A dapper plover names Gotawsi and their tiny fluffy chick at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, Ontario’s most successful and consistent nest site. Photo: Kalvin Chan.
Staff engaging and educating beach users on how plovers and people can safely share the beach.
Partners with Ontario Parks installing a trail camera to study predators and disturbance at a Piping Plover nest. The nest itself is within an exclosure -- a mesh pen to keep out predators, dogs and heavy human feet.
Two Birds Canada technicians monitor a nesting plover location. This is the most visible part of the Birds Canada program. From dusk to dawn, every day of the week, staff and volunteers are out on the sand collecting data, answering questions from the public, and helping beach users learn about the birds they share the shore with.
Science in the Sand: How We Protect Ontario’s Piping Plovers | @birdscanada.bsky.social | Bird conservation takes many different forms. This is a new series, where we give you a special look behind the scenes at how the work is done in the field. buff.ly/9HEin3E #PloverLovers #Birds #Conservation
