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Michael Milicia/ BIA / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) in broken wing display, Massachusetts
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Michael Milicia/ BIA / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) stretching, Massachusetts
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Michael Milicia/ BIA / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) with chick, Massachusetts
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Tom Vezo / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) sitting on eggs in nest on ground, Long Island, New York
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Harry Collins / Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) chicks shelter under adult for warmth and protection, then one chick appears, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA, May.
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) wading. South Padre Island, Texas, USA.
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Marie Read / Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), male approaching female while performing goose-stepping display before copulation, near nest site on beach, northern Massachusetts coast, USA, April.
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Marie Read / Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), male and female copulating near nest site on beach, northern Massachusetts coast, USA. April.
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Marie Read / Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), male and female copulating near nest site on beach, northern Massachusetts coast, USA. April.
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Marie Read / Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus), three during aggressive territorial interaction near nest site on beach in spring, northern Massachusetts coast, USA. April.
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Marie Read / Sign warning of restricted access to nesting area of Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) in sand dunes, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York, USA, September
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Marie Read / Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), chick running along a beach, Massachusetts coast, USA. June.
