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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The species is vulnerable to predation, flooding and human activity because the birds build their nests on exposed sandy beaches. "It's significant because we monitor the piping plovers' reproductive ...