Piping Plover Nesting Season in Full Swing at Cape Henlopen, Delaware

By Vanessa Torres

Delaware -(Ammoland.com)- Delaware beach-nesting bird monitors report that nesting season is progressing by leaps and bounds, with a flurry of activity by piping plovers and oystercatchers at Cape Henlopen and Delaware Seashore state parks.

“With piping plovers off to an early start this year, we could see the first piping plover hatches at Cape Henlopen State Park as early as Memorial Day weekend,” said Wildlife Biologist Matthew Bailey, Division of Fish & Wildlife.

On the Point at Cape Henlopen, three piping plover nests have full four-egg clutches and are being incubated, while a fourth pair of plovers is still laying eggs, with a full clutch expected in the next few days.

At Cape Henlopen’s Gordons Pond, one pair of piping plovers has begun incubating a nest. To minimize disturbing the federally-protected plovers, a half-mile stretch of beach between the observation towers and the Herring Point crossover was closed to the public Monday – with signs, twine and PVC stakes indicating the closure is in effect at Gordons Pond until after the beach-nesting season.

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