In particular, ravens, voracious native predators of plover eggs, have exploded in numbers ... than 25 organizations have worked to boost the birds’ numbers, allowing the American population ...

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 ...

Being a vital part of the food chain, larger birds such as raptors, gulls, and ravens depend on hooded plover eggs for survival. Do you think America does a good job of protecting its natural beauty?

So far this season, there is no plover nest at Montrose Beach — just one plover looking for love. "Pippin was the 2024 ...

Two banded piping plovers were spotted Friday morning by Mark Kolasa, the Montrose Beach Dunes volunteer community steward, ...

The wait is on to see whether at least one, or possibly two, pairs of plovers will nest at Montrose Beach this year.

LB: "These birds face an unbelievable amount of risks on the beach. "Every predator, from coyotes to crows to raptors, pose a serious threat to piping plover adults, chicks and eggs. We all love ...

You may know Sanibel’s beaches are home to nesting snowy plovers and Wilson’s plovers, but did you know there is a third ...

Here's how to help if you see beach-nesting birds on the shore. Also here's tools to watch and track them if you're not at ...

Identified by bird watchers as Pippin and Uncle Larry, they're the first plovers to land at the beach this year.

Piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) are tiny, migratory shore birds native to North America ... to camouflage their gray to cream-colored eggs with black spots. Males and females both protect ...

The key is to be there at the start of the annual plover mating season because once eggs are in the nest the birds don’t move around much and it’s far more challenging to find them ...