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So you want to work in videogames?
The UK represents the fifth largest videogames market in the world, but how do you break into the industry, and what sort of jobs are available? And how do a writer's usual tools (story, character and dialogue) function in a videogame?
The Writers' Guild and the Royal Television Society are running an event to explore this growing industry, with a chance to ask the professionals your questions. Speakers include Steve Ince, Chair of the Guild's Videogames Committee.
Steve is a writer, consultant and games designer with 21 years' experience in the games industry who has enjoyed much success and acclaim, during his time with Revolution Software and as a freelancer since then. His most recent work includes writing dialogue for Godfire: Rise of Prometheus, released earlier this year.
He will be joined by Meg Jayanth, a freelance writer and game-maker, whose work includes the recently released 80 Days – a steampunk, anti-colonial, interactive retelling of the Jules Verne's classic for iOS.
Details of the event follow, but if you are unable to attend, Steve Ince has produced a number of Gamewriter Bites! short videos, including one on how to break into the industry. The full library is available on his YouTube channel.
Date and time: 18 November, 7-10pm
Location: West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds LS2 7UP
Price: £5 (waged), £3 (unwaged), free to Guild members
More information and bookings here.
Sherlock wins three BAFTA Cymru awards
The BBC detective show Sherlock, Britain's most watched drama series in a decade, has picked up three BAFTA Cymru awards, presented at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on 26 October 2014.
The TV drama series was co-created by Writers' Guild member and award-winning screenwriter Steven Moffat, alongside Mark Gatiss, for Hartswood Films. Moffat has also written selected episodes.
The adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor Watson, is filmed mainly in Cardiff. Its three series have received critical acclaim, and 12 million people tuned in to watch series three in January 2014 to find out the mystery of the lead character's apparent death after falling from a rooftop.
Viewers were teased by a special BBC trailer (see the video, above), which suggested Sherlock was in fact alive and well, while Steven Moffat said at the time: "It's time to reveal the truth about what happened between him and the pavement."
A Christmas special and fourth series are planned for 2015/16.
Sherlock won the Best Television Drama BAFTA Cymru award; while Arwel Jones won the award for Best Production Design on the series, and Claire Pritchard won an award for Best Hair and Makeup.
London Screenwriters' Festival: join the Writers' Guild there
Over 700 screenwriters, film-makers, producers, actors and execs will attend the London Screenwriters' Festival on 24-26 October.
The Writers' Guild is sponsoring the festival, the world's largest professional screenwriters' event, which takes place at Regent's University in central London.
Guild member Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner) will be one of 150 expert speakers, which also include Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), Sally Phillips (Smack the Pony) and David Hare (The Hours).
The schedule includes over 100 seminars, workshops, an evening networking drinks and party, plus the following annual highlights:
• The Great British PitchFest
• Advanced Mentoring Script Labs
• Actors Table Read
• Script Surgery
• Free Legal Advice Clinic
Screenwriters Line Langebek (I'll Come Running) and Andrea Gibb (Dear Frankie) are co-chairs of the Writers' Guild Film Committee, which will be hosting a stand at the festival. "We are pleased to be sponsoring this major annual gathering of emerging and established screenwriters and are looking forward to meeting many of them," they said.
"The Writers' Guild has a very active Film Committee. We have taken a leading role in an international campaign to have the role of screenwriters recognised at film festivals. We hold networking events with Directors UK, and advise feature film writers on their agreements, options and the process of obtaining funding. We have also joined with producers and directors to lobby for part of the revenues from subsidised films to return to creators for reinvestment in new projects."
You can buy tickets and view the full festival schedule, which also includes events for writers for TV, online.
From Poland with power
Fourteen delegates from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain travelled to Warsaw in October 2014 for the World Conference of Screenwriters (WCOS), joining 29 other guilds and writers' organisations from 19 European countries, plus North America, New Zealand, Israel, Mexico, South Africa and India.
Here they debated, networked, shared experiences, were inspired, empowered and – most importantly – passed two resolutions: calling for true equality of men and women in screenwriting; and placing the creator at the centre of quality TV.
We asked Writers' Guild delegates to tell us what thoughts they brought home with them. You can read these below, as well as download each writer's full report.
Bill Armstrong
(Credits: Doctors, The Indian Doctor)
"If we stand together, within our guilds and national industries and in cooperation with our sister unions across the world, we have more leverage than we think."
Read Bill's full report
Grant Cathro
(Credits: Which is Witch?, Genie in the House, Mike & Angelo, B&B, Romeo & Juliet, T-Bag)
"Speaking with so many talented colleagues from all across the world has really fired me up, and left me thinking loudly and clearly, 'Writers, unite!'"
Read Grant's full report
Kate Delin
(Credits: Doctors)
"Real empowerment means trusting the writer, the audience and the idea."
Read Kate's full report
Henrietta Hardy
(Credits: Doctors, The Bill, Family Affairs, Casualty)
"WCOS03 was a memorable and life-changing experience. It was incredible to be in the company of so many talented and inspiring people."
