plover
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Fish and Wildlife Service that allows some snowy plover deaths and injuries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Leonard said one of the main species the initiative aimed to protect was the ringed plover, a small coastal bird that nests directly on beaches and shingle.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 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
Visitors to the beach are likely to spot elephant seals, black-tailed coastal deer and certainly the Western snowy plover, a small shorebird that was recognized as a threatened species in 1993 by the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2024
The plover was incredibly tame, perhaps because he lived in the most barren parts of the world where there were no people, perhaps because he was lonely.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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