Piping plover chicks on a stroll

Two piping plover chicks walking on the beach

Photo By/Credit

Luis Ramos/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

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Chincoteague refuge is offers some of the only undeveloped beach habitat where the threatened piping plover nests.

Facility

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Species

Charadrius melodus

Subject tags

Shorebirds

Wildlife

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