Sequential Polyandry in Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, Nesting in Eastern Canada

Authors

  • Diane L. Amirault Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, P.O. Box 6227, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6
  • Jonathan Kierstead Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, P.O. Box 6227, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6
  • Peter MacDonald Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 99, Tusket, Nova Scotia B0W 3M0
  • Larry MacDonnell Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, P.O. Box 6227, Sackville, New Brunswick E4L 1G6

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i3.21

Keywords:

Piping Plover, Charadrius melodus, sequential polyandry, Nova Scotia

Abstract

On Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, we confirmed that a banded female Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus melodus) produced two broods of chicks during the 2000 nesting season, the second on a beach approximately 2 km from the first. The female abandoned her second brood two days after hatching, leaving the male to complete brood rearing.

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Vol. 118 No. 3 (2004)

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