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	Plover - MSN Encarta
		Plovers are distinguished from their similar shorebird relatives the sandpipers by their relatively short bills, which are enlarged and hardened at the tip.
		The killdeer is classified as Charadrius vociferus, the piping plover as Charadrius melodus, the semipalmated plover as Charadrius semipalmatus, the common ringed plover as Charadrius hiaticula, and the snowy plover as Charadrius alexandrinus.
		The fl-bellied plover is classified as Pluvialis squatarola, the American golden plover as Pluvialis dominica, the Pacific golden plover as Pluvialis fulva, and the Eurasian golden plover as Pluvialis apricaria.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562437/Plover.html (644 words)

	Plovers: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Plovers are also known to use a technique called “foot-patting.” The bird patters its feet on loose sand or mud causing the small organisms on which it feeds to rise to the surface.
		During the winter, all four plovers have the typical protective coloration of an animal that is preyed upon, that of a dark back and a light belly.
		Semipalmated plovers are easily noted along sandy beaches, for they call incessantly when approached during nesting.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/bird/plovers.php (1151 words)

	BirdWeb - Bird Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Semipalmated Plovers are uncommon migrants in the interior part of the state.
		Semipalmated Plovers are not threatened or endangered in any part of their range.
		Semipalmated Plovers are abundant on the outer coast and its estuaries, and less so around Puget Sound, during peak migration at the end of April and the end of July.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=143 (391 words)

	Plover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae.
		Plovers are found throughout the world, and are characterised by relatively short bills.
		They feed mainly on insects, worms or other invertebrates, depending on habitat, which are obtained by a run-and-pause technique, rather than the steady probing of some other wader groups.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plover (178 words)

	NatureWorks - Semipalmated Plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The semipalmated plover breeds from Alaska to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
		The semipalmated plover breeds on sandy or mossy tundra.
		The semipalmated plover is very territorial during mating season and often flies a few feet over its territory to warn other plovers away.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/semipalmplover.htm (204 words)

	Semipalmated Plover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) is a small plover.
		They are migratory and winter in coastal areas ranging from the United States to Patagonia.
		They are extremely rare vagrants to western Europe, although their true status may be obscured by the difficulty in identifying them from the very similar Ringed Plover of Eurasia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Semipalmated_Plover (203 words)

	semipplover
		The two Ringed Plover (above left and centre) were photographed in September 2003 on Arranmore Island and demonstrate the degree of individual variation that can occur in respect to the amount of white feathering above the gape.
		The Semipalmated Plover (above right) shows a far more clear cut and obvious white wedge in this area which was clearly visible from at least 50 metres.
		I thought people may be interested in a few notes on the Arranmore Semipalmated Plover, with a view to initially picking one out in the field.
	www.irishbirding.com /semipplover.html (1036 words)

	Audubon WatchList - Wilson's Plover
		Wilson's Plover's heavy fl bill is the best mark for distinguishing this species from the similar Piping Plover, Semipalmated Plover, and Snowy Plover, with which it can often be found.
		Wilson's Plovers are very reluctant to return to their nests when there are potential predators anywhere in the area.
		Wilson's Plover is considered to be endangered, threatened, or rare in many of the states in which it breeds along the Atlantic: Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=219 (1094 words)

	Semipalmated Plover: Zoom It - Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Gerhard photographed this semipalmated plover in August, 2005 in California.
		Semipalmated means partly-webbed, and refers to the skin between the toes.
		Semipalmated plovers breed in the arctic but are found throughout the United States, especially along the coasts, during migration.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /ConservationandScience/MigratoryBirds/Zoomify/sepl.cfm (254 words)

	All About Birds
		A small dark shorebird with a single band across its chest, the Semipalmated Plover is the most common plover seen on migration in most areas.
		The Semipalmated Plover is among the few plovers whose numbers are apparently increasing, perhaps owing to its versatility in food and habitat choice, its wide-spread coastal winter distribution, or its habitat expansion in the sub-Arctic as a result of disturbance by both humans and arctic geese.
		The Semipalmated Plover has been seen to swim short distances across small water channels during foraging while on migration.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Semipalmated_Plover.html (175 words)

	Birds - Semipalmated Plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Closely associated with the friendly little sandpipers, these small plovers likewise haunt the beaches, their plumage in autumn being precisely the color of the wet sand they constantly run about on in small scattered flocks.
		General Greeley found these plovers still nesting in Grinnell Land early in July; yet by the end of the month stragglers from large flocks begin to arrive in the United States—a little journey to try the wings of fledgelings en route to Brazil.
		It is said the male arranges the small pear shaped buff eggs, spotted with chocolate, with the pointed end toward the centre of the depression in the ground that answers as nest, the bet-ter to cover all four with his breast, for it is he who does most, if not all, of the incubating.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/birds-230.shtml (597 words)

