National Digital Library

Help
|
English

English

Espanol

中国 Chinese, Simplified

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

to

Searching collections:

Images

Add or remove collections

Home Piping Plover

Reference URL

Share

Rate

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Piping Plover

View Description

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Print

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Select the collections to add or remove from your search

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Select All Collections

A

D

I

M

V

OK

Cancel

Rating
Title	Piping Plover
Alternative Title	Charadrius melodus
Creator	Nieminen, Gene;
Description	Piping plover walking on a New Jersey beach. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the base of its neck. Like other plovers, it runs in short starts and stops. When still, the piping plover blends into the pale background of open, sandy habitat on outer beaches where it feeds and nests. The bird's name derives from its call notes, plaintive bell-like whistles which are often heard before the birds are seen.
FWS Resource Links	http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=B079
Subject	Birds Migratory birds Shorebirds Threatened species
Location	New Jersey
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	2006/04/18
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	WVPP056.jpg
Source	NCTC Image Library
Language	English
Rights	Public domain
Audience	General
File Size	54.725 kb
Height	425
Width	639
Color Space	RGB
Original Format	Digital
Full Resolution File Size	6.00 x 10.00 inches, 300 dpi (high, print quality)
Full resolution	Volume6\WVPP056.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume6\WVPP056.jpg
Date created	2006-09-12
Date modified	2010-11-08