plover
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District Court Judge Anne Hwang, who ruled April 9 that the state needs to do more to protect the western snowy plover, which is classified as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service that allows some snowy plover deaths and injuries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
The barges were filled and covered with sediment to create a new island for birds including endangered dunlin, curlew, ringed plover and lapwing.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Somewhere beyond, a plover called three or four times and was silent.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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The Turtle of Oman
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