Wild Wildlife: A Piping Plover Eludes Me

This was taken at the National Seashore on Cape Cod, where a number of areas of beach near the dunes are roped off for “seabird use.” Piping plovers and terns were nesting there, and the little ploverettes, which look like cotton balls on stilts, were racing about at top speed. Unfortunately, their parents were pretty fast on their feet as well, so my best images of them are as they’re running away. Just another example of how animals don’t pose...

{A note: I do write all text and take all pictures. Please do not reproduce either without my permission.}