The waters of Lake Michigan are now only a few meters from the plovers' nesting area.

密歇根湖的水域现在离鸻的筑巢区只有几米远。

But they're indistinguishable from the tracks of a modern sandpiper or a plover on a lake shore.

但它们与现代鹬和湖边的鸻留下的足迹别无二致。

If that is true, the piping plovers could be at greater risk.

如果属实，那么笛鸻可能身处险境。

If more storms do not wash away nests, a new group of plovers may survive.

如果大雨没有冲走淹没他们的巢穴，一群新生鸻可能存活下来。

Erica Adams is a plover expert with the National Park Service.

艾丽卡·亚当斯是国家公园管理局研究鸻的专家。

Sleeping Bear Dunes is home to nearly half of the Great Lakes plovers during spring and summer.

在春夏两季，睡熊沙丘是五大湖近乎一半鸻的栖息地。

He told the AP that the high water levels put plovers in more danger than most other bird groups.

他告诉美联社，相比其他鸟类而言，水位上涨对鸻类更危险。

Pools of water are forming behind several plover nests along Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the state of Michigan.

在密歇根州的睡熊沙丘国家湖岸，数只鸻的巢后面水位上涨。

Most of this year's plover eggs will hatch by the end of June.

今年的大部分鸻卵将在6月底孵化。

And Wilson's plovers that nested in this area directly across from the launchpad.

和威尔逊的鸻在发射台正对面的这个区域筑巢。