Wintering Piping Plover Surveys 2008-2009Boca Chica, Texas to Marco Island, FloridaDecember 2, 2008 – March 13, 2009Final Report
Gratto-Trevor CL. 2010. Wintering Piping Plover Surveys 2008-2009Boca Chica, Texas to Marco Island, FloridaDecember 2, 2008 – March 13, 2009Final Report
Surveys to locate banded Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) were conducted on the Gulf of Mexico between December 2, 2008, and March 13, 2009. Seventy eight locations were visited from Marco Island in southwest Florida to Boca Chica beach in Texas near the United States border with Mexico. Ninety seven surveys were conducted, and twelve locations in Texas were surveyed two or more times to increase the dectectabity of banded birds. There were 3,300 observations of Piping Plovers, with 236 observations in Florida, 50 in Alabama, 172 in Mississippi, 214 in Louisiana, and 2,628 in Texas. There were 397 observations of banded Piping Plovers, about 12% of all observations. There were 44 band observations in Florida, 7 in Alabama, 19 in Mississippi, 32 in Louisiana, and 295 in Texas. By population, 170 of the banded Piping Plover observations were from Great Plains Canada, 176 were from Great Plains United States, 29 were unknown, 22 were from the Great Lakes, and 0 were from Atlantic Canada or Atlantic United States.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Gratto-Trevor, C
- Date of Issue
- 2010-08-22
- Units
- GUIS
- Keywords
- 27920 Wildlife Research Center, Bird, Contract # K4E21-08-0662, GUIS, NC, Piping Plover, Prairie and Northern Buxton, Shore bird, Survey