Piping Plover Introduction The piping plover, a bird now going extinct, was once very bountiful. When an animal is going extinct, it could mean a lot of things. The Piping Plover is an endangered species. An endangered species is a name for a plant or animal that is slowly dying out. This bird is experiencing population drops, so it is called endangered. It is known to scientists as the Charadrius Melodus (ES: Piping Plover). It mainly resides around the Great Lakes and sometimes lives along
Piping Plover Background Information Piping plovers are small shorebirds that usually lives on sandy beach and is considered to be endangered. It has a pale color that blend perfectly with dry beach sand. During the spring and summer, it appears to have a single black neckband and a narrow black band across its forehead. The plover’s bills and legs are yellowish but their bills have a black tip. During their flight its rump is white in color. The sexes appear similar, in both their size and
or extinct and recently an endangered bird species called piping plovers, started nesting on Revere Beach. What would seem as a miraculous discovery, many are averse to their new inhabitants on the beach. Many Revere residents are complaining because the piping plovers now occupy parts of “their” beach. But in the article “Revere Beach should welcome the piping plover” The Editorial Board believes that the presence of the piping plover could be greatly beneficial to the city of Revere and I certainly
vehicular and sometimes pedestrian traffic on parts of beaches where Plovers are nesting. Fire Island National Seashore has been identified as one of six crucial Plover nesting sites. In some cases beach officials have had to ban kite flying from nest areas because the Plover mistakes the kites for a predator. While the kite is in the air the birds will not leave the nest for food, subsequently plovers have starved to death. The plover is just one example of how beach officials have to balance the recreational
She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun” (41). The land is playing the sweetest music, its orchestrating sounds of contentment. The land is expressing itself by singing sweet sounds through the rolling hills. Can land and
A biological community is all the populations of organisms living together and potentially interacting in a particular area. A community has its own properties, just as a population has certain characteristics, such as density and dispersion pattern. Its defining characteristics are its diversity, its prevalent from of vegetation, its stability, and its trophic structure. The variety of different types of organisms make up the diversity of a community. It is consisted of two components. The first
The Grasslands Picture yourself being able to see from horizon to horizon. The land is flat, and covered with different kinds of crops and small bunches of trees. You can see a village near the river. Most houses are made of brick, with some being wood. Power lines run up and down the street. Close your eyes and the scene changes to a less familiar place. The land is flat with some steep hills nearby. In this scene, instead of brick and wood houses you see houses made out of dung. The ground is
This Book is Dedicated to: Harry Forbes Winslow III, my inspiration for the writing of both this and Harry the Plum Island Fisherman! He touches the lives of more people than he will ever know. He is one who gives unconditional love to those in his life and has a heart that encompasses everything around him. My four children, Shirley, April, Arthur JR and Danielle, who are the loves of my life. My seven grandchildren, the gems of my life. And above all, to God, who has always provided everything
A Sand County Almanac 10 Historical Names Researched: Dean W. H. Henry: Dean W. H. Henry Jonathan Carver: Jonathan Carver was born on April 13, 1710 in Weymouth, Mass. and died on Jan. 31, 1780 in London, Eng. He was an early explorer of North America and author of one of the most widely read travel and adventure books in that period. John Muir: John Muir also known as "John of the Mountains", was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation
If you don’t already live in Wisconsin, have you ever considered it? Don’t ever doubt living in Wisconsin because you will fall in love with the state! Wisconsin is a great place to live, because you can play and watch different activities, eat at unique restaurants, and enjoy the four seasons. One reason Wisconsin is an amazing state because there are so many different types of amazing sports teams! The Green Bay Packers and The Wisconsin Badgers are two very popular football teams, and are very
Romantic relationships are a tough cookie to crack. Many people go through dozens of relationships over their lifetime-often ending in broken hearts, and ill wishes. Given this, relationships help people grow; those dozens of people allow them, to figure out what they want in a mate and what they're willing to compromise. First relationships are hard. Persons are affected by their culture at this age; often, this is what one would call “young love”. At this time, the ideals of true love, passion
Hong Kong is Victoria Harbour whereas for Malaysia it is the South China Sea o The longest river of Hong Kong is Sham Chun River whereas Rajang River is Malaysia’s longest and is more than 20 times longer. o The Largest lake in HK is the man made Plover Cove Reservoir whereas in Malaysia it is Bera Lake which is more than 1000 times larger. Slide 6 - pictures Slide 7 - Physical Environment – Climate o Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and monsoonal, with cool dry winters and hot wet summers. In
49003 - Little Talbot Island State Park Little Talbot Island State Park rests on an undeveloped barrier island in northeast Florida. Only one of a few such natural environments, the park covers the 2,500-acre island property. Little Talbot has grown larger than Big Talbot Island over the years. Erosion washed sands from the previously larger site and deposited them on Little Talbot. Just northeast of Jacksonville, this park contains five miles of unobstructed coastline. Five boardwalks provide
Elizabethan Food & Dining For the well-to-do, eating during the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods was a fancy affair. A king or queen when going abroad could expect banquet tables filled with hundreds of dishes--for just one meal! There was much pageantry and entertainment. At Leicester, Queen Elizabeth I (predecessor of King James VI & I) was greeted with a pageant of welcome displayed on a temporary bridge. There were cages of live birds--bitterns, curlews, hernshaws and godwits. One pillar
The Importance of Birds in Virginia Woolf's The Waves To emphasize her viewpoint in The Waves, Woolf employs a distinctive style. She interlocks the dramatic monologues of six characters at successive stages in their lives to tell her story; and prefaces each of the sections with a descriptive passage of sun and waves through a single day. In these passages descriptions of the sun, the sea, the plants, and the birds make implicit comparisons with the characters' speeches. The actions of the
The Lewis and Clark expedition is when the United States purchased Louisiana from France in the early 1800´s This was known as the Louisiana purchase. Many of Americans did not know much about the land west of the Mississippi River. President Jefferson decided that there should be an exploration crew to go west. So he appointed many of his own private secretaries, Meriweather Lewis as the main leader in charge of the expedition and in charge of finding the appropriate guides for it. Lewis invited
As I drive across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge my excitement builds. Instantly any troubles disappear just by knowing that I’m on the right side of the bay headed towards my sanctuary where everything is different from my normal day’s routine. Crossing that bridge is like a gateway leading me to a tranquil land of perpetual Joy. The choppy bay waters bob up and down as if they’re the welcoming party waving hello. Marshy vegetation occupies the bay waters on both sides of the single road that leads into
The BP oil spill of 2010 was the worst in United States history and not the last. It is estimated that over 140 million gallons of crude oil was leaked into the gulf. The damage caused by the oil was immense, and it affected shorebirds, migratory colonial birds, fish, aquatic mammals and aquatic plants were all affected by the oil. Experts across the board agree that oil pollution adversely affects all aquatic life, however their opinions differ when it comes to the severity of the damage
The responsibility of a police officer is to maintain public order, prevent crime, and to detect crime as well. It is a very stressful job that comes with many pressures and expectations from society. Police officers are often engaged in situations that require them to think critically and fast. They undergo many dangerous obstacles and difficult situations that many of us would fear to handle. In some of these harsh situations police officers tend to use brutal force which can ironically lead
The Endangered Species of New York FACTS & HISTORY What exactly does the term endangered species denote? There can be numerous definitions that correctly describe the term. It is any plant or animal whose survival is in jeopardy of becoming extinct. Extinction, of course, is when the species no longer exists, and there is no way it can be brought back to this earth. In most cases, the cause of this displeasing calamity is generally human-related. As more time goes on, more species are