Name: Three piping-plover chicks fledge from Beaver Island’s Donegal Bay nursery in 2001
Start: 2001-09
End: 2001-09
Location: Beaver Island

Three piping-plover chicks fledge from Beaver Island’s Donegal Bay nursery in 2001

Also Donegal Bay piping plover fledglings 2001 · Beaver Island piping plover study outcome

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TypeEvent

Date2001-09

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 2001-09
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationwildlifesciencecommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The September 2001 Beaver Beacon reported that a piping-plover family left its Donegal Bay nursery: three chicks were healthy and ready for migration, while a fourth chick had died after a few days. All five birds were banded through the University of Michigan and CMU study.

Evidence limits

The account does not establish the birds’ later migration destinations or a complete banding record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, September 2001, “As Piping Plovers Go, They Went!”
Reports that the parents and three healthy fledglings left the Donegal Bay nursery, that the fourth chick died after a few days, and that all five birds were banded for possible U. of M. sightings. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, September 2001, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the piping-plover outcome.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Three piping-plover chicks fledge from Beaver Island’s Donegal Bay nursery in 2001”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-piping-plover-nesting-outcome-2001/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 2001, “As Piping Plovers Go, They Went!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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