Read Henrietta's full report
Ming Ho
(Credits: Casualty, The Bill, Heartbeat, EastEnders, McCready and Daughter)
"Communing with writers from all over the world gave us a chance to see that we share the same challenges."
Read Ming's full report
Emma Reeves
(Credits: The Dumping Ground, Tracy Beaker, Young Dracula, Sadie J, Doctors, Eve)
"As we British writers continue to struggle for artistic freedom and respect, it is inspiring to know that we're supported by writers around the world."
Read Emma's full report
Gail Renard
(Credits: Give Me A Chance, Get Up, Stand Up, The Famous Five, Custer's Last Stand Up)
"We might write alone but we stand together as one, saying 'let writers write'."
Read Gail's full report
Alistair Rutherford
(Credits: Backflip, Eight Words, Lift Off, An Island Between Heaven and Earth, Happy New Year)
"To know there are many screenwriters, in the UK and across the globe, who achieve long and successful careers, is inspiring, empowering and highly motivating."
Read Alistair's full report
Dead men's teeth and how they inspired me
Jamie Rhodes on his latest work, tips for new writers and why he is a Guild member
"I first realised I wanted to become a writer when I was 11. I went to a fairly rough comprehensive in Bradford and hated music lessons. So I used to sit at the back of the class and read a book. The teacher let me do it as I think he was just happy with one less pupil being disruptive. One day he said to me, 'Jamie, what happens when you've read all the books in the world?' to which I replied, 'I will write my own.'
I was lucky in that, even though it wasn't a great school, I had good English teachers who nurtured and supported me. In fact, I have dedicated my first short story collection, Dead Men's Teeth & Other Stories from Voices Past, to them: Ghislaine Anderton, Terry Binns and Joanna Cowie.
The idea for the collection came about after I started following the British Library's Untold Lives blog, which features snippets from their vast archives.
I applied for Arts Council funding earlier this year, and was successful. This meant I could devote myself to intensive research and writing for six months. I applied for a British Library reader's pass (which gives you access to their archives) and spent hours wading through old documents, some of them hundreds of years old.
One of the stories I came across was that of a ship's surgeon, quarantined for three weeks aboard an indenture vessel stricken with cholera in the 19th century, outside Suriname. I did a degree in philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University, and in my writing like to explore broader facets of the human condition. So on the surface this is a dark and interesting tale of a man trapped on a ship. On another level it is about the lack of understanding we feel about why we are here, not sure if we are ever going to reach our destination, wherever that is.
I also find inspiration in observing people. One tip I would give emerging writers is get yourself a part-time job that is public-facing in some way. Working in a bar might not be glamorous, but it is a good way to support yourself financially in the early days, and there are lots of opportunities to watch people and notice their mannerisms.
Another tip would be to be open-minded about opportunities that come your way, even if they aren't what you ultimately want to do. It will gain you experience, and also show agents/publishers that you are serious about your career. My first professional credit was as a screenwriter, on a public service information film. I have also written radio plays, taught screenwriting in schools, worked as a journalist, run career-strategy workshops for writers, and founded the Homeless Film Festival.
I'm passionate about ensuring that marginalised groups are able to benefit from creativity and the arts. Human beings have a unique capacity not only to create, but to appreciate art, and I think everyone should have access to that, whoever they are. It is part of enjoying and exploring the full spectrum of experiences available to us.
Every writer should join the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, whatever stage they are at in their career. It is the writers' trade union. I joined as soon as I got my first professional credit in 2010, and have been active in the East Midlands and London regions. I've been on committees and helped organise events. It's a great way of meeting other writers, and also the more you put in, the more you get back. And you definitely get taken more seriously by agents and publishers if you are a member.
The London & South East branch of the Guild was with me every step of the way on Dead Men's Teeth & Other Stories from Voices Past, giving me a letter of support for my application for Arts Council funding, and setting me up with a mentor, writer Caz Moran. She has been fantastic and a huge benefit to my professional development. This really helped me make the leap from writing in script form to writing short stories. It was a big jump but by the end of six months I was producing an average of 8,000 words per week.
The Guild has also helped me promote my short story collection, alongside the British Library, which is keen to show how its archives are far from stuffy. For me, they were a mine of endless fascinating stories, and a seed for my creativity."
Find out more
Dead Men's Teeth's & Other Stories from Voices Past is published by Mardibooks. The collection is published in collaboration with the British Library and is funded as part of an Arts Council programme to support emerging writers.
To book tickets for the launch event at the British Library on 20 October, where there will be readings and dramatic performances, visit the British Library website.
Writers' Guild members are automatically entitled to a British Library reader's pass.
Jamie Rhodes has produced a video on career strategy for writers:
What people are saying about the book
"Jamie Rhodes has mined and minted gold from the British Library Archives. Inspired by sources as various as a ship's surgeon's log, verbatim interviews, diaries or even advertisements for false teeth, Rhodes gives us glimpses into unexpected places, the forgotten corners of history, in stories told with the authentic weirdness of truth; touching, quirky and humane."
Olivia Hetreed, President of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain
"We are delighted that our Untold Lives blog inspired this set of short stories created from the 'small but beautiful details of real lives' in the British Library Archive Collections."
