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Northern Jersey Shore & Piping Plovers Seem Perfect Together

9/6/2017

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Endangered New Jersey 
SEA BRIGHT DELIGHTS IN PRESENCE OF MORE PIPING PLOVERS
August 25, 2017
By Liz Sheehan |
The Two River Times
SEA BRIGHT – Piping plovers, the federally threatened and endangered shorebirds, are enjoying their summer on the borough beachfront.

According to Christina Davis, an environmental specialist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife, 56 pairs of plovers have been tabulated in the area: 42 at Sandy Hook, 10 in Sea Bright and four in Monmouth Beach.

Davis said the borough  has the highest number of plovers among municipalities in the state. The town “is off the charts,” she said.
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Piping plovers breed only in North America and have been listed as threatened or endangered around the country since December 1985, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website. The plovers are small shorebirds, about 7 inches long, with sand-colored plumage on top and white underneath, sporting black bands around the breast and black markings on the head.
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