>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: These snowy plover chicks are about to get banded.
A lot of what we know of this threatened species,
we know because of banding.
It's knowledge gained with the help of citizen scientists.
>>Raya Pruner: For a birder- people are excited about birds, they're working through their
bird lists.
But when you see a banded bird-
>>Marvin Friel: It's like finding treasures on the beach.
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: We're at Deer Lake State Park in Walton County, Florida.
It's a great place to start to understand
why the bird is so closely monitored.
The spot where these plovers had their nest has these great dunes.
But look to the right.
And now look to the left.
>>Raya Pruner: We don't have historic numbers for snowy plovers in Florida.
What we do know is that the coastline has been developed all across the state, on the
Gulf and on the Atlantic.
In fact, the only places that snowy plovers still occur, particularly in the panhandle,
are areas where we have large intact public lands.
Across the Gulf, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida- the majority are in Florida.
In Florida, 80% of the snowy plover population occur in the panhandle.
And that is because we have those large tracts of public lands.
We haven't updated our statewide census since 2006, but we roughly estimate that there's
250 pairs, or 500 breeding adults in Florida.
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: We go to Cape San Blas to learn more about their nests and nesting
habits.
>>Caity Reiland-Smith: Saint Joseph State Park, we kind of call it the snowy plover
factory.
It's very successful nesting for snowy plovers.
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: The "factory" is a little further out than where most people
go to the beach here.
>>Caity Reiland-Smith: Very adventurous people may walk the preserve trail all the way up.
Or the Gulf shore.
But bring lots of water, for sure.
We're about 8 or 9 miles from the parking lot at Eagle Harbor.
We're at the very tip lagoon area.
During the early days of the nest, we just look at the eggs from afar.
We don't touch anything.
Snowy plovers are solitary nesters.
That means they don't nest in a colony, they nest separate from each other in different
territories.
>>Raya Pruner: The ideal situation for birds when you're looking at habitat selection
is an open area, so that they have visibility for predators.
Close in proximity to cover for the chicks, so some sparse vegetation is ideal for them.
As well as high quality foraging habitat.
>>Caity Reiland-Smith: So when we approach the nest, we look for predator tracks.
ghost crab burrows.
They're probably one of the number one predators of these birds, and they're so abundant
on the beach.
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: Laughing gulls are another threat to snowy plovers.
>>Caity Reiland-Smith: When a nest gets close to hatching, we'll pick up the eggs, and
look for little cracks in it that show the chick is trying to get out.
And then we'll listen to it.
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: The parents don't want us there, so they try to lure us away
by pretending to be injured- easy prey for predators.
>>Raya Pruner: One of the key features to keep an eye out for when you're on the beach
is when you see a bird doing the broken wing display.
And they look distressed.
They may be flopping, or dragging themselves on the beach.
They'll oftentimes spread their wings out, have their bodies low to the ground, and drag
their tail.
If you ever see that, that means you are too close.
Back up!
And remove yourself from the situation until that bird responds and returns to its nornal
behavior, whether it's incubating, or brood rearing its chicks.
>>Marvin Friel: There's one chick right here and there's…
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: Next time, we go back to Deer Lake State Park to band snowy plover
chicks.
>>Marvin Friel: Okay!
>>Rob Diaz de Villegas: For WFSU, I'm Rob Diaz de Villegas.
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