Margaret Makepeace, British Library Curator, India Office Records
Book cover design above by Christa Leask
Mike Leigh and other Guild members out in force at BFI London Film Festival
Writers' Guild member Mike Leigh's much-anticipated Mr. Turner receives a gala screening at the 58th BFI London Film Festival, which runs from 8-19 October 2014.
The portrait of the artist JMW Turner is played by Timothy Spall, who won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year for the role. The film focuses on the last 25 years of Turner's life when his painting moved towards the Impressionist style for which he became remembered. It also probes the colourful life of a character who famously strapped himself to the mast of a ship so he could paint a snow storm.
Writer/director Mike Leigh has described Turner as "a great artist: a radical, revolutionary painter… I felt there was scope for a film examining the tension between this very mortal, flawed individual, and the epic work, the spiritual way he had of distilling the world."
The UK release date is set for 31 October 2014.
The BFI London Film Festival will bring 248 films to 17 venues across the capital over 12 days. It will feature screenings on themes including love, family, treasures, cult and thrill; and competitions, including the Best Film Award and First Feature Competition.
Other Writers' Guild members whose work is being shown at the Festival include Gregory Burke ('71), Joe Fisher (Electricity), Leslie Stewart (Moomins on the Riviera) and Jack Thorne (War Book).
The full programme, including bookings, can be viewed here.


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1) How many emails do YOU want to get daily? THINK before sending twenty in one day......
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Have consideration for others. If you have bulk items such as family links or plot numbers if you send a SAC for one and let me know you have multiple requests, I would be happy to set aside time to do those. Fifty SAC are not necessary and against policy.
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No, I don't know anything about him, but I did go to Oak Grove Cem. & that a picture of that tombstone there, too.
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Of course, Marilyn. I'll just need to look for it tomorrow. I didn't find it on my Ancestry page but it must be somewhere. She is my great grand aunt.
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Checked out Eloy Memorial Park and the only Hester there is Hester C. Cavin. Same birth and death year, same birth date. I checked in Casa Grande and Coolidge with no Hester Brown's listed there either. Any suggestions?
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ok theother info u needed... My grandfather ross is only adoptive. my mother Rhonda was adopted by ross. her real father was john Haynes. starlas last name is bankston even though ross is not her biological or adoptice father.
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Connecting her to Mr. Lichliter and adding in her bio that he was her husband is the best we can do. Do you know where he is buried?
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When we were at this cemetery in early summer, we looked for Ebenezer's grave marker as well, but it was not found. It may be that it isn't legible anymore. We walked quite carefully in the old section of this very large cemetery, which is still in use. The cemetery office does not have any records for the old section, so one has to just walk it. I note that his inscription from his marker is on his Find A Grave memorial, which would be from the 1937 Hale Collection. So his marker was probably legible at that time. He is my direct ancestor as well, so I was hoping to find it.
I don't know anything about Jean's mother's heritage. I know that her maiden name was Experience Houghton.
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This is a very large cemetery with all flat markers. If you could call the office and find the location of this burial we would be glad to look for it. We can only ask for three locations without being charged. 740-452-2236
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This is a very large cemetery with all flat markers. If you could call the office and find the location of this burial we would be glad to look for it. We can only ask for three locations without being charged. 740-452-2236
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I am a Find A Grave volunteer like you are. I am doing this to save you time and disappointment.
Sadly, there is absolutely NO cooperation from the San Luis Cemetery with Find A Grave volunteers. I was threatened with the police by the owner of the SL Cemetery, just talking to him over the phone. No volunteers have claimed a request in over 18 months. However, there has been great success with the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society. You can request a photo of the grave stone(s) for whom you are looking by doing the following; and they will respond promptly:
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Give them the name and birth and death dates, or as much as you know. Ask them to send a picture of the headstone, and tell them how you are related or what your interest is in this person. They will appreciate that. This information may only be used in genealogical research. They will respond to you within a day or two.
If a photo exists, they will send you the photo as an attachment to email. They took photos of the thousands of headstones they indexed in 2009 and 2010. They photographed virtually all headstones that could be deciphered. Everyone, who was buried there before 2009-2010, and who has a headstone, has a picture of their headstone in the database of the Genealogical Society. The society will respond to individuals, but prefers not to send pictures in bulk to Find A Grave volunteers. They also have not made an agreement to download their data to the Find A Grave servers.
I will ask that the request be removed, now that you have a very reliable and quick way to achieve your goal. If there is any problem, please let me know.
As a reference here is the website for the index. http://www.slocgs.org/pdf-files/SLO-Cem-Location.pdf
I have checked the index myself and found that a headstone picture exists for this person.
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Looking for a new Thanksgiving dessert? November 11th 2014
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and it's about that time to begin planning for your big dinner. Many Thanksgiving desserts have the same pies each year, so why not change it up a bit with OUR favorite recipe.
