lovers

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With the park closed due to the coronavirus, rare snowy plovers began to nest there.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Leonard said ringed plovers were among the island's "schedule one protected species", meaning disturbing them at the nest is an offence under the island's Wildlife Act.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The abundance of predatory shorebirds, like sandpipers and plovers, lagged behind the deposition of wrack on beaches.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

As they fade away, the brush-topped dunes muffle the peeps of piping plovers and the crash of ocean waves.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

And I sat in the bow of our landed skiff and watched as plovers and pipers stenciled the sand with their quick feet, in search of bugs and baby crabs.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk