BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- Efforts continue to help protect an endangered bird, while also balancing recreational opportunities for people in the area. The piping plover is a tiny shorebird that has ...

OREGON COAST Ore. (KPTV) - Plover nesting season begins on March 15, and visitors can help the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and Siuslaw National Forest with recovery efforts by following ...

Captive-reared piping plovers are making history as they guard two separate nests with eggs in Waukegan and Chicago. Three plover eggs were documented Saturday in Waukegan, and 30 miles down the Lake ...

The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon increased slightly last year, continuing what’s been a major success story for the threatened shorebird as officials begin roping off beach for nesting ...

The Memorial Day fireworks on Hampton Beach were canceled due to the piping plovers nesting on the beach. While this disrupts the flow of holiday fun, I thought it would be good for us to know why ...

BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- With the Fourth of July quickly approaching, many are getting ready to celebrate. At a popular place in the waters of Green Bay, an endangered bird called the piping ...

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Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman, have long dedicated Saturday evenings throughout the summer to their “date night with the plovers.” As the birds’ monitors, they regularly don bright orange ...

The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon appeared to dip for a second year in a row in 2023, but biologists aren’t worried yet about the threatened shorebird. As plover nesting season began ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Plover nesting season has arrived on the Oregon Coast and officials are reminding beachgoers to be mindful in their habitat. From March 15 through Sept. 15, the Oregon Parks ...

An adorable pair of the migratory birds known as piping plovers captured Chicago’s collective heart during the summer of 2019. Named Monty and Rose in honor of their nesting location — Montrose Beach ...

It’s a drizzly morning on the Graveyard Spit near Tokeland. There’s a misty haze, where the sea blends into the low clouds. Looking for birds slightly bigger than cotton balls on a beach that feels ...