CLARION, Pennsylvania: After a 60-year absence, Piping Plovers are now once again calling Gull Point at Presque Isle State Park their summer home. Nesting there since 2017, they have contributed to the endangered Great Lakes population and afforded us the opportunity to learn more about their beguiling behavior.
Join Seneca Rocks Audubon Society (SRAS) on Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30 PM for a virtual presentation about these celebrity shorebirds, delivered over Zoom. Presenter Mary Birdsong will provide an overview of the Great Lakes population and touch on highlights from the last seven years of monitoring. She will also talk about Common Terns, who have also attempted to nest at Gull Point and were finally successful in 2024, and the creation and programs of Erie Bird Observatory.
Attendees have the option to watch the presentation together on a screen at the Clarion Public Library, 644 Main Street, Clarion PA, or on a home computer directly, by emailing SRAS for a link to the Zoom meeting. The email is senecarocksaudubon@gmail.com.
Mary Birdsong is co-founder and Lead Shorebird Monitor for Erie Bird Observatory. She has been monitoring shorebirds, particularly Piping Plovers since 2013. She is also a freelance writer and artist.
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