Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) broken wing display, Gulf Islands Na...
Snowy plovers are attentive, protective parents and perform this broken wing display to lure potential predators from its egg nest or hatchlings. If you see a bird performing this display, you should move slowl... More
Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) near its nest, Gulf Islands National...
Snowy plovers are attentive, protective parents and perform this broken wing display to lure potential predators from its egg nest or hatchlings. If you see a bird performing this display, you should move slowl... More
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) (6326191981)
Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Credit: USFWS Photographer: Keenan Adams
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) (6326195025)
Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Credit: USFWS Photographer: Keenan Adams
A banded western snowy plover at Monterey State Beach. (32297785783)
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A banded western snowy plover at Monterey State Beach. (32986508961)
Photo by Ashley Spratt/USFWS Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A western snowy plover near a mini-exclosure on Santa Monica State Bea...
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (April 27, 2017) A western snowy plover near a mini-exclosure on Santa Monica State Beach. For the first time in nearly 70 years, western snowy plovers are nesting on Los Angeles County bea... More
B-roll for media use Male western snowy plover with chicks (3431442444...
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus, male brooding chicks. Video by Michael Love and Elliot Lowndes.
B-roll for media use Male western snowy plover with chicks (3443332831...
Video by Michael Love and Elliot Lowndes.
B-roll for media use Western snowy plover male with chicks (3431441261...
Video by Michael Love and Elliot Lowndes.
Banding (28617916085) - A close up of a person holding a pair of sciss...
Western snowy plover chick being banded by Doug George of Point Blue Conservation Science. Photo by Santa Barbara Zoo.
Charadrius nivosus, Morro Bay, California (33017956492)
A Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus on the beach at Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California. The Pacific Coast population of the Snowy Plover makes its home along North America’s western coastline from Wash... More
Charadrius nivosus, Morro Bay, California (33046912071)
A pair of Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus on the beach at Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, California. The Pacific Coast population of the Snowy Plover makes its home along North America’s western coastline f... More
Charadrius nivosus, San Simeon, California (33046908761)
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (March 30, 2015) A Western snowy plover on the beach. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover makes its home along North America’s western coastline from Washington to Baja C... More
Docent sighting at Sands Beach (28617978385)
This western snowy plover chick has been sighted by docents on multiple occasions since release at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve. Photo courtesy of Dennis Ringer.
Female Western snowy plover (6588864345)
On Tijuana Slough NWR (R. Baak/USFWS)
Fencing and signage at Dockweiler State Beach. (34405027181)
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Fencing and signage at Dockweiler State Beach. For the first time in nearly 70 years, western snowy plovers are nesting on Los Angeles County beaches. Photo by K. Kughan/USFWS
Male Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) (655517185...
Snowy plovers use kelp and sand to camouflage themselves (Lisa Cox/USFWS).
Oiled Western snowy plover at Coal Oil Point Reserve. Photo by Chris D...
Oiled Western snowy plover at Coal Oil Point Reserve. Photo by Chris Dellith/USFWS.
Photo by USFWS. (32329372444)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plovers at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover makes... More
Photo by USFWS. (32329872244)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover hunkers down in the sand at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the ... More
Photo by USFWS. (32359096473)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plovers face into the wind at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western... More
Photo by USFWS. (32359678683)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover make... More
Photo by USFWS. (32792615070)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover hunkers down in the sand at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the ... More
Photo by USFWS. (33018493252)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover hunkers down in the sand at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the ... More
Photo by USFWS. (33046919841)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plovers at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover makes... More
Photo by USFWS. (33047484081)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover hunkers down in the sand at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the ... More
Photo by USFWS. (33132867486)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover hunkers down in the sand at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the ... More
Photo by USFWS. (33133394296)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plovers at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover makes... More
Photo by USFWS. (33133397706)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plovers run across the beach at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Weste... More
Photo by USFWS. (33174535845)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plover tracks in the sand at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western ... More
Photo by USFWS. (33174553945)
GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) Western snowy plovers at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover makes... More
Returning Home (28511063862)
At a little over a month old, this western snowy plover chick takes its first step into the wild at Coal Oil Point Reserve, a protected area for Western snowy plovers and other shorebirds along the California ... More
Western Snowy Plover (5474324308)
The snowy plover is a small, sparrow-sized shorebird in the family Charadriidae. It is pale gray-brown above and white below, with a white hind neck collar and dark lateral breast patches, forehead bar, and eye... More
Western snowy plover (6080565687)
Photo Credit: USFWS Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Western snowy plover (6080565905)
Photo Credit: USFWS
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) (6796575903)
This is and adult male plover in breeding plumage. (Rinus Baak/USFWS)
Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) exhibiting the ...
When adult snowy plovers (SNPL) defend their nests, they attempt to drive away the predator by taking a big chance. They lure the predator away by doing a distracting "broken wing" behavior to trick the predat... More
Western Snowy Plover egg at GND NWR by Ian Shive for USFWS (1151994442...
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, Guadalupe, California: A rare snowy plover (bird) egg. The plover is a critically endangered species. This egg was a dud egg and was photographed after the breed... More
Western snowy plovers at Malibu Lagoon State Beach. (34344572731)
MALIBU, Calif. (April 29, 2017) Western snowy plovers at Malibu Lagoon State Beach. For the first time in nearly 70 years, western snowy plovers are nesting on Los Angeles County beaches. Photo by Chris Dellith/USFWS.
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CALIFORNIA - BIRDS of San Luis Obispo Co
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Two Snowy Plovers!
USFWS snowplovers (23226267723)
Western Snowy Plovers You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Western Snowy Plover You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Male Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus), Tijuana Slough NWR (6555171857...
Snowy Plovers use kelp and sand to camouflage themselves (Lisa Cox/USFWS). Tijuana Slough NWR, California.
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Snowy Plover observed through iNaturalist