- Date
- 2005
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- birdsconservationwildlifeenvironmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Joanne Denko’s “Aerial Flautist” uses the piping plover’s exposed beach nest as a poetic vehicle for conservation concerns. The poem names raccoons, dogs, and beach walkers as threats to eggs and asks how the species might avoid destructive nesting conditions.
Evidence limits
This record documents a published poem and its stated imagery, not a field observation or population assessment.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June 2005, "Aerial Flautist (piping plover)," by Joanne Denko.Publishes a poem portraying a piping plover's exposed beach nest and eggs as vulnerable to raccoons, dogs, and beach walkers, ending with a call to overcome destructive nesting pressures. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the poem's publication.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon publishes a piping plover conservation poem, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-piping-plover-aerial-flautist-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 2005, "Aerial Flautist (piping plover)," by Joanne Denko. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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