Piping plovers

It looks like there could be some chicks on the beach next week. Four pairs of piping plovers are awaiting the birth of baby chicks at the Point in Cape…

State park officials will close off a section of Cape Henlopen State Park from the public this Tuesday, March 1. The section - known as The Point - is a…

A section of Cape Henlopen Beach has reopened due to the end of piping plover nesting season. Since April, a stretch of ocean beach between Gordons Pond…

In 1986, the piping plover, a shorebird seen mostly along the Atlantic Coast and the Great Plains, was listed as threatened by the U.S. Endangered Species…

With the discovery of the season’s first piping plover nest at Cape Henlopen’s Gordons Pond Beach, DNREC is announcing the closure of a half-mile stretch…

The piping plover nesting season is off to an early start.The first nest of the season was spotted on the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park on April 25th…