DESCRIPTION: The western snowy plover is a very small bird, weighing less than two ounces and growing ... feeding on invertebrates found in wet sand and amongst kelp washed up on the shore. THREATS: ...

Fewer than 2,500 Western snowy plovers remain along the entire West Coast of the United States, and Alameda is lucky enough to host several of the threatened birds. Sharol Nelson-Embry introduces the ...

Fortunately, since the species was protected under the Endangered Species Act, nest-site destruction and harassment has been reduced; the bird's once-decimated population has increased by more than 50 ...

Last week while leading a photo workshop in warm and sunny Florida, I was walking down a long stretch of beach with my group of photographers in tow. The sun had just come up spreading a warm ...

It was classified as part of the Charadrius genus of plovers. Scientists split the genus in 2023, based on genetic findings, ...