Posts Tagged ‘piping plovers’
UPDATED: Oceanside Beach at the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park Reopens September 1st
UPDATED – 08/27/24聽 – Katherine “Cat” Christie, DNREC Coastal Waterbird Biologist, tells the Talk of Delmarva that, “The Point hosted around seven breeding pairs of piping plovers this year, as well as two pairs of American oystercatchers, and a small colony of least terns. All three species had nests successfully hatch, and we confirmed the…
Read MoreCape Henlopen Point Beaches Closed For Nesting Season
The Point at Cape Henlopen is now closed for the annual beach nesting season. According to the Department of Natural Resources. the stretch of ocean and bay beach has been closed yearly since 1993 to benefit threatened and endangered beach nesters and migratory shorebirds. Piping plovers, red knots, oystercatchers, least terns and other birds often…
Read More2020 A Good Year For Piping Plover Population
It was a productive summer at the Delaware beaches for nesting shorebirds. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources Thursday reported that 21 nesting pairs of piping plovers were monitored, and they produced about 51 fledglings. The small beach nesting birds are on Delaware’s state endangered list. The rate of fledglings, at 2.4 per pair of…
Read MorePoint At Cape Henlopen State Park Reopens
The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, including a portion of ocean beach and dunes and a half-mile of bayshore, is reopening after being closed for six months to allow several species of shorebirds to flourish. The bayside beach at The Point will remain closed until October 1st as shorebirds prepare to migrate south for…
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