Pies; some people do not like them, some tend to eat too many and get sick of them, and some find them too much work to make. How about trying a Frozen Strawberry Crunch Cake? From tablespoon.com, we tried this out and could not have been more pleased with the recipe. You will need the following ingredients:
- 1 box Nature Valley Granola Bars
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 lemon
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups freshly chopped strawberries
- Put the Nature Valley granola bars in a food processor and process until you achieve a course crumb. (A blender will work as well if you do not have a food processor)
- In a large bowl, add the crumbs, brown sugar, flour and melted butter and mix together. Then spread into an 8x8-inch pan that has been covered with parchment paper. Bake at 350ºF for 20 minutes. Let cool. Then divide in half and set aside. (We did not have parchment paper on hand and sprayed a cake pan with cooking spray to make this work.)
- In a mixing bowl, combine eggs whites and sugar and mix on high. Add the heavy cream and continue mixing for another 5 minutes.
- Continue to add the fresh squeezed lemon juice and softened cream cheese. Mix on low speed until incorporated.
- Fold the fresh strawberries into the cream mixture.
- In a buttered glass cake pan, press half of the crumb crust mixture on the bottom. Top with strawberry mix and then add the remaining crumbs to the top. (Because we used a cake pan to bake the crumbs and because the crumbs did not stick together like expected, I used a spatula and scooped into a glass pie pan instead. The ingredients fit perfectly!)
- Cover and freeze for three hours or more and enjoy!
We guarantee this will be the change in desserts you were looking for. Maybe even try blueberries instead! Take one of our tours to try your own variety of foods this holiday season.
New season! New tours! November 04th 2014
November is a bittersweet time for Taste Twin Cities Food Tours. Not only does it mean colder weather, it also means that our Riverwalk Tour has officially come to an end. The Riverwalk Tour had an excellent season, with some great tour groups and delicious food. The tours visited popular locations in the Minneapolis Mill District and Northeast Neighborhoods. Some of the stops included Sawatadee, The Old Spaghetti Factory, Solomons Bakery, Tuggs Tavern and Wilde Roast Café.
As the seasons change, so do we. Upon us is another year of our very popular Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour. The Skyway Tour started out with a sold out tour on November 1st. The stops along the way include Crave, Rock Bottom Brewery (to taste the local beer), Hell's Kitchen, Angel Food Bakery and Candyland.
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General Description
The upperparts of the Mountain Plover are generally uniformly brown. This color extends along the sides of the neck and onto the chest. The breast band present in many other plovers is absent in this species; the forehead, throat, and breast are white, while the underwings are bright white (Knopf 1996). The dorsal tip of the tail has a broad, black band, or patch, and the outer dorsal surface of the wings is also black (Knopf 1996, Sibley 2000). This plover is fairly large, 21.0 to 23.5 cm in length and weighing from 90 to 110 grams (Knopf 1996). During breeding, a distinctive black line, or loral stripe, is evident from the bill to the eye. Also at this time, the forecrown will be darkly mottled to black (Knopf 1996). An additional field mark identifying this species is a thin white line on the black-colored wing tip (thin white line in primaries) evident in flight (Knopf 1996). The bill of the Mountain Plover is black; the iris auburn; the legs are a dull, light brown-yellow; the feet are dark brown; and the claws are black (Knopf 1996).
Diagnostic Characteristics
The combination of a black forecrown and white breast is a unique color pattern among North American plover species that distinguishes the Mountain Plover (Knopf 1996). The Snowy Plover (
Charadrius alexandrinus
), Semipalmated Plover (
Charadrius semipalmatus
), Piping Plover (
Charadrius melodus
), and a few other plovers, also have black forecrowns, but their breasts are decorated with a black breast band or black side patches (Sibley 2000). Their habitats are also distinctly different (see Habitat).
Species Range
Montana Range
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Western Hemisphere Range
Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
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Relative Density
(direct evidence "B")
(indirect evidence "b")
No evidence of Breeding
(transient "t")
(regular observations "W")
(at least one obs. "w")
(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)
Mountain Plovers arrive in April and may remain in the state until September (Johnsgard 1986). The species is a rare migrant west of the Continental Divide, but is a breeding resident of the prairie lands to the east.
Habitat use in Montana appears similar to other areas within the breeding range; use of prairie dog colonies and other shortgrass prairie sites are confirmed as preferred breeding habitat. Records indicate the species utilizes towns of both White-tailed (
Cynomys leucurus
) and Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (
Cynomys ludoviscianus
) (Montana Bird Distribution Committee 2012). These towns provide greater horizontal visibility, a higher percentage of bare ground, more burrows for refugia, and higher diversity of forbs than adjacent areas (Olson 1985). Mountain Plovers will use towns as small as 3 ha (Knowles et al. 1982), but the average on one study was 57.5 ha (Knowles and Knowles 1984) and ranged from 6 to 50 ha in another (Olson-Edge and Edge 1987).
Primary habitat use in Montana during the breeding season includes heavily grazed, shortgrass prairie sites. Habitat in Phillips and Blaine counties, the area containing the largest known populations of Mountain Plover in the state, is dominated by the native plant species
Bouteloua gracilis
Koeleria cristata.
