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 ATLANTIC COAST

Summary of 1996 International Piping Plover Breeding Census results

[excerpted from:  Plissner, Jonathan H. and Haig, Susan M.  1997.  1996 International Piping Plover Census.  Report to U. S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, Oregon. 231 pp.]
 
Location Total adults Breeding pairs 1991 adults 1991 pairs Change # adults % change
St. Pierre & Miquelon 6 3 4 2 2 50.00
Atalantic - Canada
Newfoundland 27 11 7 3 20 285.71
Quebec 104 51 76 38 28 36.84
Prince Edward Island 66 29 110 51 -44 -40.00
New Brunswick 146 65 203 91 -57 -28.08
Nova Scotia 79 33 113 51 -34 -30.09
Atlantic - U. S.
Maine 114 57 38 18 76 200.00
Massachusetts 877 437 293 148 584 199.32
Rhode Island 91 45 47 22 44 93.62
Connecticut 42 20 67 30 -25 -37.31
New York 493 256 338 181 155 45.86
New Jersey 209 103 280 122 -71 -25.36
Deleware 8 4 10 5 -2 -20.00
Maryland 91 50 35 16 56 160.00
Virgina 155 72 270 131 -115 -42.59
North Carolina 73 34 86 30 -13 -15.12
South Carolina 0 0 2 1 -2 -100.00
ATLANTIC CANADA 422 189 509 234 -86 -16.90
ATLANTIC U. S. 2153 1078 1466 704 687 46.86
FRANCE 6 3 4 2 2 50.00
ATLANTIC TOTAL 2581 1270 1979 940 602 30.42