The western snowy plover is a small shorebird with moderately long legs and a short neck. Their back is pale tan while their underparts are white, and have dark patches on the sides of their neck which reach around onto the top of their chest.

Western snowy plovers have a unique way to catch a meal of kelp or wrack flies. Encountering a mass of the flies on the beach, a plover runs through the cloud of insects with its mouth open, snapping at them to catch them in mid-air. Adults forage on …

Western snowy plovers are migratory birds but are also year-round residents in the southern locations. Their breeding and nesting range includes the western coast of the United States; Washington and Northern Utah to southern California, wintering in Baja California, Mexico.

The Western Snowy Plover is a threatened small shorebird, approximately the size of a sparrow. During the breeding season, March through September, plovers can be seen nesting along the shores, peninsulas, offshore islands, bays, estuaries, and rivers of the United States' Pacific Coast from Oregon to California.

The Western Snowy Plover is a small, light colored ground-nesting shorebird with black or dark brown markings on the head and breast. Snowy plovers raise their young on unraked beaches in Coronado, Silver Strand and Imperial Beach.

Audubon California and local Audubon chapters are devoted to the protection and recovery of the Western Snowy Plover, a small, rare, and threatened shorebird that makes its home on certain beaches on the Pacific coast.

The western snowy plover is a threatened small shorebird, approximately the size of a sparrow. During the breeding season, March through September, plovers can be seen nesting along the shores, peninsulas, offshore islands, bays, estuaries, and …

2025年2月6日 · Western snowy plovers are small shorebirds that live and breed on the sandy beaches and dunes of the Pacific coast. Listed as a federally threatened species since 1993, their numbers are in decline because of habitat loss and degradation.

2015年2月28日 · Western snowy plovers are small, white and tan shorebirds found primarily on beaches along the Pacific coast from Oregon south to Baja. Snowy plovers are infamous for their extraordinary camouflage and ability to hide from predators, and eager birders!

The western snowy plover is a small (about the size of a sparrow) shorebird with moderately long dark legs, a short neck, pale-tan backs and a white underbelly. Their diet includes small invertebrates such as crustaceans and insects such as beach hoppers and marine worms.