Daily Archives: June 26, 2010

Louisiana report: Wilson’s Plovers and why we monitor them (slideshow)

I spent Thursday looking for Wilson’s Plovers under the baking sun on a barrier island east of Grand Isle. I was with a survey team led by Richard DeMay, of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program, and Steve Cardiff, of Louisiana State University. I’m grateful to them for the chance to see first-hand the unique threats [...]