This area also contains
Stipa comata
Agropyron smithii
Artemisia frigida
Opuntia polyacantha
, and
Gutierrezia sarothrae
(FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants 1991). Knowles and Knowles (1993) determined in the northeastern portion of the state, Mountain Plover also selected sites associated with habitat dominated by
Atriplex gardneri
Eriogonum multiceps
, while use in the central and southwestern areas of the state was associated with
Bouteloua gracilis
Stipa comata
. Strong preference was also given to sites with slopes less than 5% and grass height of less than 6 cm (3 inches) (Knowles, Maj, and Hinckley 1995). Knowles and Knowles (1993) indicates that sites selected within these habitat types were restricted to areas intensively grazed by prairie dogs, sheep, and/or cattle, especially those of the
Stipa comata
Bouteloua gracilis
habitat type (Knowles and Knowles 1997).
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Ecological Systems Associated with this Species
Details on Creation and Suggested Uses and Limitations
How Associations Were Made
We associated the use and habitat quality (high, medium, or low) of each of the 82 ecological systems mapped in Montana for vertebrate animal species that regularly breed, overwinter, or migrate through the state by:
Using personal observations and reviewing literature that summarize the breeding, overwintering, or migratory habitat requirements of each species (Dobkin 1992, Hart et al. 1998, Hutto and Young 1999, Maxell 2000, Foresman 2001, Adams 2003, and Werner et al. 2004);
Evaluating structural characteristics and distribution of each ecological system relative to the species' range and habitat requirements;
Examining the observation records for each species in the state-wide point database associated with each ecological system;
Calculating the percentage of observations associated with each ecological system relative to the percent of Montana covered by each ecological system to get a measure of "observations versus availability of habitat".
Species that breed in Montana were only evaluated for breeding habitat use, species that only overwinter in Montana were only evaluated for overwintering habitat use, and species that only migrate through Montana were only evaluated for migratory habitat use. In general, species were associated as using an ecological system if structural characteristics of used habitat documented in the literature were present in the ecological system or large numbers of point observations were associated with the ecological system. However, species were not associated with an ecological system if there was no support in the literature for use of structural characteristics in an ecological system,
even if
point observations were associated with that system. High, medium, and low habitat quality was assigned based on the degree to which the structural characteristics of an ecological system matched the preferred structural habitat characteristics for each species in the literature. The percentage of observations associated with each ecological system relative to the percent of Montana covered by each ecological system was also used to guide assignments of habitat quality. If you have any questions or comments on species associations with ecological systems, please contact Bryce Maxell at
or (406) 444-3655.
Suggested Uses and Limitations
Species associations with ecological systems should be used to generate potential lists of species that may occupy broader landscapes for the purposes of landscape-level planning. These potential lists of species should not be used in place of documented occurrences of species (this information can be requested at:
) or systematic surveys for species and evaluations of habitat at a local site level by trained biologists. Users of this information should be aware that the land cover data used to generate species associations is based on imagery from the late 1990s and early 2000s and was only intended to be used at broader landscape scales. Land cover mapping accuracy is particularly problematic when the systems occur as small patches or where the land cover types have been altered over the past decade. Thus, particular caution should be used when using the associations in assessments of smaller areas (e.g., evaluations of public land survey sections). Finally, although a species may be associated with a particular ecological system within its known geographic range, portions of that ecological system may occur outside of the species' known geographic range.
Literature Cited
Adams, R.A. 2003. Bats of the Rocky Mountain West; natural history, ecology, and conservation. Boulder, CO: University Press of Colorado. 289 p.
Dobkin, D. S. 1992. Neotropical migrant land birds in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. USDA Forest Service, Northern Region. Publication No. R1-93-34. Missoula, MT.
Foresman, K.R. 2001. The wild mammals of Montana. Special Publication No. 12. Lawrence, KS: The American Society of Mammalogists. 278 p.
Hart, M.M., W.A. Williams, P.C. Thornton, K.P. McLaughlin, C.M. Tobalske, B.A. Maxell, D.P. Hendricks, C.R. Peterson, and R.L. Redmond. 1998. Montana atlas of terrestrial vertebrates. Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 1302 p.
Hutto, R.L. and J.S. Young. 1999. Habitat relationships of landbirds in the Northern Region, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station RMRS-GTR-32. 72 p.
Maxell, B.A. 2000. Management of Montana's amphibians: a review of factors that may present a risk to population viability and accounts on the identification, distribution, taxonomy, habitat use, natural history, and the status and conservation of individual species. Report to U.S. Forest Service Region 1. Missoula, MT: Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana. 161 p.
Werner, J.K., B.A. Maxell, P. Hendricks, and D. Flath. 2004. Amphibians and reptiles of Montana. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. 262 p.
Commonly Associated with these Ecological Systems
Grassland Systems
Great Plains Mixedgrass Prairie
Shrubland, Steppe and Savanna Systems
Big Sagebrush Steppe
Mat Saltbush Shrubland
Sparse and Barren Systems
Great Plains Badlands
Wetland and Riparian Systems
Greasewood Flat
Great Plains Saline Depression Wetland
Occasionally Associated with these Ecological Systems
Grassland Systems
Rocky Mountain Lower Montane, Foothill, and Valley Grassland
Food Habits
This opportunistic bird feeds primarily on insects (grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, flies, ants). It takes prey from the ground, and selects different food items at different locales (Knopf 1996).
