snowy plover
noun
: a small plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) of the Gulf coast and the eastern U.S. and Mexico that is light gray above with a black bill, black patches on the head and sides of the neck, and white underparts
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The area is home to a number of endangered animals, such as the western snowy plover, which have been harmed by the beach’s deteriorating conditions.
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Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
More than an hour of constant scoping of distant beach and mudflats yielded no snowy plover, though black-bellied, semipalmated, piping and Wilson’s plovers were all present.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The sea turtles are nesting and so are shorebirds such as snowy plovers, Wilson’s plovers and least terns.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
There the dunes and plants would protect the nests of the snowy plover and other bird species from people and dogs.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The snowy plovers nest in mini-enclosures in the area.
—Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Sandoval, a PhD evolutionary biologist, has spent more than 20 years as the reserve’s director, managing a small army of docents and volunteers who protect the shoreline, dunes, estuary and the western snowy plover, a fluffy little shorebird threatened with extinction.
—Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
Gardner then spots the bobbing heads of a snowy plover and its chick among the grasses.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
Work in the wetlands is prohibited from early spring to mid-fall, which is nesting season for protected species of birds such as the snowy plover and the least tern.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
Bradford Betz, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
More than an hour of constant scoping of distant beach and mudflats yielded no snowy plover, though black-bellied, semipalmated, piping and Wilson’s plovers were all present.
—Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The sea turtles are nesting and so are shorebirds such as snowy plovers, Wilson’s plovers and least terns.
—Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
There the dunes and plants would protect the nests of the snowy plover and other bird species from people and dogs.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
Advertisement The snowy plovers nest in mini-enclosures in the area.
—Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
Sandoval, a PhD evolutionary biologist, has spent more than 20 years as the reserve’s director, managing a small army of docents and volunteers who protect the shoreline, dunes, estuary and the western snowy plover, a fluffy little shorebird threatened with extinction.
—Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
Gardner then spots the bobbing heads of a snowy plover and its chick among the grasses.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
Work in the wetlands is prohibited from early spring to mid-fall, which is nesting season for protected species of birds such as the snowy plover and the least tern.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
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