Piping Plover - Andy Jones
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Location

Hunting Island SP--North Spit
Beaufort, South Carolina, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 32.3944722, -80.426661
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

This is "bird one" in the notes for this checklist.

Observation details

Six banded birds among this group! Bird 1 with left leg orange flag above ankle, over green over purple. Right leg aluminum band above ankle and yellow on leg. *Banded by Great Lakes researchers, male hatched in 2021 on North Manitou Island in Sleeping Bear Dunes, MI. Returned to nest in 2022 at Fisherman's Island SP and again in 2023. Has previously been seen in July at Hunting/Harbor but wintering site unknown Bird 2 with colors only above ankle, yellow over yellow on right and green over blue on left. *Banded by Virginia Tech researchers, "Green, Cobalt: Yellow, Yellow" was banded 6/1/23 as a pre-fledged chick at Robert Moses SP on Long Island, NY. Bird 3 with right leg orange above ankle and left leg green flag above ankle with white text saying 7HX. *Banded by Virginia Tech researchers on 2/9/23 as a wintering adult on Hunting Island; breeding site unknown. Bird 4 left leg orange flag above ankle and green over orange, right leg aluminum over ankle and orange on leg. *Banded by Great Lakes researchers, male hatched 2018 at Sleeping Bear Dunes near Sleeping Bear Point, returned summer 2019 to south boundary of park, then summers 2020-2023 to a site near nest. Winters on Harbor Island. Nicknamed "GOO" Bird 5 left leg orange flag over ankle over pink over [tan or badly worn some other color] and right leg aluminum over ankle over yellow. *Banded by Great Lakes researchers, female hatched 2022 on North Manitou Island, and returned there 2023. Tan band was confirmed, and indeed is tough to see in the field. Bird 6 right aluminum over ankle over blue/orange/blue single band, and left is orange flag over two more oranges. *Banded by Great Lakes researchers, was a captive-reared bird in 2021 when her Sleeping Bear Dunes mother disappeared during incubation. Nested North Manitou 2022, returned but with no mate in 2023. Winters on Harbor Island.

Technical information

Model
iPhone 13 Pro
Lens
iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5
ISO
50
Focal length
5.7 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
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f/1.5
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1/2083 sec
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677 pixels x 508 pixels
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