Snowy plover season is back. The tiny coastal birds are once again making their nests on the shores of the Oregon coast, requiring beachgoers to take a few extra precautions while out on the beach ...

Most beachgoers in Los Angeles County are unaware of an avian drama unfolding in their midst. At the heart of the crisis is the western snowy plover, a small, sand-colored bird that relies on its ...

The department has been monitoring the birds since 2012, Pfleeger-Ritzman said, when there were just four nesting pairs on the beach. By 2018, there were 38 nests, Pfleeger-Ritzman said. This year ...

MONTEREY, Calif. — An endangered bird species, the snowy plover, has returned to the beaches of Monterey Bay for its annual nesting season, prompting efforts from environmentalists to protect them.

One of the snowy plover hatchlings at two days old. The SPCA will care for them by hand for 30 days before they can be released back into the wild. (Photo Courtesy of Monterey County SPCA) ...

It's nesting season for the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast. The small shorebird, about the size of a sparrow, is listed under the US Endangered Species Act as threatened.

In the 1980s, these threats slashed the U.S. population of coastal western snowy plovers from an estimated 2,300 to less than 1,500, leading to its 1993 listing as threatened under the Endangered ...

Special to the Daily Press For the first time in nearly 70 years, western snowy plovers are nesting on Los Angeles County beaches. The first nest was found on April 18 on Santa Monica State Beach ...

ELLWOOD, Calif. - The Western Snowy Plover, a tiny shorebird, will be getting extra protections along the coast between the western end of Isla Vista and Ellwood. Starting April 1, when the birds ...

MOFFIT - A piping plover project at Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge likely has turned up evidence that western snowy plovers, rarely documented in the state, are nesting there.

Travel & Outdoors Snowy plovers are back on the Oregon coast. Here’s how to help keep the little birds safe Updated: Mar. 12, 2025, 10:28 a.m. | Published: Mar. 12, 2025, 10:13 a.m.