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(South central Canada and Nebraska plus along east and south coasts of the US)
  

  

 Piping Plover
 Charadrius melodus

 South Island
 Chatham, MA
 27 June 2012

 by Kendall Brown
 ©Kendall W. Brown

   Piping Plover
   Charadrius melodus
 South Island
 Chatham, MA
 27 June 2012
  
 by Kendall Brown
 ©Kendall W. Brown
   Piping Plover
   Charadrius melodus
 Chincoteague NWR
 Virginia
 26 Aug 2010
  
 by Katherine Whittemore/USFWS photo
 ©Public Domain