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Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Habitat:

A large shorebird of coastal beaches, the Black-bellied Plover is striking in its black-and-white breeding plumage. It is the largest plover in North America and can be found along the coasts in winter northward to Massachusetts and British Columbia.

Notes:

This breeding plumaged bird is migrating through to its breeding grounds in the Arctic.

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Tom15
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Tom15

Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on May 24, 2013
Submitted on May 25, 2013

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