The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)
Vince Cavalieri, Wildlife Biologist at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, found Of,bL:X,O (bLO) at her summer home near Glen Haven...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Apr 2
- 1 min
Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!
After spending her winter at Crandon Park, Near Miami, FL LeVeL is on her way north (L=black, -V=violet, the "e"s make it pronounceable.)...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Ready to Head North!
Great Lakes Piping Plovers are molting into alternate (breeding) plumage. They've replaced white and gray feathers around the head and...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico
We've added a new plover life story about him to the plover stories tab of our website.
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL
The 2022 Captive-reared chick (Of,bG:X,L/O/L) that was featured in this blog on August 2nd is now in southwest Florida. On August 2nd it...
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Scott Mills
- Sep 7, 2022
- 6 min
Reflecting on a Manitou solitaire with the endangered piping plovers
Article by Scott Mills published in The Glen Arbor Sun https://glenarborsun.com/reflecting-on-a-manitou-solitaire-with-the-endangered-pip...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Aug 2, 2022
- 2 min
The First 2022 Juvenile Arrives at the Coast!
...and it's one of our captive-reared chicks! The first juvenile Great Lakes Piping Plover at the coast on 8/2. Glibert Grant found it on...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Apr 16, 2022
- 1 min
First Females return 4-16
The first females returned to Sleeping Bear Dunes. Two females and one male were resting near each other in the cobble, sheltering from...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Apr 13, 2022
- 1 min
First Plover returns to the Great Lakes 4/11/2022
The winner of the 2022 Great Lakes Piping Plover race is Of,RR:X,G (aka RRG, pronounced Erg). He was first seen on the afternoon of...
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Alice Van Zoeren
- Apr 10, 2022
- 1 min
Heading North!
Great Lakes Piping Plovers are headed north. Any day now the first ones will arrive. We've gotten some recent reports from the south that...
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The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)
Vince Cavalieri, Wildlife Biologist at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, found Of,bL:X,O (bLO) at her summer home near Glen Haven...
Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!
After spending her winter at Crandon Park, Near Miami, FL LeVeL is on her way north (L=black, -V=violet, the "e"s make it pronounceable.)...
Ready to Head North!
Great Lakes Piping Plovers are molting into alternate (breeding) plumage. They've replaced white and gray feathers around the head and...
Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico
We've added a new plover life story about him to the plover stories tab of our website.
2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL
The 2022 Captive-reared chick (Of,bG:X,L/O/L) that was featured in this blog on August 2nd is now in southwest Florida. On August 2nd it...
Reflecting on a Manitou solitaire with the endangered piping plovers
Article by Scott Mills published in The Glen Arbor Sun https://glenarborsun.com/reflecting-on-a-manitou-solitaire-with-the-endangered-pip...
The First 2022 Juvenile Arrives at the Coast!
...and it's one of our captive-reared chicks! The first juvenile Great Lakes Piping Plover at the coast on 8/2. Glibert Grant found it on...
First Females return 4-16
The first females returned to Sleeping Bear Dunes. Two females and one male were resting near each other in the cobble, sheltering from...
First Plover returns to the Great Lakes 4/11/2022
The winner of the 2022 Great Lakes Piping Plover race is Of,RR:X,G (aka RRG, pronounced Erg). He was first seen on the afternoon of...
Heading North!
Great Lakes Piping Plovers are headed north. Any day now the first ones will arrive. We've gotten some recent reports from the south that...
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