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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
 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
 South Island
 Chatham, MA
 27 June 2012
  
 by Kendall Brown
 ©Kendall W. Brown
   Piping Plover
   Charadrius melodus
 New Jersey
 19 Apr 2006
  
 by Gene Nieminen/USFWS photo
 ©Public Domain