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<br />lJ U II (j 2'7 <br /> <br />Ziewitz, Sidle & Dinan: Nesting Least Terns and Piping Plovers <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />ranged from 19 May to 23 June and plover dates from 21 May to 25 June. The <br />median nest initiation dates for terns and plovers were 7 June and 2 June, re- <br />spectively. Both species nested earlier on the Lower Platte than the Central <br />Platte. <br /> <br /> <br />I BI1dgo segments <br />tor habitat <br />restoration <br />I 1968 nestng sttes <br /> <br /> <br />51. Loop' <br />Po". <br />~. ,IL ~,. <br />I # 'lllJIJ~&' (""1571 <br />~. l. $ ." if.. <br />(""2 Ii).. .\,".~ <br /> <br /> <br />9Unbus <br />(rm 103) <br /><?,,6 <br /> <br />Figure 2. The Central Platte (Chapman to Lexington) and Lower Platte <br />(Loup River confluence to the Missouri River) river segments, Nebraska <br />where least tern and piping plover nesting habitat was studied during <br />1988. <br /> <br /> 40 <br /> (a) <br /> 35 <br /> 30 <br />. <br />:i 25 <br />z <br />'020 <br />~ <br />E 15 <br />0 <br />z <br /> 10 <br /> 5 <br /> <br />. Least Tern <br />(n=177) <br /> <br /> <br />o Piping Plover <br />(n=60) <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />'" <br />N <br /> <br />o <br />N <br /> <br />o <br />'" <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br /> <br />o <br />"' <br /> <br />o <br />'" <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br />'" <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br /> <br />o <br />"' <br /> <br />o <br />'" <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />River Mile (10-mile intervals) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />(b) <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />o Piping Plover <br />(n = 46) <br /> <br />. <br />~ 40 <br />. <br />Z <br /> <br />. Least Tern <br />(n ~ 155) <br /> <br />'030 <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />~ <br />Eo, <br />o <br />z <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />. . N ,; . . c . g . c . c ~ ,; <br />, ~ .!- " " , <br />~ ~ ~ J. * , ~ J. J. , ~ <br /> " N <br /> M Y " n e J u I y <br /> <br />Figure 3. Distribution of nesting interior least terns and piping plovers (a) <br />in the Platte River for which habitat characteristics were measured during <br />1988 and nest initiation dates (b). <br />