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11.28.2020 Environment

Data collected by Group for the East End shows piping plover population remains steady in Southold

Efforts to protect threatened shorebirds are paying off in Southold Town, where conservationists report piping plovers had an overall productive season. The small birds with black rings around their...

07.14.2015 Government

Environmentalist reports death threat over bird fencing on beach property

How much does one Southold Town homeowner care about keeping fencing for endangered bird species’ nests off their beachfront property? Enough to threaten to kill an environmentalist to keep...

06.13.2014 Environment

The life of a plover, the North Fork’s endangered bird

Facts and figures on the life of a piping plover. Click here to read about how local kids are helping protect them. • When threatened, adults perform a “broken...

06.13.2014 Environment

To protect plovers, Audubon Society turns to kids

North Fork children have teamed up to help protect the piping plover, a seaside bird so tiny it often goes unnoticed by beachgoers. Every April through August, these federally...

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Data collected by Group for the East End shows piping plover population remains steady in Southold

Environmentalist reports death threat over bird fencing on beach property

The life of a plover, the North Fork’s endangered bird

To protect plovers, Audubon Society turns to kids