Each year from early spring to late summer, natural resource managers from numerous local, state, federal, and non-profit organizations collect data on piping plovers throughout the bird's Atlantic Coast nesting range. Information is collected on the number of birds during a late spring "window census," and for the nesting season as a whole. Data are also collected on nesting "productivity," expressed as number of chicks that survive to fledging per nesting pair of adult birds. The information is compiled by State wildlife agencies and consolidated into an Annual Status Report by the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Where information is available, more detailed reports for individual States are listed below.
Available State Status Reports
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2001: Massachusetts (External link to Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program) [123 KB] Delaware [9 KB] Virginia [17 KB] |
2001 State reports are in PDF format. Requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader© to view. To save PDF files for future use, right click the links and choose "Save" or "Save Target As." Left click to view now. |
2000:
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Delaware
North Carolina
1999:
New Jersey (External link to New Jersey Endangered and Nongame Species Program)
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URL address http://pipingplover.fws.gov/
Last updated May 9, 2002