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Literature:

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Davis, M. B., T. R. Simons, M. J. Groom, J. L. Weaver, and J. R. Cordes.   2001.  The breeding status of the American Oystercatcher on the east coast of North America and breeding success in North Carolina.  Waterbirds 24:195-202.

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McGowan, C.  P.,  2004.  Factors affecting nesting success of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in North Carolina.  M. Sc. thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. 

McGowan, C.  P.,  and T.  R.  Simons.,  2005.  A method for trapping breeding adult American Oystercatchers.  Journal of Field Ornithology 76: 46-49. 

McGowan, C. P., T. R. Simons, W. Golder, and J. Cordes.  2005.  A comparison of American Oystercatcher reproductive success on barrier beach and river island habitats in coastal North Carolina.  Waterbirds 28:150-155

McGowan, C.  P.,  S.  A.  Schulte, and T.  R.  Simons, 2005.  Resightings of marked American Oystercatchers banded as chicks.  Wilson Bulletin 117:382–385

McGowan, C. P., and T. R. Simons, 2006. Effects of human recreation on the incubation behavior of American Oystercatchers. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 118:485-493

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Nol, E.,  B.  Truitt, D.  Allen, B.  Winn, and T.  Murphy.  2000.  A survey of wintering American Oystercatchers from Georgia to Virginia, U.  S.  A.,  1999.  International  Wader Study Group Bulletin 93: 46-50.

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Reports

Nol, E., B. Truitt, D. Allen, B. Winn and T. Murphy. 2000. Size of the American oystercatcher
population in the United States: Results of the 1999 survey for wintering American
oystercatchers: Georgia to Virginia. Unpublished report.

Simons, T. R., S. A. Schulte, J. Cordes, and W. Golder, 2006. American Oystercatcher Research and Monitoring in North Carolina 2006 report. USGS cooperative fish and wildlife research unit, North Carolina State University. 57pp.

Wilke, A.  L.  and B.  D.  Watts.  2004.  American Oystercatcher Productivity Monitoring,  Breeding Survey and Banding in Virginia 2004 report.  Center for Conservation  Biology Technical Report Series.  CCBTR-04-09.  College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 26pp.