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Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
NYS Endangered Species
Federal Threatened Species

County
Specimen
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Location
Suffolk

Specimen # 7
Date: August 2003
Location: Southold, NY
Notes: Protected species, this individual was located on Cedar Beach. You may notice fencing put up to protect plover breeding grounds on Long Island beaches.

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Background Image Credit: Gene Nieminen/USFWS

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