Birds of the Massachusetts Coast

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"My Little Angel" -- Young plover chicks often take cover under a parent. Here are two chicks–one has just come out and is flexing its wings, while the other is still nearly hidden--we see a pair of tiny legs under the parent’s breast on the left.\nAll Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) images in the exhibition are from Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. Piping plovers are a threatened species, widely monitored by organizations such as Mass Audubon.
Copyright © 2006 John Van de Graaff

"My Little Angel" -- Young plover chicks often take cover under a parent. Here are two chicks–one has just come out and is flexing its wings, while the other is still nearly hidden--we see a pair of tiny legs under the parent’s breast on the left.
All Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) images in the exhibition are from Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. Piping plovers are a threatened species, widely monitored by organizations such as Mass Audubon.

Bird Photographs by John Van de Graaff