Unless you are a self-avowed curmudgen, you can’t help but admire these birds, and because I happen to have a free pass to one of their breeding grounds (Sauble Beach on Lake Huron), it was love at first sight for me.
Source: Why the Piping Plover is the ultimate emblem for World Shorebirds Day
Loving something, and then adapting it into a piece of textile art is another thing! But it’s a challenge that I welcome. 
I used my own photographs of the plovers at the beach for guidance, and found fabrics that would convey the elements of the plovers’ habitat (lake, shoreline, beach grasses). The background is pieced, and the bird is machine appliqéd on top. You can see that I used a piece of driftwood as the hanging device.
I donated this piece to the Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory‘s silent auction fundraiser that year (2007).
If you’d like more information about the Piping Plovers at Sauble Beach, visit this website: http://ploverlovers.com/.
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