Sentences with phrase «snowy plover nest»

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

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Surveys of Snowy Plovers, school visits to the Ballona Wetlands, habitat restoration in the Baldwin Hills, and other programs really make a huge difference in a city and region that is not well known for conservation of our natural resources.

From March 1 to September 15, the back beaches and sand dunes between and including Skunk Point to just north of East Point are closed to hiking to protect the nesting area for the snowy plover, a federally listed, threatened shorebird.

This is also an area of protection for the snowy plover, a threatened species of bird that nests in the area, so no dogs allowed.

Snowy plovers have shown nesting activity on the spit south of the day - use area.

Some beaches are part of protected nesting grounds of the western snowy plover.

Snowy plovers that nest at inland sites are not considered part of the Pacific coast population, although they may migrate to coastal areas during winter months.

In Washington, snowy plovers formerly nested at five coastal locations (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 2006).

In Oregon, snowy plovers historically nested at 29 locations on the coast (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 2006).

The Pacific coast population of the snowy plover is defined as those individuals that nest adjacent to tidal waters of the Pacific Ocean, and includes all nesting birds on the mainland coast, peninsulas, offshore islands, adjacent bays, estuaries, and coastal rivers (USDI Fish and Wildlife Service 2004).

Historical records indicate that nesting western snowy plovers were once more widely distributed in coastal California, Oregon, and Washington.

The beach also provides a nesting sanctuary for California least terns, an endangered subspecies, and snowy plovers, a threatened species on the West Coast.

Snowy plovers and least terns nest on the beach.

The snowy plover performs broken - wing displays to distract a potential predator away from the nest.

In winter, snowy plovers are found on many of the beaches used for nesting as well as on beaches where they do not nest, and on estuarine sand and mud flats.

To distract a potential predator away from the nest, the snowy plover performs broken - wing displays.

The nesting season of the threatened western snowy plover runs from March through September and coincides with the period of greatest human beach use, Memorial Day through Labor Day.

Now, just weeks away from the long weekend that kicks off summer, the big question from federal biologists is this: Can sunbathers, surfers and developers give the western snowy plovers the peace and quiet they need to nest and raise their young?

For the first time in nearly 70 years, western snowy plovers are nesting on Los Angeles County beaches.