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Nesting Piping Plover And Least Tern On The Kansas River, William Busby, Daniel Mulhern, P. Gregory Kramos, David Rintoul, William Tuttle
Nesting Piping Plover And Least Tern On The Kansas River, William Busby, Daniel Mulhern, P. Gregory Kramos, David Rintoul, William Tuttle
Daniel Mulhern
A portion of the Kansas River in northeastern Kansas was surveyed by boat and air in 1996 and 1997 for nesting colonies of piping plover (Charadrius melodus) and least tern (Sterna antillarum). Both species were found breeding on sandbars at a total of five sites along a 30-km reach of the Kansas River. In 1996, at least two breeding pair of piping plovers and seven breeding pair of least terns were documented. In 1997, at least one pair of piping plovers and five pairs of least terns bred. These are the first known breeding records for the piping plover in …