Estimates of densities at Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (CMR) were 16.2 breeding plovers per 100 ha in prairie dog towns (or 0.28 birds per sq km in the entire area) (Olson 1984). Town size was negatively correlated with plover density. At CMR, courtship, locomotion and maintenance activities decreased with increased temperature on a daily and seasonal basis (Olson 1984). The brood usually moves one to two km from the nest site in the first two to three days (Knopf and Rupert 1996). More than half of the clutches are lost to predators, mainly Coyote (
Canis latrans
) and Swift Fox (
Vulpes velox
), and chicks also experience high rates of predation (Knopf 1996).
Records indicate that Mountain Plovers are less common today than in 1900 (Davis 1961), perhaps due to increased irrigated agriculture and/or prairie dog control (Johnsgard 1986, FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants 1991).
These birds are gregarious outside of the breeding season. They forage and roost in loose flocks of changing composition. Flock size may exceed 1000 on the southern Great Plains in late summer; site fidelity seemed poorly developed in winter range in southern California, but the winter survival rate was high (Knopf and Rupert 1995).
Reproductive Characteristics
Mountain Plover eggs are oval, smooth and slightly glossy. Drab, light olive to olive-buff, they are finely speckled, spotted, and decorated with scrawling lines of black and gray; average size is 37 by 28 mm (Baicich and Harrison 2005). Both sexes incubate three, sometimes two or four, eggs for 29 days, but not at the same nest. The female may lay a second clutch while the male incubates the first clutch (Graul 1975). This behavior may be more the rule than the exception (Knopf, pers. obs.). Nestlings are precocial, and fledge in about 33 to 34 days. Adults nest alone or in loosely associated groups. Excessive rain and storms may destroy nests and result in taller vegetation that precludes birds from renesting in the vicinity, as on the Pawnee National Grasslands in 1995 and 1997 (Knopf, unpub. data.).
Mountain Plovers are known to nest in a protracted manner; nesting in Montana may extend from late May to late July (Johnsgard 1986, Knowles and Knowles 1993). Chicks have been observed as early as June 8, with the latest date of an incubating bird on July 18 (Knowles and Knowles 1993). Observations by Knowles and Knowles (1993) indicates that either all eggs are not successfully incubated or that chick mortality begins shortly after hatching, i.e. there is a steady decline in the number of chicks per brood with increasing age.
The average number of chicks per brood, at time of hatching, over a seven year time period was 1.82 (Knowles and Knowles 1997). In the northeast portion of Montana, Mountain Plovers generally used broad, gently-sloped valley bottoms for nesting; in the central and southwest, they used ridge tops and lower foothills extending from the footslopes of the mountain ranges (generally associated with the
Stipa comata
Bouteloua gracilis
habitat types); and in the northeast, they were associated with the dwarf shrub communities of
Atriplex gardneri
Eriogonum multiceps
(Knowles and Knowles 1997).
No management activities in Montana specific to Mountain Plover are regulated. However, the unifying habitat features desirable to Mountain Plovers are extremely short vegetation, a high percentage of bare soil, and an extensive area (0.5 to 1 km diameter) of nearly level terrain (Knowles and Knowles 1997). Management practices should emulate these parameters and may include practices to: 1) identify, map, and protect areas where Mountain Plovers currently nest; 2) identify, map and protect prairie dog towns located on level shortgrass prairie habitats to ensure these populations persist; 3) areas of potential Mountain Plover habitat should not be converted to agriculture nor have range improvements that increase forage for livestock (particularly planting exotic grasses); 4) combine light to moderate grazing with prescribed burning, which has the added benefit of reducing woody species (Wershler 1989); 5) restrict off-road vehicle use between April 1 and August 1 in areas identified as potential Mountain Plover habitat; 6) maintain areas of intensive grazing on level (less than 10% gradient) shortgrass prairie communities; 7) efforts should be made to reduce the likelihood of invasion by non-native species such as (but not restricted to) cheatgrass, leafy spurge, and knapweed. In both Montana and nationally, range and abundance have been reduced considerably in the last century; there is no evidence that this is stabilizing (FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants 1991, Knopf 1991). Knopf (1991) recommended upgrading federal status to C1. Population estimates for Montana range from 750 to 1000 (Knopf 1991) to 1487 to 2820 (FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants 1991). The species is ranked #1 in conservation effort needs for Montana (Carter and Barker 1993), and is a Species of Management Concern in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1995).
Literature Cited Above
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Baicich, P. J. and C. J. O. Harrison. 2005. A guide to the nests, eggs and nestlings of North American birds. Second edition. Academic Press, New York.
Carter, M. F. and K. Barker. 1993. An interactive database for setting conservation priorities for western neotropical migrants. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RM-229:120-144.
