88 Free Photos of Snowy Plover

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Least terns and snowy plovers nesting at Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California.

All sections of Surf and Wall Beaches are slated to close March 1, for the nesting season of the western Snowy Plover. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be implementing the seasonal restrictions

Snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus) at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
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Photographer: Keenan Adams

Western snowy plovers (SNPL) sometimes make nests in salt pannes, salt flats, or around areas where salt is naturally extracted from the earth. Here, in the San Diego Bay, "South Bay Salt Works&

This North Spit ACEC is the southernmost end of a series of sand dunes extending along the Oregon coastline from Florence to Coos Bay. The ever-changing habitat is home to a wide variety of mammals an

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A banded western snowy plover at Monterey State Beach.

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A typical western snowy plover nest

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Western snowy plover chick stretches its wings

Three Western snowy plover chicks at Huntington State Beach

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Western snowy plover chicks running around the beach

Western snowy plover chicks at Huntington State Beach

Western snowy plovers at Malibu Lagoon State Beach.

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A western snowy plover and chicks.

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Western snowy plover siblings at Huntington State Beach

Western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)

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Western snowy plover nest at Santa Monica State Beach

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B-roll for media use. Western snowy plover mating ritual

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A western snowy plover near a mini-exclosure on Santa Monica State Beach.

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Five-day-old Western snowy plover chick

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A western snowy plover atop a nest inside a mini-exclosure on Malibu Lagoon State Beach.

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A western snowy plover nest and eggs on Santa Monica State Beach.

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A western snowy plover atop a nest inside a mini-exclosure on Santa Monica State Beach.

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B-roll for media use: Male western snowy plover with chicks

B-roll for media use: Male western snowy plover with chicks

Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

A banded western snowy plover at Monterey State Beach.

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GOLETA, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2017) A Western snowy plover at Sands Beach at Coal Oil Point Reserve on the University of California Santa Barbara campus. The Pacific coast population of the Western snowy plover makes its home along North America’s western coas

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Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

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Oiled Western snowy plover at Coal Oil Point Reserve. Photo by Chris Dellith/USFWS.

Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

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Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

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Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

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Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

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Snowy Plover, Big Sable River mouth, Ludington State Park, MI, June 13, 2012

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Puffy chick at Huntington State Beach

Fencing and signage at Dockweiler State Beach.

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Tips from young conservationists.

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A second grader from Santa Rita Elementary School peers through binoculars to spot the western snowy plovers scurrying along the shoreline at Monterey State Beach.

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A share the shore sign on a beach near Oxnard, California.

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Students and teachers from Santa Rita Elementary School join Return of the Native staff at Monterey State Beach to plant native coastal dune plants and learn about the western snowy plover.

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Photo by USFWS.

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Photo by Chris Dellith/USFWS.

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Cristina Sandoval, Director of Coal Oil Point Reserve, and Jessica Nielsen, conservation specialist, accept award from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for conservation of the federally threatened western snowy plover.

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