	Audubon WatchList - Snowy Plover
		The pale brown plumage of their upper parts is similar to that of the Piping Plover, but much lighter than other closely related species like the Wilson's Plover and Semipalmated Plover.
		In North America, the Snowy Plover is found along the west coast from Washington to Baja California and along the Gulf coast from Florida to the Yucatan Peninsula.
		Studies have found declines in Snowy Plover populations along the U.S. Gulf Coast, in the Great Plains and along the westernmost part of its U.S. range where there was an estimated 20% decline in breeding birds from the late 1970's to the late 1980's.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=192 (1113 words)

	Bird Sightings \| Birds and Beyond \| Mass Audubon
		A semipalmated plover, three Baird's sandpipers, two buff-breasted sandpipers, two pectoral sandpipers, four semipalmated sandpipers, and a Wilson's snipe were reported at the sod farm on Pine Meadow Road in Northfield.
		Five fl-bellied plovers, two American golden plovers, a red-necked grebe, an olive-sided flycatcher, a yellow-throated vireo, a prairie warbler, and a Wilson's warbler were seen in Southwick.
		Sightings in Northfield on Saturday included five fl-bellied plovers, two semipalmated plovers, a greater yellowlegs, a lesser yellowlegs, a ruddy turnstone, 10 least sandpipers, a white-rumped sandpiper, 15 pectoral sandpipers, a stilt sandpiper, and eight short-billed Dowitchers.
	www.massaudubon.org /Birds_&_Beyond/sightings.php?type=archive (2522 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Charadriidae - Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius ...
		More importantly the bill of Wilson's Plover is much larger and thicker than that of the Semipalmated Plover.
		Habitat: The Semipalmated Plover breeds on mossy or sandy tundra.
		Behavior: Like most plovers, the Semipalmated Plover is usually seen running rapidly over ocean beaches and mudflats and stopping suddenly.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/plover/Csemip.htm (285 words)

	Birds: The Semipalmated Ring Plover
		IN THEIR habits the Plovers are usually active; they run and fly with equal facility, and though they rarely attempt to swim, are not altogether unsuccessful in that particular.
		The American Ring Plover nests as far north as Labrador, and is common on our shores from August to October, after which it migrates southward.
		It is one of the commonest of shore birds.
	www.birdnature.com /jul1897/semipalmated.html (325 words)

	277. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In hindsight it is hard to believe that we had convinced ourselves that we had the bird before because the differences between the two were substantial, particularly: The Semipalmated Plover was much smaller than the juvenile Ringed Plover.
		The Semipalmated Plover’s bill was significantly shorter, darker, and stubbier giving the impression of a different facial expression.
		The Semipalmated Plover had a totally different shape being stockier and “top heavy” and seeming to have a body that sat differently on the legs which in turn seemed longer in relation to body size.
	journals.aol.com /crossmik4/UKList/entries/2005/12/08/277.-semipalmated-plover/517 (304 words)

	Piping Plover Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The piping plover is classified as threatened throughout it's entire North American range and as endangered in Maryland.
		These are: fl-bellied plover, lesser golden plover, Wilson's plover, semipalmated plover and killdeer.
		Piping plover populations have been reduced due to increased development and recreational uses of beaches along the Atlantic coast.
	www.dnr.state.md.us /wildlife/pplover.html (203 words)

	Bird Watcher's Digest: Species Identification: Semipalmated Plover
		The semi-palmated plover is one of the few species of small plovers in North America that show a single breast band.
		The semipalmated plover is dark above, with bright orange legs.
		The semipalmated plover is common on beaches, lakeshores, and tidal flats and is seen throughout North America during migration.
	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/backyard_birds/bird_id/plover_semipalmated.aspx (235 words)

	s_plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Semipalmated Plover frequents tidal mudflats, sandy and gravel beaches, small estuaries, and, less commonly, rocky beaches.
		The Semipalmated Plover breeds throughout the Northern Mountains and Plateaus and the Chilkat Pass regions, on the Queen Charlotte Lowlands, and at 2 other disjunct localities: in the Chilcotin Plateau, and near Vancouver.
		In the northwest, where the Semi-palmated Plover is more sparsely distributed, it breeds in sub-alpine tundra, near swamps on flat plateaus, and along the margins of lakes.
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /nh_papers/gracebell/english/s_plover.html (965 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Charadriidae - Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
		The Semipalmated Plover is a consistently smaller species.
		Behavior: Wilson's Plover is a rare bird of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast.
		The eggs are laid in a depression in the sand.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/plover/Cwilson.htm (242 words)

