The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon increased slightly last year, continuing what’s been a major success story for the threatened shorebird as officials begin roping off beach for nesting ...

Two Snowy Plovers, a federally threatened species, have hatched at the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Center after their eggs were rescued from a washed-out nest at Marina State Beach. Point Blue ...

Snowy plover season is back. The tiny coastal birds are once again making their nests on the shores of the Oregon coast, requiring beachgoers to take a few extra precautions while out on the beach ...

YEAR....AND A TOTAL OF 130 CHICKS SURVIVED...SO THEY ARE HOPING TO SEE HIGHER NUMBERS THIS YEAR TAKE PKG SNOWY PLOVERS ARE PRACTICALLY INVISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE ...

When Alfred Lord Tennyson penned the famous line, "In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" he was probably not thinking of the Western Snowy Plover, but we are on the cusp ...

Ornamented in buff and pale feathers, the western snowy plover often goes unnoticed amongst the sand dunes it inhabits. Heedless of this shy, pocket-sized shorebird, developers have made the open ...

I’m excited to feature a freelance contributor’s project months in the making in this week’s newsletter. It’s all about the western snowy plover, a shorebird about the size of a soda can that nests on ...

Two baby snowy plovers hatched at the SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Center just over a week ago.They were rescued by Point Blue Conservation Science, a nonprofit focused on reducing environmental ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach is celebrating the opening of a new facility dedicated to saving the snowy plover, an endangered species.

Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Fencing has gone up at Morro Strand State ...