| What's Inside for 2011 Cover: Eastern Screech Owl January: Merlin February: Carolina Wrens March: Little Blue Heron April: Common Grackle May: Piping Plover June: Red-bellied Woodpecker July: Cedar Waxwing August: Pectoral Sandpiper & Semipalmated Sandpiper September:
Snowy Egret & October: Black-throated Blue Warbler November: Bufflehead December: Eastern Screech Owl Back Cover: All |
Twelve 4"x6" glossy photographs of birds from the Northeast of North America
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May 2011: Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plovers are sweet little shorebirds that begin arriving in the early spring to nest in the dunes and other sandy habitats along the coasts (and inland lake shores). Their vocalizations are sweet and flutey which give them both their common and latin names. Because they nest on the ground, they've become endangered from beach development of their prime habitats, and many of their known nesting areas in the US are now roped off or have some minimal protection from the USF&WS. © Copyright Phillip Augusta. All rights reserved. |
