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Parks Dept ATVs Dangerous to Wildlife?
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Jaya Saxena
Published May 27, 2010
Modified May 27, 2010
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The City Parks Department recently trained some employees on proper ATV handling on Randall's Island, but were they putting birds in danger in the process? A Times reporter recently sat in on some ATV training, where one Parks worker mentioned they saw a killdeer plover nest in the vicinity. He said, "Two of her eggs are broken. I hope we didn’t do it." Killdeer plovers are ground-nesting birds and rely on distraction techniques to protect their eggs—techniques which most likely wouldn't work against an ATV. So, should the Parks Department be more careful, or does the plover need to learn to hide a little better?
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