A Piping plover, Charadrius melodus, on Long Beach in Stratford, Connecticut.

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A Piping plover, Charadrius melodus, on Long Beach in Stratford, Connecticut. Adjacent to the Great Meadows Unit of McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

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