Birds of the Massachusetts Coast

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"Forward–March!" 1 A male Piping Plover approaches his mate at Allens Pond in May 2009, performing the display known as high-stepping while standing strikingly erect. I suspect this specific type of courtship display may be more likely to lead to actual mating than others (it did very briefly precede the one act of copulation that I saw that spring).
Copyright © 2009 John Van de Graaff

"Forward–March!" 1 A male Piping Plover approaches his mate at Allens Pond in May 2009, performing the display known as high-stepping while standing strikingly erect. I suspect this specific type of courtship display may be more likely to lead to actual mating than others (it did very briefly precede the one act of copulation that I saw that spring).

Bird Photographs by John Van de Graaff