Davis, C.V. 1961. A distributional study of the birds of Montana. Ph.D. dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis. 462 pp.
FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants. 1991. Status and breeding distribution of the mountain plover in Montana. Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management. FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants, Boulder, MT. 44 pp.
Graul, W. D. 1975. Breeding biology of the mountain plover. Wilson Bulletin 87:6-31.
Johnsgard, P.A. 1986. Birds of the Rocky Mountains: with particular reference to national parks in the northern Rocky Mountain region. Colorado Associated University Press, Boulder, CO.
Knopf, F. L. 1991. Status and conservation of mountain plovers: the evolving regional effort. Report of research activities, USFWS National Ecology Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. 9 pp.
Knopf, F. L. and J. R. Rupert. 1995. Habits and habitats of mountain plovers in California. Condor 97:743-751.
Knopf, F. L. and J. R. Rupert. 1996. Reproduction and movements of mountain plovers breeding in Colorado. Wilson Bulletin 108:28-35.
Knopf, F.L. 1996. Mountain plover (
Charadrius montanus
). In: A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. The Birds of North America, Number 211. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC. 16 pp.
Knowles, C. and P. Knowles. 1997. Mountain plover numbers, reproduction, and habitat use in Montana: a summary of six survey years. FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants. Prepared for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks, Great Falls, Montana, and the Bureau of Land Management, Billings, Montana. 22 April 1997.
Knowles, C. J. and P. R. Knowles. 1984. Additional record of mountain plovers using prairie dog towns in Montana. Prairie Naturalist 16:183-186.
Knowles, C. J. and P. R. Knowles. 1993. Mountain plover numbers, reproduction, and habitat use in three areas of Montana. Unpublished report for the Bureau of Land Management, Billings. 50pp.
Knowles, C. J., C. J. Stoner, and S. P. Gieb. 1982. Selective use of black-tailed prairie dog towns by mountain plovers. Condor 84:71-74.
Knowles, C., P. Knowles, M. Maj, and D. Hinckley. 1995. Mountain plover numbers, reproduction, and habitat use in three areas of Montana. Prepared by FaunaWest Wildlife Consultants for Bureau of Land Management, Billings, Montana.
Montana Bird Distribution Committee. 2012. P.D. Skaar's Montana bird distribution. 7th Edition. Montana Audubon, Helena, Montana. 208 pp. + foldout map.
Olson, S.L. 1984. Density and distribution, nest site selection, and activity of the mountain plover on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. M.S. thesis. University of Montana, Missoula. 62 pp.
Olson, S.L. 1985. Mountain plover food items on and adjacent to a prairie dog town. Prairie Naturalist 17(2):83-90.
Olson-Edge, S. L. and W. D. Edge. 1987. Density and distribution of the mountain plover on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. The Prairie Naturalist 19(4):233-238.
Sibley, D. A. 2000. The Sibley guide to birds. National Audubon Society and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY. 544 p.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management. 1995. Migratory nongame birds of management concern in the United States: the 1995 list. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1996-404-911/44014. 22 p.
Wershler, C. R. 1989. A management strategy for mountain plovers in Alberta. Proceedings of the Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Workshop, Saskatchewan Natural History Society and Canadian Plains Research Center. 5 pp.
Additional References
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American Ornithologists' Union. 1983. Check-list of North American birds. Sixth Edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
American Ornithologists' Union. 1998. Check-list of North American birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. 829 pp.
Bent, A. C. 1929. Life histories of North American shorebirds (Part II). U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146. Washington, D.C.
Bergeron, D., C. Jones, D.L. Genter, and D. Sullivan. 1992. P. D. Skaar's Montana Bird Distribution, Fourth Edition. Special Publication No. 2. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena. 116 pp.
Carter, M., C. Hunter, D. Pashley, and D. Petit. 1998. The Watch List. Bird Conservation, Summer 1998:10.
Carter, M., G. Fenwick, C. Hunter, D. Pashley, D. Petit, J. Price, and J. Trapp. 1996. Watchlist 1996: For the future. Field Notes 50(3):238-240.
Casey, D. 2000. Partners in Flight Draft Bird Conservation Plan Montana. Version 1.0. 287 pp.
Clark, T. W., H.A. Harvey, R.D. Dorn, D.L. Genter, and C. Groves (eds). 1989. Rare, sensitive, and threatened species of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative, Montana Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, and Mountain West Environmental Services. 153 p.
Day, K.S. 1994. Observations on Mountain Plovers (CHARADRIUS MONTANUS) breeding in Utah. Southwestern Naturalist 39:298-300.
Dobkin, D. S. 1992. Neotropical migrant landbirds in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. U.S.D.A. For. Serv. N. Region Publ. R1-93-34. Missoula, Mont.
Dobkin, D.S. 1994. Conservation and management of neotropical migrant landbirds in the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. Univ. Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho. 220 pp.
Ehrlich, P., D. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birder's handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster Inc. New York. 785 pp.
Federal Register 68:174. 2003. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule to List the Mountain Plover as Threatened. pp.53083-53101
Federal Register: February 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 30). Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Threatened Status for the Mountain Plover. Proposed Rules. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. pp. 7587-7601.
