# @centerforbiodiv on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw3gWthrzoH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8505755-centerforbiodiv-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/6f24766cdd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-09-06T22:33:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Center for Biological Diversity (@CenterForBioDiv) — https://gondola.cc/CenterForBioDiv

## Caption

It's #WorldShorebirdDay, so let's talk about one of the rarest shorebirds in North America: The piping plover. 

Piping plovers are small, stocky shorebirds that scurry along ocean and lake shores in the Great Plains, Great Lakes and Atlantic Coast. They have large eyes, stubby bills, and orange legs, and during breeding season develop well-defined black collars.

First protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 1985, the birds are threatened by habitat loss, predation, and disturbance by motorized vehicles and dogs. The Center has been working hard to keep off-road vehicles out of precious habitat and to establish rules that prohibit motorized vehicle use in all designated critical habitat and on all federal, state-owned, and state-managed public lands within piping plover habitat.

To learn more about piping plovers and our work to save them visit ▶️ biodiv.us/plover

📸 All photos courtesy USFWS
#shorebirds #pipingplover #endangeredspecies

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shorebirds, pipingplover, endangeredspecies, worldshorebirdday

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