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<br />found at Long Point, Ontario a year after hatch (Haig 1987a). <br /> <br /> <br />Wilcox (1959) reported a chick from Long Island, New York, bred <br /> <br />as an adult at Penn Yan (Yates County), New York. <br /> <br />Home range: The Piping Plover's tt?me range during the <br />breeding season is usually limited to the wetland, lakeshore, or <br />section of beach on which its nest is located. In Manitoba, <br />however, birds whose nests were destroyed often changed <br />territories and breeding sites prior to renesting. Males that <br /> <br />changed territories generally changed breeding sites. Females <br />generally changed territories on the same site. Distances <br /> <br />between sites varied from 3-100 km (Haig and oring 1988a). <br /> <br />.f <br /> <br />Investigation into movements of individual birds between beaches <br /> <br /> <br />and spoil islands at Dauphin Island, Alabama, and on th~ Upper <br /> <br /> <br />Texas Coast are beginning to provide better information about <br /> <br /> <br />home ranges of wintering birds (Johnson 1987, T. Eubanks). <br /> <br />Territoriality: Piping plovers defend territories during <br />the breeding season (i.e., throughout courtship, laying, <br /> <br />incubation, and brood care) and at some winter sites. During the <br /> <br />breeding season, both members of the pair defend a nesting <br />territory which mayor may not contain their foraging area. <br />Piping plovers in Nova Scotia had separate nesting and feeding <br />territories (Cairns 1977), whereas birds in Saskatchewan had <br />combined territories (Whyte 1985). Piping Plovers in Manitoba <br />exhibited both patterns in some areas (S. Haig) National Zoo). <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />- <br />