Educational Materials

Directing Nest Site Selection of Least Terns and Piping Plovers.

Marcus, J. F., J. J. Dinan, R. J. Johnson, E. E. Blankenship, and J. L. Lackey. 2007. Directing Nest Site Selection of Least Terns and Piping Plovers. Waterbirds 30: 25 – 258.

Endangered Species Responses to Natural Habitat Declines: Nebraska's Interior Least Terns (Sternula antillarum athalassos) and Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) Nesting in a Novel Habitat

Brown, M.B., J.G. Jorgensen, and S. Rehme. 2008. Endangered species responses to natural habitat declines: Nebraska's Interior Least Terns (Sternula antillarum athalassos) and Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) nesting in a human-created habitat. Nebraska Bird Review 76: 72 – 80.

Grassroots Conservation: Volunteers Contribute to Projects and Foster a Supportive Public

Thody, C.M., R.J. Held, R.J. Johnson, J.F. Marcus, and M.B. Brown. 2009. Grassroots conservation: volunteers contribute to threatened and endangered species projects and foster a supportive public. Journal of Extension (http://www.joe.org/joe/2009february/)

Nebraska's Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership - a model for sustainable conservation of threatened and endangered species.

Brown, M.B., Burbach, M.E., Dinan, J., Held, R.J., Johnson, R.J., Jorgensen, J.G., Lackey, J., Marcus, J.F., Matkin, G.S. & Thody, C.M. 2011. Nebraska's Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership - a Model for Sustainable Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species. Wader Study Group Bull. 118(1): 22 – 25.

Observations of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) Color Banded in Nebraska and Re-sighted on the United States Gulf Coast

Brown, Mary B. and Joel Jorgensen. 2010. Observations of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) Color Banded in Nebraska and Re-sighted on the United States Gulf Coast. The Nebraska Bird Review 78(1):30 – 34.

• Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership Program Description (TPCP)
• Nesting Facts and Ground Cover Planting to Deter Nesting (TPCP)
• Interior Tern Fact Sheet (TPCP)
• Interior Least Tern Fact Sheet (NGPC)
• Piping Plover Fact Sheet (TPCP)
• Piping Plover Fact Sheet (NGPC)
• Piping Plover Fact Sheet (USFWS)
• Binoculars (TPCP)
• Field Guides (TPCP)
• How to Look at a Bird (TPCP)

Bird Counting

Project Beak

• http://projectbeak.org/
• Bird education and awareness for kids

Nebraska Bird Library

• https://nebraskabirdlibrary.org/
• Bird identification

Other bird and conservation-related links

• Audubon Nebraska
• Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
• Nebraska Rare Species
• Cliff Swallows of Nebraska

A Tale of Two Birds

• TCPC Publication

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