The Bird Emergency

012 Plover Appreciation Day 2020

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Another bonus episode, to mark Plover Appreciation Day and raise awareness of the particular challenges that are facing a varied group of wading birds, that go by names such as dotterel, lapwing and plover, but grouped together as Plovers.

Sonia Sanchez from Birdlife Australia, Rick Simpson from Wader Quest and Andrea Gress from Birds Canada join me to talk about their respective Plover projects.

Andrea Gress holding her first plover!Andrea Gress

Rick and Ellis Simpson, founders of Wader Quest

Rick and Ellis Simpson from Wader Quest

Sonia Sanchez from Birdlife Australia

Sonia Sanchez from Birdlife Australia

All the details for Wader Quest

Website: www.waderquest.net
Wader Conservation World Watch page: https://www.waderquest.net/events/wader-conservation-world-watch/
 
Twitter: @wader.quest
Instagram: @waderquest 
Facebook: @WaderQuest
 
 
Here are the BirdLife Australia details for plover projects;
Plover Appreciation Day;
http://www.birdlife.org.au/projects/beach-nesting-birds/plover-appreciation-day,
 
but best to follow the socials
Facebook (@hooded.plover.birdlife) and
Twitter and Instagram (@birdlife_hoodie). 
The program of our Coastal Birds Workshop Series  http://www.birdlife.org.au/documents/bnb_Coastal_Birds_Flyer_final.pdf
 
To become a volunteer;
https://beachvol.birdlife.org.au/
 
Birds Canada Website where you can find out more about the Ontario Piping Plover Conservation Program.
 
Twitter - @birdemergency
 
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