Piping Plovers 2026
2026 Piping Plover Report For their 5th consecutive year, Patty (hatched from Wasaga Beach in 2020) and Ollie (hatched from Tiny Township in 2021) have made Wasaga Beach their summer home. On April 23rd, Ollie returned to the off-limits Georgian Bay location in Wasaga…
Piping Plovers 2025
Season Update Piping Plovers returned again to Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. 2021 fledgeling Gotawsi returned to his 2023 and 2024 nesting site on April 24th, 2025. An unnamed female arrived the same day, and they paired up very quickly. By May 17th they had a full…
Piping Plovers 2024
2024 Piping Plover Report Gotawsi and his mate, who has been named Millie arrived on Wasaga’s shores in Beach Area 1 on the April 28th and 29th. They successfully completed courtship, laying four eggs and incubation and on June 11th. All eggs hatched and the four…
Piping Plovers 2023
2023 Update Our 16th consecutive year with piping plovers on the Wasaga shoreline has proven to be one of the most unusual and challenging of all previous years. The following is a short recap of some of the happenings. On April 23rd the first plover of the season,…
Piping Plovers 2022
May 2022 It has been an exiting few weeks along the Wasaga Beach shoreline. This year’s excitement began on April 18th with the arrival of Fudge, a male Piping Plover, to Beach Area 1. One week later Flash (male) arrived, and the day after that, Pepa (female). The…
Piping Plovers 2021
April and May 2021 Exciting news! For the 14th consecutive year Piping Plovers have arrived and set up nesting sites on the shores of Wasaga Beach. Due to COVID-19 and ongoing restrictions, the Piping Plover Volunteer Program is currently on pause for the 2021…
Piping Plovers 2020
While the start of the 2020 Piping Plover season was unpredictable, park staff were able to begin their on the ground work in mid-May and were therefore able to continue with the Piping Plover Recovery Program at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park this season. Due to…
Piping Plovers 2019
Spring/Summer 2019 September 1 Thank you to all of our Wasaga Beach piping plover volunteers! All of your hard work is appreciated! Local Update: One of our chicks was presumed missing earlier this season. It was positively identified on its wintering grounds in…
Piping Plovers 2018
Early May (c) Jim Beecroft There are currently four pair of piping plover at Wasaga Beach Provincial Park! To minimize impacts, or limit disturbance, to the birds, perimter fencing has been put in place around the area that the birds are using for feeding, nesting…
Piping Plovers 2017
Spring 2017 The 2017 season had three nesting pair at Wasaga Beach, all of which were returning nesting birds. A total of 10 birds were identified during the spring arrivals. The first pair had a difficult start due to the loss of some early eggs by a predator….
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