JANUARY 18 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
PIPING PLOVERS IN NYC – HOW A NEW VOLUNTEER GROUP IS LOOKING TO HELP PROTECT ENDANGERED SHOREBIRDS IN OUR CITY
Presented by Chris Allieri
Zoom registration link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrcO2prj4iGNB-2npPSWeZbo4Qm9-pOSIG
Registration is free and open to anyone interested in attending!
Begun in March 2021, the NYC Plover Project enlisted over 50 volunteers to help educate beach-goers on NYC’s most popular beaches in Queens during their first season. Each year, just under 100 adult Piping Plovers come to the city to nest, arriving in March and leaving in early August.
The threats facing the young chicks born to these intrepid shorebirds are numerous, spanning predation, fierce coastal storms and flooding, and of course, human disturbance. Partnering with the National Park Service, the NYC Plover Project also helped with monitoring nests on several miles of beach which are part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, one of the busiest urban national parks. They reached well over 5,000 beach-goers this first season, on the sand and at a fixed location. At the end of this first season, the NYC Plover Project was featured in the New York Times.
Join this talk with Chris to hear more about Piping Plovers and what you can do to help them, including being a 2022 shorebird ambassador beach volunteer.
Chris Allieri is founder of the NYC Plover Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting federally-threatened and New York State-endangered Piping Plovers that nest in New York City.
