth. Somewhat inconvenience for us – for our day on the seaside – can save their younger lives. This isn’t a difficult quandary. Let’s do it.
— Quoted from 3 July 2023 Tweet from NYC Plover Challenge @NycPlover
For those who encounter a secure seaside, please honor the obstacles and stay your canines away. Those tiny birds rely on us.
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