Piping Plovers are small, endangered shorebirds in Manitoba. Its call is described as a "plaintive peep-lo" which made it the perfect name for this blog as it too is a plaintive call, a Call to Action.

21 July 2010

Missing Chick Found


Back on June 2, I wrote a post about how the eight chicks we banded last year had not been seen anywhere from the Great Lakes to Alberta. Well, I am pleased to announce that one of the Grand Beach banded chicks has been spotted and identified at Grand Marais. Now I know most of you who have been following the blog and know the Grand Beach area are asking yourselves, why we didn't see it earlier, considering Grand Marais is a stones-throw from Grand Beach. The reason is this, wait for it, this Grand Marais is 800 km by vehicle (sorry, Google doesn't have a button labelled 'as the crow flies' I could click on) southeast of Grand Beach in Minnesota along the shores of Lake Superior about a two hour drive north of Duluth, Minnesota.

For Grand Beach 'Plover Lovers' this is terrific news!

...to be continued

photo - Jean Carpenter

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