Piping Plover
439 Main St, Selkirk (Big Dollar Building)
Selkirk, Manitoba is home to a 130 ft mural of the endangered piping plover.
The mural follows the lifecycle of the piping plover as they hatch in sand-dune nests, grow into adolescents, and then make their way out to sea as adults. Some of the birds are shown with plastic bands around one leg to symbolize habitat disturbance.
Piping plovers spend summers in Canada and the northern United States before migrating south for the winter. Today, the species faces threats from habitat loss, predation, and disturbance from vehicles, humans, and dogs.
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“The Piping Plover is an endangered species of the Interlake region and deserves our protection.”
International Endangered Species Mural Program
The mural is a partnership with the Center for Biological Diversity's Endangered Species Mural Project, who work with artists, scientists, and organizers to bring endangered wildlife onto the streets of cities and towns around the world. These murals encourage people to make connections between conservation and community.
This mural joins one of many now installed across North America, including a mountain caribou in Idaho, a jaguar and aplomado falcon in Mexico, and monarch butterflies in Minneapolis.
Piping Plover
The Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a provincially and nationally endangered bird, found in many provinces and states, including Manitoba. It is a stocky shorebird with a white breast, abdomen and rump and pale brown to grey back, head and wings. It is identifiable by a black stripe across the forehead from eye to eye, a long white eyestripe and a single black band across the chest.
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