1923] 



STODDARD, LOCAL BIRD NOTES 



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Suspecting that the rare Piping Plovers might be nesting on a 

 certain stretch of beach, a short distance south of Kenosha, Clarence 

 Jung and the writer made a special trip to investigate on May 28th 

 of this year. After considerable search each found a nest, and another 

 was located by the writer on June 4th. One of these nests and a sec- 

 tion of beach frequented by the Plovers are shown in figures 77 and 78. 



The material necessary to construct a group showing two of the 

 eggs and one j^oungster just out of the shell, with parents and natural 

 surroundings was collected later. Previously this attractive little 

 species was entirely unrepresented in our collection. About four pair 



Fig. 77. — Typical nest and eggs of Piping Plover. Taken June 4th, 1923, 

 two miles south of Kenosha, Wis. 



frequented this locality, which seems to be the only remaining breed- 

 ing spot on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, south of Green Bay. 

 It is very doubtful whether this little colony will survive much longer, 

 as the whole district is ripe for development, which indeed has al- 

 ready commenced. 



But the greatest surprise of our trip of May 28th, was the discovery 

 that fully two hundred each of the comparatively rare Black-bellied 

 Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones, with a lesser number of Red-backed 

 Sandpipers, for the most part in the full beauty of their striking spring 



