Park plover problems spread across P.E.I.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 | 10:52 AM AT
CBC News

Difficulty with nesting, which has led to few piping plover chicks being reared in P.E.I. National Park, is a problem being mirrored across the province.

'It's so hard to control predators.'— Jackie Waddell, Island Nature Trust

While numbers of the endangered piping plovers are high in the park and across P.E.I., there are few chicks being reared.

In the park, 30 birds have been counted but only four chicks hatched, park officials said.

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