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3 unusual facts about plover


Doterel

Plover, a subfamily of birds, many known as Dotterels (Doterel being a previous spelling)

Green Bay and Western Railroad

Stevens Point (Stevens Point and Northern) Opened January 1882 from Plover.

WOZZ

WIZD became simply 99.9 WIZD heavily targeting the Plover and Stevens Point area in which the station is local to.


Arnott, Wisconsin

Arnott is located in central Wisconsin approximately four miles east of Plover, four miles south-south west of Custer, and seven miles west of Amherst (Lat: 44° 27' 26.0", Lon: -89° 26' 48.5").

Buena Vista Marsh, Wisconsin

Buena Vista Marsh is located on fragmented lands south of the Village of Plover and the Wisconsin River, east of Biron, Wisconsin Rapids, and Kellner, north of State Road 73, Adams County, and Waushara County, and west of Bancroft and Interstate 39 / U.S. Highway 51.

Dual Plover

Dual Plover is a pioneering independent Australian record label, founded in Sydney in 1996, notable for discovering some of the most enigmatic artists in experimental music.

Eastern Miombo woodlands

The region is also rich in bird life, including the near-endemic Stierling's Woodpecker as well as other species like vultures, fish eagle, kingfisher, yellow billed stork and plover.

Hybridisation in shorebirds

A Pluvialis plover wintering with a flock of Golden Plover near Marksbury, England in 1987 was believed to be possibly a hybrid between Golden Plover and Pacific Golden Plover.

Puna grassland

Relatively few birds, such as the Darwin's Rhea, Andean Condor, and certain miners and yellow-finches, are frequently found in the vast expanses of puna grasslands, but numerous birds are associated with the highland lakes and marshes that are found in the puna grasslands, for example the Andean Goose, Andean Flamingo, Andean Avocet, Giant Coot, Puna Teal and Diademed Sandpiper-plover.

Sandy Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

Various levels of government are undertaking a process to create the territory as an historical site and conservation area for the numerous species of migratory birds which inhabit the island during the summer months; these include Piping Plovers, with the Sandy Point colony comprising between 15-30% of Newfoundland's overall plover population.

William Pullen

The HMS Plover under Commander Thomas Moore was sent from England to join the HMS Herald under Henry Kellett which was already in the Pacific.


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