Are you a Lover of the Plover?
was the title of a
Mindwalk
presentation given by Regena Orr
on
March 13, 2006 at
the Morro
Bay, CA, Museum of Natural History.
Description: The Western Snowy Plover is a small
sand-colored bird that lives and breeds on beaches throughout California. You
may already appreciate this small bird, but many people are unaware of its
existence, even when it is practically at their feet! Human activity has caused
it to become endangered. Though it is fairly abundant locally, elsewhere it is
hanging on for survival. Come hear about the Charadriidae, the plovers and
their relatives. The orientation of this talk will be different from plover
talks given in Mind Walks in previous years. We are all learning about this
little bird! Biography: Regena Orr, Associate State Park
Resource Ecologist, is program coordinator for snowy plover monitoring on State
Park lands in the Central Coast. She is also knowledgeable about bats, having
given a Mind Walk on this topic in 2005, and been co-leader of the popular
Hearst Castle bat program during Bird Festivals.
Regena has graciously allowed us to reproduce below her presentation and related handout materials from that day -- these are Adobe "PDF" files, so If you need to, get the necessary free Adobe Reader here.
 Photo by Mike Baird |
Western Snowy Plover Mindwalk (from the PowerPoint presentation) |
 Photo by Mike Baird |
| Western Snowy Plover Look Alikes Handout | ||
|
Western
Snowy Plover Training Natural History Note "Natural History and Population Trends" -- Adapted from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Western Snowy Plover Pacific Coast Population Draft Recovery Plan, May 2001 |
||
Western Snowy
Plover Brochure - Sharing the Beach |
The above PDF materials are ©
2006 Regena M. Orr, Environmental Scientist, California State
Parks,
San Luis Obispo Coast District (805) 771-1913 Phone, (805) 771-1915 Fax, rorr at
hearstcastle dot
com
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02/18/2008 05:09:30 PM
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