As far as I’m concerned, 2024 was the year of Plover 274. She is a piping plover, a small shorebird species that is both ...

If you’ve ever walked the beach and watched a tiny bird pulling something from the sand, it was likely a piping plover. These ...

Two male piping plovers, Pippin and Uncle Larry, were spotted Friday at Montrose Beach, according to Chicago Piping Plovers, ...

Since its Endangered Species Act protection more than 20 years ago, piping plover numbers have increased — through intensive nest and predator-management programs, as well as the designation of ...

An adult piping plover scurries around Montrose Beach in July 2024. Piping plovers are small, sand-colored shorebirds that nest on open beaches. The Atlantic and Great Plains populations are ...

But for our most steadfast beachgoers, the piping plover, now's the perfect time to hit the coast. Each year, the small, sandy-colored shorebirds return to Massachusetts to nest in the dunes of ...

Many experts have sounded the alarm on how funding cuts could potentially doom the Great Lakes piping plover ... placing cages over their nests that allow the plovers to come and go but keep ...

Scarborough is stepping up efforts to protect endangered piping plovers as the shorebirds return to nest on local beaches.

hired about five seasonal piping plover monitors to work at state parks where the federally endangered shorebirds annually nest on the beach. This year, federal grant money that pays for three of ...

nests and chicks. Current available shifts are Tuesdays and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Those interested should send an email to [email protected]. The Piping Plover vanished from ...

An adult piping plover scurries around Montrose Beach in July 2024. The pair’s arrival sparked conservation efforts, leading to increased monitoring and habitat protection. Plovers that nest in ...