Santa Barbara Independent

Snowy Plover Chicks Released into the Wild at Beach in Isla Vista

Being abandoned on the beach is a sorry way to start life. Conservation specialists Jessica Gray (left) and Nadya Seal Faith (right) were beaming with pride during the chicks’ release on Tuesday. | ...
KGW8

Snowy plover nest destroyed after driver ignores signs in Pacific County

PACIFIC COUNTY, Wash. — A western snowy plover nest was destroyed after someone drove over it at Pacific County's Grayland Beach State Park recently, according to the Washington Department of Fish & ...
Palo Alto Weekly

As the Bay Area’s salt pond restoration project moves forward, a tiny threatened shorebird remains under the watchful eye of biologists

A western snowy plover looks around at Limantour Beach in Point Reyes on May 15, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. On an overcast morning in mid-April, biologist Maddy Schwarz parked her truck on a ...
Statesman Journal

Threatened plover numbers dip slightly as Oregon beaches roped off to protect nesting

The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon appeared to dip for a second year in a row in 2023, but biologists aren’t worried yet about the threatened shorebird. As plover nesting season began ...