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Other birds seen at Lake Minatare during
the plover monitoring
Long-billed Curlew
White-faced Ibis
Sanderling
Herring Gull
California Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Franklin Gull
Forster's Terns
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
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Piping
Plovers at Lake Minatare |
| Piping Plovers were discovered
nesting at Lake Minatare in 2004 but the nest was
destroyed by the rising waters as the lake filled for
the irrigation and recreational season. In 2005,
when a plover pair were discovered in early May I was
called to help monitor their progress. Within a week two
pair were found with nests, one nest had two eggs, the
other was abandoned by the next day. By the 20th of May
the nest had 4 eggs, but with the water rising the USFWS
tried moving the nest for a few days until the biologist
from Central Power and Irrigation could come and move
the eggs to foster nests Lake McConaughy. Below are some
of the pictures that I took of the plovers. |
On May 19th I located the first plover at Lake Minatare On May 20th I watched a pair of plovers until they went to the nest. The plovers and their nest are very well camouflaged and not easy to find. This is a close up picture of the nest found on May 20th with two eggs. One of the plovers sitting on the nest on May 24th On May 24th the nest now has 4 eggs. This one of the plovers hunting along the shore on June 6th
On May 19th I located the first plover at Lake Minatare
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