SADLY - PIPING PLOVERS NOT SEEN this season along the east shore of Grand Traverse Bay near Mitchell Creek-Kewadin. Great Lakes’ shores, once home to 800 pairs of Piping Plovers, dropped to 13 in 1990 due to nest disruption, predation, & habitat loss. Piping Plovers are a Federal Endangered Species. The protected population increased to 85 nesting pairs – but not locally (Photo by Audubon). The Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team works for recovery of this delightful bird.
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