Duxbury Beach Reservation caters to two kinds of visitors: the winged and wingless. There are the human visitors who are itching to drive onto the beach with oversand permits and soak in the summer ...

Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman, have long dedicated Saturday evenings throughout the summer to their “date night with the plovers.” As the birds’ monitors, they regularly don bright orange ...

Get your binoculars! Piping plover season is back at Montrose Beach. Two banded piping plovers were spotted Friday morning by Mark Kolasa, the Montrose Beach Dunes volunteer community steward, ...

The Great Lakes piping plover population has reached a record high of 88 nesting pairs. This is a significant increase from the 12 to 17 pairs recorded in 1990, according to a University of Michigan ...

A ringed plover sits motionless on a shallow nest placed directly on pebbled ground. Its plumage blends so closely with the surrounding stones that the bird is difficult to detect. By remaining ...

It's almost that time of year again when birders flock to Montrose Beach. The peak of migration season is a couple weeks away. But one popular bird has already made an appearance — as two piping ...

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 ...

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Great Lakes piping plovers are getting busy replenishing the species’ numbers. On June 13, conservation officials confirmed this year is a record-breaking nesting season for the ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Plover nesting season has arrived on the Oregon Coast and officials are reminding beachgoers to be mindful in their habitat. From March 15 through Sept. 15, the Oregon Parks ...

It’s a drizzly morning on the Graveyard Spit near Tokeland. There’s a misty haze, where the sea blends into the low clouds. Looking for birds slightly bigger than cotton balls on a beach that feels ...

Piping plovers are alive and well in Massachusetts. Long classified a federally threatened species, the small, stocky shorebirds are bouncing back, with more nesting on Bay State beaches this year ...