Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus

The Piping Plover is a small North American plover that breeds in the Great Plains, the Great Lakes and along the eastern coast of North America. Wintering is usually around the southern and gulf coasts down through Mexico.

Diet polychaete worms, flies, midges, grasshoppers, beetles, crustaceans, mollusks, etc.

Breeding (Feb-Aug)

Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX	Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX	Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX
Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX Note all the leg bands and antenna for tracking 04/16/2013 - Bolivar Penninsula, TX	04/16/2013 - Galveston State Beach, Galveston, TX 04/16/2013 - Galveston State Beach, Galveston, TX

Non-breeding (Sep-Feb)

09/10/2013 - Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL 09/10/2013 - Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL

09/19/2014 - Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL 09/19/2014 - Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL

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