Federal investigators offer $5K reward for info on destruction, removal of protected shorebird eggs, nests

Several incidents took place in the area of Arverne in Queens, officials say. From May 13 to May 15, the agencies say approximately 57 American oystercatcher eggs and four piping plover eggs were taken from nests at Beach 38 and Beach 57. A blue hooded sweatshirt with a star pattern was found next to oystercatcher eggshells in that incident. A dead piping plover adult was then found at Beach 47 on May 15, and two oystercatcher nests were tampered with at Beach 64 around May 20.

A destroyed oystercatcher egg was found around July 6 at the border of Breezy Point Co-Operative and Gateway National Recreation Area's Breezy Point Unit in Rockaway Point. The Long Island incidents happened in May and June at Robert Moses State Park, Jones Beach State Park and an ocean beach in the Town of Southampton. A piping plover nest and a predator exclosure were destroyed at Robert Moses between May 23 and 24. Two piping plover nests and predator exclosures were destroyed at Jones Beach between June 11 and 14.

The American oystercatcher is protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, with penalties of $15,000 and/or up to six months for each egg. The piping plover is protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, with maximum penalties of $25,000 and/or up to six months for each egg or bird.

Anyone with information about the July 6 egg incident is asked to contact Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Kathryn McCabe at

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