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Here we have a rare shot of a family interacting. The Piping Plover, or Charadrius Melodus is a sparrow-sized, camouflaged, coastal waterbird and a threatened species that came close to extinction. The piping plover is a migrating shorebird that nests along the Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes of the United States. The bird is federally protected by critical habitat designations and management. The piping plover is a pale colored bird with light grey plumage and orange legs. Piping Plover protection and bird conservation is a hot topic once beaches open on the east coast. Mandated plover enclosures are erected to protect the plover habitat and nesting regions. Wildlife officials and the federal government work to protect the Piping Plover against natural predators and humans through education and management.
Pacific Golden Plover\nPluvialis fulva\nBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
A cute, little Piping Plover bird that is standing in its nesting habitat of dried sand and brittle sea grass at the beach.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). Parker River National wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts
A small plover bird foraging on the beach in the morning sun. Photographed from a low angle in the sand.
A Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) in winter plumage on the shore of the Salton Sea in Imperial County, southern California. This bird breeds in extreme northern Alaska and eastern Siberia and winters widely along the western, southern, and eastern coasts of North America, the Caribbean, and along both coasts of South America.
It's winter, and the snowy plover are warming themselves in the morning sun off the coast of Southern California.
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) walking in tall grass on ranch land on prairie ranch land in central Montana in northwestern United States of America (USA). Closely related to the Curlews.
The protected Piping Plover nests in shallow scrapes in the sand. Here, an adult plover watches with care over it’s young during an early morning sunrise at the beach.
Taxon name: Pacific Golden Plover\nTaxon scientific name: Pluvialis fulva\nLocation: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
An endangered piping plover on the beach.
Black bellied plover standing on seaweed covered rock along the shore of Elkhorn Slough.\n\nTaken at Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Reserve.
Piping Plover
Common ringed plover on the shoreline of Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Calidris alba, small wading bird
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda} on Montana prairie in western USA of North America.
A semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) foraging on a beach in Maine.
Piping plover has been listed as Endangered by the United States in the Great Lakes area. In Canada, the population and individuals are closely monitored. This bird was seen on April 23, 2023 on the shore of Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada
Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) juvenilein Japan, one of critically endangered species
common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Ruddy turnstone migrants (Arenaria interpres) filmed in an unusual situation in soft morning light and together with other birds
Ruddy Turnstone
Bird white wagtail Motacilla alba small bird with long tail on blurred background, Poland Europe
Connemara, county Galway, Connacht province, Ireland, Europe
A Semipalmated Plover straddles over its nest of eggs
Wading birds gathered on rocks in sunlight along shoreline of Portmarnock Dublin Ireland.
Flock of snowy plovers (Charadrius nivosus) dozing on the beach of Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
A spotted sandpiper in non-breeding plumage on a dried branch on a beach in Costa Rica.
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii-left bird) with Common Tern (right) in late summer on Madeira, Portugal
Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on the beach.
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