Snowy plover season is back. The tiny coastal birds are once again making their nests on the shores of the Oregon coast, ...

Plovers spend much of their time foraging amid piles of washed-up kelp, eating the small ... of the crisis is the western snowy plover, a small, sand-colored bird that relies on its color to ...

The Western Snowy ... plovers by its small size, pale brown upper parts and dark patches on parts of its body, according to a fact sheet from the Department of Pesticide Regulation. A small bird ...

director of bird conservation at Audubon California, saw western snowy plovers, she nearly didn’t see them at all. Walking along the high tide line of a Central California beach around 2007 ...

R 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. "That's their ...

It's nesting season for the Western Snowy Plover along the Oregon Coast ... ARC PDX talked with the Bird Alliance of Oregon about the small birds, the threats they face today, and how you can ...

The number of Western snowy ... numbers of plovers began to improve dramatically following the establishment of the roped-off units, the numbers show. “They’re a ground-nesting bird that ...

A small bird, it only grows up to 2 ounces ... Dispose of garbage properly to avoid attracting snowy plover predators. Do not feed any wildlife. Leave kelp and driftwood undisturbed.

The number of Western snowy plovers in ... a wildlife biologist and plover lead for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told the Statesman Journal last year. If the birds are disturbed by people ...