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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

Alice Van Zoeren

Feb 11 min read

Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

gabbY at Cumberland Island, GA on 1/29/2025 Gabby is now in her 16th year and is officially the oldest Piping Plover ever in the Great...

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Alice Van Zoeren

Apr 18, 20242 min read

A Close Call for bYG

Life isn’t easy on the shore. Shorebirds confront many issues daily: predators, dogs, storms, sea-level rise… They also must deal with...

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Alice Van Zoeren

Feb 29, 20241 min read

Migration Mystery

Last November Collin Stempien discovered the previously-unknown wintering territory of Of,bY:X,L (bYL or "Bill") at Horn Island, MS....

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Alice Van Zoeren

Jan 29, 20241 min read

GabbY is now 15 years old!

On January 25th, 2024 Sarah Tolve was looking for wintering PIping Plovers at Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia and found...

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biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

Alice Van Zoeren

Oct 23, 20232 min read

biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

Two Great Lakes Piping Plovers were seen in October at Fish Haul Beach on Hilton Head Island, SC. One is a male. (Of,bN:X,G) We call him...

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The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Alice Van Zoeren

Apr 9, 20231 min read

The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Vince Cavalieri, Wildlife Biologist at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, found Of,bL:X,O (bLO) at her summer home near Glen Haven...

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Alice Van Zoeren

Apr 2, 20231 min read

Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!

After spending her winter at Crandon Park, Near Miami, FL LeVeL is on her way north (L=black, -V=violet, the "e"s make it pronounceable.)...

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Alice Van Zoeren

Mar 27, 20232 min read

Ready to Head North!

Great Lakes Piping Plovers are molting into alternate (breeding) plumage. They've replaced white and gray feathers around the head and...

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Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

Alice Van Zoeren

Nov 11, 20221 min read

Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

We've added a new plover life story about him to the plover stories tab of our website.

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Alice Van Zoeren

Sep 23, 20221 min read

2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL

The 2022 Captive-reared chick (Of,bG:X,L/O/L) that was featured in this blog on August 2nd is now in southwest Florida. On August 2nd it...

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Spreading Their Wings

The birds are all done - the last of the chicks fledged early last week. A few are still hanging out on their beaches though. Within a...

Plovers Flourish on the "Shipwreck Coast”

Piping plovers return year after year to the "shipwreck coast," a remote stretch of Lake Superior between the village of Grand Marais and...

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

GabbY is now 15 years old!

biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!

Ready to Head North!

Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

GabbY is now 15 years old!

biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!

Ready to Head North!

Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL

Spreading Their Wings

Plovers Flourish on the "Shipwreck Coast”

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

GabbY is now 15 years old!

biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!

Ready to Head North!

Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

GabbY is now 15 years old!

biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!

Ready to Head North!

Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL

Spreading Their Wings

Plovers Flourish on the "Shipwreck Coast”

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

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Of,gb:X,Y "gabbY" is now the oldest recorded Great Lakes Piping Plover!

A Close Call for bYG

Migration Mystery

GabbY is now 15 years old!

biNG and YO YO…A match made at Hilton Head?

The 2023 Winner of the Plover Race! (as far as we know)

Of,LV:X,L (LeVeL) is on her way!

Ready to Head North!

Of,RR:X,V (RRV or Irv) is spending his fourth winter at Yum Balam in Yucatan, Mexico

2022 Captive-reared chick now in FL

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