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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

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.

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). Parker River National wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts

A cute, little Piping Plover bird that is standing in its nesting habitat of dried sand and brittle sea grass at the beach.

Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Snowy Plover, Charadrius nivosus, Monterey, California; Charadriiformes; Charadriidae. On the beach.

The threatened piping plover is well protected at sleeping bear dunes National shoreline west of traverse city. Conservation efforts go into protecting the nesting sites with cages to ensure the eggs safely hatch.

A wee little chap is the Piping Plover! Cute and swift, he was happily exploring the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Piping plover has been listed as Endangered by the United States in the Great Lakes area. This photo of the female bird nicknamed Papa was taken on April 23, 2023 on the shore of Georgian Bay, Ontario, only 6 days after she had been reported left a beach in Florida where she spent the winters of the past few years.

Piping Plover

$Taxon name: Snowy Plover\nTaxon scientific name: Charadrius nivosus\nLocation: Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA$

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) - Fort Desoto, Florida

Ventura Beach panorama low-tide

Close up photograph of a piping plover standing on the beach during spring.

Sanderling on the beach

Great Lakes piping plover on the shores of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Piping plover has been listed as Endangered by the United States in the Great Lakes area.

Eastern Piping Plover running across a sandy beach with ocean water in the background

Juvenile Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus). Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts.

A closeup shot of a Piping Plover bird

A Piping Plover stands on a shell littered beach in Maine on a summer day.

A Piping Plover among the seashells searching for food. Found at Milford Point in Connecticut near the Audubon Coastal Center.

Several Grey Gulls (Leucophaeus modestus) feed in the surf of a beach in central Chile for prey to appear as the water recedes. This species breeds well inland in the Atacama Desert but winters on beaches all over South America and even into sub-Antarctic regions.

snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) Fort De Soto Park Florida USA

$Taxon name: Semipalmated Plover\nTaxon scientific name: Charadrius semipalmatus\nLocation: Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA$

Piping Plover gets good view of rock-strewn beach

Terns flying over breaking waves

There is a male adult piping plover, or Charadrius melodus, facing left and detailed in the foreground as a focus. There is a small breeze that has blown some of its feather tips up just slightly. The male piping plover has its orange legs behind a small rise of sand, In the background is the female piping plover incubating their eggs. Although the female piping plover is not in focus, it is obvious what the activity is. The female piping plover has her feathers puffed in brooding mode. The male has a protective stance. There is a bank of seaweed in the background. The adult piping plover still shows its bright breeding colors of orange on its legs and beak. The atlantic coast piping plover’s formal name is the Charadrius melodus melodus.

Common ringed plover on the shoreline of Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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