Great Lakes piping plovers are small, federally endangered migratory shorebirds that nest and feed along the sand and gravel ...

Ornamented in buff and pale feathers, the western snowy plover often goes unnoticed amongst the sand dunes it inhabits. Heedless of this shy, pocket-sized shorebird, developers have made the open ...

In 2006, the piping plover made the Audubon Society's “top 10 most endangered species” list and censuses estimated that all three plover populations contained a total of fewer than 8,500 breeding ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada partners with Birds Canada in an effort to protect sensitive habitats that are critical for species, such as the piping plover. In New Brunswick, those sites ...

Landowners, bird enthusiasts, and southwest residents can mark their calendars to tune in for free to hear about an at-risk species and the 2024 Prairie Canada Piping Plover Census. Nature ...