	Plover Sounds
		There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called plover or dotterel and another 20-odd species of the closely related lapwings.
		Piping Plover audio clip "The voice is a clear, melodious whistled "peep-lo".
		Semipalmated Plover call; from John Feith's Bird Song Ear Training Guide CD
	www.junglewalk.com /sound/Plover-sounds.htm (177 words)

	Shorebird Photos © Bill Schmoker
		Alternate Black-bellied Plovers with Short-billed Dowitchers and Dunlins, Heislerville, NJ, 5/06.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper in flight, Prewitt Reservoir, Washington County, Colorado, 8/04.
		Semipalmated Sandpiper, Prewitt Reservoir, Washington County, Colorado, 7/04.
	www.schmoker.org /BirdPics/Shorebirds.html (526 words)

	phorum - WisBird - [wisb] Re: Semipalmated Plover - Racine
		A Semipalmated Plover was observed at Meyer's Park in Racine Friday,
		A Semipalmated Plover was observed at Meyer's Park in Racine =
		Semipalmated Plover reported for Racine County for April 14th would go
	www.surfbirds.com /phorum/read.php?f=87&i=20735&t=20732 (627 words)

	phorum - IDFrontiers - [BIRDWG01] small Charadrius plover in PA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Plover to show upperparts are a very light sandy buff.
		Semipalmated Plover and argues against Common Ringed Plover.
		There were Semipalmated and Piping P= lovers of normal coloration seen at the same time.
	www.surfbirds.com /phorum/read.php?f=51&i=1405&t=1405 (725 words)

	Piping Plover - South Dakota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Piping Plover was once a fairly common sight along Atlantic coast beaches, Great Lakes beaches, and interior river sandbars, but is now threatened or endangered throughout its entire range.
		In South Dakota, nesting activity is primarily on Missouri River sandbars, where successful nesting is threatened by controlled water levels in the state's reservoirs.
		Status: Piping Plovers are threatened or endangered throughout their entire range.
	huskertsd.tripod.com /species/piping_plover.htm (242 words)

	Snowy Plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In North America, Snowy Plovers breed along the Pacific Coast from Washington to Baja California (especially from San Francisco south); on the Gulf Coast from Florida to Tamaulipas, Mexico; and locally on salt flats around lakes in the interior West.
		Outside of the breeding season, Snowy Plovers are found in coastal areas from San Francisco south on the Pacific Coast, and along the Gulf coasts of Florida and Texas, often in mixed groups of shorebirds.
		In breeding plumage, the Piping Plover's fl bar across the head extends from eye to eye and is not interrupted by the white superciliary stripe, like the Snowy Plover, and the fl breast band is complete or nearly so.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/SNOPLO (609 words)

	Semipalmated Plover alaska kodiak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The short, plump body and neck of a Semipalmated Plover is like a fat chicken trying to run around.
		The throat of a Semipalmated Plover is white.
		This plover's bill tip is fl, but the base of the bill is orange.
	www.kodiak.k12.ak.us /main/cordry/birdwebsite/semipalmatedplover.html (292 words)

	Semipalmated Plover - Kvöldlóa / Birding Iceland
		Brynjúlfur Brynjólfsson and Sigmundur Ásgeirsson did not really expect to find a new bird for Iceland, on an evening tour on the Reykjanes peninsula (SW Iceland) on 7 May 2004, where the target bird was Manx Shearwater which is regular off several seawatching points.
		When having a quick look at Sandgerði, they soon stopped on a 'ringed plover' type, which was clearly smaller than the surrounding Ringed Plovers Charadrius hiaticula.
		It is thought that this bird is in its first summer, because of the immature looking plumage, although litterature states that first-summer birds are distinguished from adults by the very worn primaries (!).
	www.hi.is /~yannk/chasem04.html (342 words)

	Northern Parula and Semipalmated Plover on Lee Vining Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Northern Parula and Semipalmated Plover on Lee Vining Creek
		She was foraging among the last remaining Wilson's Warblers by the county ford.
		The Semipalmated was loafing on the delta, which is wetter than I have seen it in three years.
	www.monolake.org /birdcounts/birds2005/_disc5/00000047.htm (81 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Semipalmated Plover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Remarks This plover frequents sandy beaches and mudflats during migration and, although it mixes to some extent with swarms of its many relatives, it shows an inclination to remain aloof, particularly at high tide when it is resting on beaches.
		Two colloquial names for this shorebird are "ox-eye" and "ring-neck" It can be readily identified by the single fl band (brown in young birds) across an otherwise pure white breast.
		The Piping Plover is much like the Semipalmated Plover in size and plumage pattern but is much paler.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0123.htm (491 words)

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