A SEMIPALMATED PLOVER NEST IN OREGON

Abstract

The known breeding range of the Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) encompasses coastal Canada and Alaska (including the islands of arctic Canada, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and southwestern British Columbia), and the interior of central Canada (American Ornithologists' Union, 1983, Check-list of North American Birds, Am. Ornithol. Union, Lawrence, KS). J. R. Morris (Western Birds 5:22, 1974) reported the first Washington State record after he discovered two pairs of nesting Semipalmated Plovers at Ocean Shores on the central Washington coast in 1973.