08-10: Protecting Plovers in NYC with Chris Allieri

The American Birding Podcast

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Science, Birding, Hobbies, Travel, Birdwatching, Leisure, Aba, Ornithology, Nature, Birds

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Beach nesting shorebird conservation is one of the more nuanced issues on the continent because the sorts of places and times of year where they prefer to nest are the sorts of places and times of year that humans prefer to recreate. But opportunities exist to get people to care about and protect these birds that we share space with. Chris Allieri and the NYC Plover Project are doing just that. The volunteer group is one of the most celebrated and successful groups in New York City, and Chris joins us to talk about what works and what doesn't.

Also, it was inevitable that Flaco the celebrity Central Park Owl would meet an untimely end, but what does he mean for future birds and the ways in which we enjoy them?

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0:43.9	I am Nate Swick. Flacco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, who spent the better part of the last year
0:49.8	in and around Central Park in New York City after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized, has died.
0:57.8	The bird was found severely injured, was taken to rehabilitation at the Wild Bird Fund, but died soon after.
1:04.8	The initial diagnosis was traumatic impact, but at the time that I am recording this,
1:09.7	there is no word on the results of a necropsy
1:12.2	that would determine any additional cause of death. Certainly, celebrity birds in New York have
1:16.9	in the past been the victims of rat poison and various other dangers inherent to living in a city
1:22.6	in addition to collision with vehicles or buildings. It's a tough place, particularly for a large predatory bird,
1:30.3	even more so for a large non-native predatory bird. In the wake of Flacco's death, there have
1:36.9	been thousands of words written about his impact. For my own part, I remain pretty ambivalent
1:43.7	about it all. I'm not interested in
1:45.3	discounting the very real positive impact, Flacco had on a great many people who learned about
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