Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Piping Plover

Piping Plover

Original - Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) -- Sauble Beach, Ontario, Canada

Reason: A valuable image of threatened bird species with very good technical quality. Original info from photographer: The Piping Plover is an endangered species in Ontario. This individual was photographed on a public beach in Sauble Beach, Ontario, one of about three known nesting attempts within Ontario in 2008. At this location, the nest is enclosed in a wire cage, and a 50m x 50m area of the beach is temporarily closed. The birds, and their chicks, are closely monitored by volunteers 24/7
Articles this image appears in: Piping Plover
Creator: Mdf

Support as nominator --Abdominator (talk) 04:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A high quality image. Mostlyharmless (talk) 05:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Question. What is the ring around it's leg for? Noodle snacks (talk) 05:21, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Probably just a tag to identify the bird (for study purposes). Victorrocha (talk) 05:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, my point is that something about it should be in the caption, i'd support straight after that Noodle snacks (talk) 10:49, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- FYI, the relevant article would be Bird ringing, with "bird banding" being the more common term in North America (a redirect exists). -- Coneslayer (talk) 19:36, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment How about replacing the current caption with the information from the photographer? Muhammad(talk) 07:11, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good quality. The tag on its leg makes the picture eligible for other articles as well., related with tracking of birds, etc., -- vineeth (talk) 11:05, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support This is a bit nitpicky, but the background is noisy, and the tail and lower back side is too. Otherwise, very nice. Spencer^T♦^C 12:30, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very nice picture --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 10:17, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support - Background is very noisy, in fact i can see it in the thumbnail, but also because I don't see anything special with this image. What makes it featurable? —Sunday | Speak 22:11, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Is that a weak support or weak oppose? Muhammad(talk) 16:28, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Charadrius-melodus-004 edit.jpg MER-C 06:47, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]