Gomez de Silva, H., R.A. Medilin Legorreta, M.A. Amin, and S. Aguilar. 1996. A concentration of Mountain Plovers CHARADRIUS MONTANUS in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Cotinga 5:74-75.
Graul, W.D., and L.E. Webster. 1976. Breeding status of the Mountain Plover. Condor 78:265-267.
Hayman, P., J. Marchant, and T. Prater. 1986. Shorebirds: an identification guide to the waders of the world. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 412 pp.
Johnsgard, P. 1981. The Plovers, Sandpipers, and Snipes of the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska. 493 pp.
Knopf, F. L, and J. R. Rupert. 1999. Use of cultivated fields by breeding Mountain Plovers. Studies in Avian Biology 19:81-86.
Knopf, F. L. and B. J. Miller. 1994. Charadrius montanus -- montane, grassland, or bare-ground plover? Auk 111:504-506.
Knopf, Fritz L., and M. B. Wunder. 2006. Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus). Species Account Number 211. The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Retrieved 3/25/2008 from The Birds of North America Online database
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Knowles, P. R. 1992. Status and breeding distribution of the mountain plover in Montana. Paper presented at the 30th meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Whitefish.
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Edward Lloyd says: 8 months
"This is the second time we stayed at this resort. The first was 15 years ago. Some things never change; the watered down mixed drinks, which I suppose need to be there because otherwise just about everyone would be drunk before eleven in the morning. Compared to last time, I felt the food, although good, was too repetitious, either Italian or Mexican. We arrived at 4:45 p.m. and our room was not ready. We were without washcloths several days and also shampoo. Overall, it was a 7 because we are not heavy drinkers, the fish was excellent, and we enjoyed the variety for breakfast. The resort itself is kept very clean and our room was nice with a wonderful tropical view. The staff was very helpful and pleasant. "Rating: 7,0
Will Barnes says: 8 months
2 week stay, walked daily, into Playa several times. The walk to 5th avenue Playa is about 35-40 minutes.
"Enjoyed our 2 week stay in March 2014. Good dining and entertainment facilities, the staff are courteous and helpful. Beach is great with the exception of the kite boarders, especially those giving lessons to novices on windy days. One crashed down 3 feet from me as i walked along the beach. Had to watch carefully walking by when lessons going on. Only negative things about the resort are the mosquitos on the balcony in the evenings, even though they spray each night and when you purchase wireless daily or weekly, the cost only includes one device. Overall, otherwise pretty good quality."Rating: 9,0
Adam Merrifield says: 8 months
Stayed at Iberostar Quetzal 16-22 February 2014
"Our recent stay at Iberostar Quetzal was wonderful. The staff was particularly praiseworthy. Everyone we met was genuinely friendly and helpful. The grounds of the resort were immaculate. Staff members maintained the grounds at all times. There were ample chairs to be had at the beach or pool. Our rooms were clean and well appointed. As others have noted, the beds are very firm. The bathroom was large and nice. There was a nice international mix of families and generations at the resort while we were there. Everyone seemed happy, calm and relaxed. We can't wait to go back. Our only critical observations are that the pool closes too early for maintenance and the dinner buffet can become repetitive."Rating: 9,0
Carole Gilbert says: 8 months
"A fabulous family holiday. All the staff are fantastic and I'm only sorry that I didn't get chance to thank every one of them in person. The grounds of the hotel are just spectacular and the beach is beautiful. Chairs in the shade are a problem, as at all resorts, but there are beach umbrellas available for the people who don't get up at6 a.m. A special shout out to Maurizio, Yohelle and all of the Star Friends for their energy and enthusiasm. Thank you to Mary at the front desk for arranging the rooms for my family close together. Thank you to our housekeeping guy for keeping us neat and tidy and making the fun creatures every day. "Rating: 10,0
Smitele says: 8 months
Housekeeping took my white beach towel with blue print by mistake one day, but hotel was able to lacate and return to me the next day.
"More spread out than I expected. A lot of walking to get to pool and beach. Needs more lighting on paths to and from restaurants and theatre for after dark. Awesome to see animals wondering around. "Rating: 8,0
Ryan says: 9 months
We have been to many resorts in the mayan, cuba, jamaica and dominican and this is still our favorite
"This was our 5th trip to the Tucan/Quetzal and we weren't disappointed. Rooms are clean and well maintained, food is above average and service is great. With the monkeys and all the other wildlife it is a truly wonderful resort. My only complaint would be with the Dressel staff, they don't seem to be very interested in sending out the catamarans and the hours that they provide are much less than other resorts."Rating: 10,0


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Covercraft Block It 380 Car Cover C17027TT
- Our Price: $207.18
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- Part Number: C17027TT
Purchase this item by Monday, Dec 1st for Delivery by Dec 24th
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Block-It 380 Car Cover
- Part #: C17027TT
- with 2 Mirror Pockets
Covercraft C17027TT fits:
- 2008-2013 Toyota Sequoia
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