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THANK YOU MAYOR SEFATIA AND THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER FOR FENCING OFF AN AREA FOR THE PIPING PLOVERS AT GOOD HARBOR BEACH!

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On Friday, April 17th, a protective area was set aside for the PiPls at Good Harbor Beach. Despite Everything, and I mean Everything the Mayor and the City government have to contend with during the pandemic, they managed to create a symbolically fenced off area to help the birds establish their nesting site..

Endangered/threatened species signs have yet to be installed. I think it is up to each of us as individuals to let people know about the birds. And I mean we need to do this in a very polite, friendly manner, while also maintaining physical distance. There are no nests with eggs as of yet, so if you see a child, person, or pet run through calmly explain to the adult (never approach children please) that we are protecting threatened shorebirds and they need the space within the roped off area to establish their nests. This is often easier said then done, but the most important thing is to remain calm and kind.

Thank you again Mayor Sefatia, the City of Gloucester, and the DPW!

Papa Plover foraging at dusk

 

 

THANK YOU GOVERNOR BAKER AND THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION FOR PROTECTING PIPING PLOVERS AT DCR BEACHES!

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So proud to live in Massachusetts, a state where the lives of threatened and endangered shorebirds that nest along our coastline, birds such as Least Terns, Piping Plovers, and American Oyster Catchers are considered worth protecting.

Despite all that the State government is trying to manage with the pandemic at its very peak, a huge shout out to Governor Baker and his administration for continuing the fight to help protect Piping Plovers. The Governor’s list of essential workers includes natural resource workers and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation has placed symbolic roping and threatened species signs on DCR beaches.

For over forty years, people have been working to rebuild the Piping Plover population and it will only add to the coronavirus tragedy if we cease protecting threatened and endangered wildlife.

The PiPls are having a tough time of it this spring, largely because so much of their overwintering habitat was ravished during last year’s Hurricane Dorian. Let’s all work together to share the shore with wildlife and to protect our own Good Harbor Beach Piping Plover family.

Males and females are pairing up at local beaches

Male PiPl building a nest scrape and tossing bits of shells and sand into the scrape.

Female PiPl keeping out of the path of gusty winds.

Winthrop Shore Reservations ‘Five Sisters’