The Pacific coast population of the western
snowy plover breeds primarily on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico.
Breeding: The Western
Snowy Plover breeding season lasts from March until September.
Not exact matches
The western
snowy plover, a Federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act,
breeds on few California beaches.
Range Most western
snowy plovers that
breed in California's Central Valley and the Great Salt Lake migrate to California and Mexican coasts for the winter.
Channel Islands National Park is one of the few locations in southern California that still supports
breeding and wintering populations of western
snowy plovers.
The
snowy plover frequently raises two broods a year, and sometimes three in places where the
breeding season is long.
Most western
snowy plovers that
breed in California's Central Valley and the Great Salt Lake migrate to California and Mexican coasts for the winter.
The
snowy plover frequently raises two broods a year, and sometimes three in places where the
breeding season is long.The female deserts her mate and brood about the time the chicks hatch and initiates a new
breeding attempt with a different male.
A public friendly program carried out at UC Santa Barbara's Coal Oil Point Reserve sandy beach by volunteers has been instrumental in changing the beach from one abandoned by Western
Snowy Plovers as a
breeding site to one where eggs are now being laid once again.