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Return Of Piping Plovers And Brood X Cicadas

Piping Plover on a beach.
Gene Nieminen
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pixnio
Piping Plover on a beach.

In early June, a nesting pair of piping plovers was found in Maumee Bay State Park, the first sighting in Ohio in over 80 years.

The endangered, sparrow-sized shorebird is typically found along the coastal sand and gravel beaches of North America.

Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher: We are talking about the piping plover and more with lifelong naturalist, photographer and author Jim McCormac.

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