Birds of the Massachusetts Coast

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"It’s a Big World!" -- I took this Piping Plover chick on my first visit to Allens Pond, in mid-June 2005. It’s probably around two weeks old, with its contour feathers beginning to produce a fuzzy appearance. The vegetation was fairly widespread that year on Little Beach--the main nesting area, especially for terns, but it has greatly diminished since. Low-lying coastal areas evolve constantly, especially during each winter’s strong winds and waves.
Copyright © 2005 John Van de Graaff

"It’s a Big World!" -- I took this Piping Plover chick on my first visit to Allens Pond, in mid-June 2005. It’s probably around two weeks old, with its contour feathers beginning to produce a fuzzy appearance. The vegetation was fairly widespread that year on Little Beach--the main nesting area, especially for terns, but it has greatly diminished since. Low-lying coastal areas evolve constantly, especially during each winter’s strong winds and waves.

Bird Photographs by John Van de Graaff