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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Kravtsov, who also spent all summer here, had told me where to find a snowy plover habitat, a 20-minute walk along the beach.
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Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
Colorful eels, octopuses, swell sharks, snowy plovers, lobsters, horn sharks, poppy flowers, pelicans, Western gulls, and cormorants are many of the creatures popping from the wall’s canvas.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
Federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, monitor the effect of the blasts on such animals as sea otters, bats, western snowy plovers, California least terns and California red-legged frogs.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
As a part of the recovery effort, Matt Lau, a biologist at Point Reyes National Seashore, just north of San Francisco, scours the dunes every summer during breeding season for snowy plover nests.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024
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Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
Colorful eels, octopuses, swell sharks, snowy plovers, lobsters, horn sharks, poppy flowers, pelicans, Western gulls, and cormorants are many of the creatures popping from the wall’s canvas.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
Federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service, monitor the effect of the blasts on such animals as sea otters, bats, western snowy plovers, California least terns and California red-legged frogs.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
As a part of the recovery effort, Matt Lau, a biologist at Point Reyes National Seashore, just north of San Francisco, scours the dunes every summer during breeding season for snowy plover nests.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024
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“Snowy plover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowy%20plover. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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