photo courtesy of US Fish & Wildlife Service

Links + Resources


This list of resources is by no means exhaustive but it should get anyone started!

Species Profiles

Recovery Information

  • All About Birds
  • ARKive
  • Environment Canada
  • Hinterland Who's Who
  • Nature Canada - Species Profile
  • Manitoba Conservation
  • USFWS Profile
  • Montana Field Guide
  • Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife
  • Bahamas National Trust
  • BirdLife International
  • Nature Saskatchewan
  • Ontario Natural Resources
  • Piping Plovers @ Sauble Beach, Ontario
  • Env Canada / Nova Scotia
  • Experience PEI - Piping Plover Patrol
  • USFWS Website
  • New Hampshire Piping Plover Project
  • Env Canada Piping Plover Survival Network
  • IUCN Red List
  • NatureServer Explorer

    • Video

    Audio

  • Hinterland Who's Who
  • How Nature Works
  • Plovers in a Dangerous Time
  • Arkive Piping Plover
  • IBC Plover in Winter
  • IBC Plover Interactions
  • IBC Plover Foraging
  • IBC Plover Calling
  • IBC Winter Foraging
  • Nature Conservancy
  • Plymouth Beach Plovers
  • Piping Plover Chick
  • NPS Sandy Hook
  • Macaulay Library
  • Hinterland Who's Who
  • All About Birds
  • IBC Plover Calling
  • JungleWalk

    • Books - for Adults

  • E. A. Schreiber & Joanna Burger, editors (2001) Biology of Marine Birds
  • Henry Beston (1928) The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
  • Elise Elliott-Smith & Susan M. Haig, (2004) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), The Birds of North America
  • Joel Sartore (2010) National Geographic Rare: Portraits of America's Endangered Species
  • Ronald Cohn & Jesse Russell (2013) Piping Plover

    • Materials - for Teachers

  • ARKive for Educators
  • US National Park Service (2009) Great Lakes Piping Plovers - National Park Service
  • US National Park Service (2009) Great Lakes Piping Plover Survival: Lesson Plan

    • Books - for Kids

  • Cari Noga (nd) Plover Pilgrimage (e-book)
  • Ruth Soffer (1999) Sea and Shore Birds Coloring Book
  • Kristin Bieber Domm & Jeffrey Domm (2000) Ahmed and the Nest of Sand - available for sale on this website soon!
  • Thornton W. Burgess (2005) The Burgess Seashore Book for Children
  • Ginjer L. Clarke & Pete Mueller (2007) Fake Out!: Animals That Play Tricks
  • Janet Riegle (2008) Piping Plover Summer
  • Helene Boudreau (2010) Keep Out!
  • Jennifer Okubo (2011) Kayleigh the Eco-Friendly Kayaker