The Great Lakes Piping Plover who returned to the area in April for a third season and who appeared to develop a bit of a bromance with another male, has produced an egg with Searocket ...

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 ...

Ornamented in buff and pale feathers, the western snowy plover ... eggs vulnerable to both predators and the elements. Fortunately, since the species was protected under the Endangered Species Act, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three of the four eggs hatched around 9 a.m. Thursday ... The City of Waukegan designated the endangered Great Lakes piping plover the official city bird in May. The city has a partnership ...

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 ...

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

Ornamented in buff and pale feathers, the western snowy plover ... eggs vulnerable to both predators and the elements. Fortunately, since the species was protected under the Endangered Species Act, ...