Sentences with phrase «snowy plovers»

The US Fish and Wild Life Service defines the Pacific coast population of Western Snowy Plovers as «those individuals that nest beside or near tidal waters and includes all nesting colonies on the mainland coast, peninsulas, offshore islands, adjacent bays, and estuaries from southern Washington to Baja California, Mexico».

Oregon's coastal population of Snowy Plovers has risen from 35 to approximately 450.

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

Legal Protection: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Western Snowy Plover as federally threatened in 1993.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking for assistance in identifying a woman who accessed a protected Critical Wildlife Area on Crooked Island West and poached snowy plover eggs.

Despite seeing only a fraction of the sightings compared to Ocean Beach, the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area and the surrounding dune habitat, through restoration efforts, has become prime, bridge - side Western snowy plover habitat.

The Pacific coast population of the western snowy plover breeds primarily on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico.

Ellis notes that it's important to note the various locations on the beach that the Western snowy plover populations are consistently occupying.

The western snowy plover recovery plan provides a strategy for recovery of the listed population.

A survey was taken in May 2012 that found the overall numbers of western snowy plovers on the west coast to be 1855, which was an increase from the initial recovery program survey in 2005.

Thirty shorebird species have recorded, including snowy plovers, willets, wandering tattlers, whimbrels, black turnstones, and sanderlings.

Gray whale migration has trickled off; humpback whales observed off Stinson and Limantour beaches; white flowers are everywhere; first snowy plover chick hatched on April 29; temporary closure of most of the beach between North Beach and Abbotts Lagoon; special Memorial Day weekend remembrance on Friday, May 22; the Bear Valley and Lighthouse visitor centers will be open for the holiday weekend.

Notes on hiking the Oregon Coast from Bandon to Port Orford, including an interview with Snowy Plover biologist Dave Lauten.

The ideal habitat for Western snowy plovers consists primarily of coastal beaches, sandbars, sand dunes, and river - mouths, above the high tide line — making Ocean Beach and Crissy Field prime real estate for overwintering and finding their food source (small insects and beach invertebrates).

«At San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach, a feral cat colony resides near where snowy plovers nest, said Garry George, conservation chairman for the Los Angeles Audubon Society.

Habitat: Ideal Snowy Plover habitat consists primarily of coastal beaches, sand bars, sand dunes, and river - mouths, above the high tide line.

Unlike Sanderlings which may look similar, Snowy Plovers do not run around in the waves or stick their beaks in the sand to find food.

Even with robust Western snowy plover numbers this year, these birds still have a ways to go before they bounce back from their imperiled status.

Threatened or Endangered: Yes Population: Although Western Snowy Plovers used to be widespread on beaches up and down the West Coast, it is estimated that the total breeding population is currently around 2,100 birds.

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).

Nature lovers stroll the half - mile wooden boardwalk across the tops of dunes looking for bald eagles, red - backed sandpipers, and rare snowy plovers.

Feeding Snowy plovers are primarily visual foragers, using the run - stop - peck method of feeding.

Young snowy plover leave their nest within three hours of hatching.

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.

Western snowy plovers at Malibu Lagoon State Beach last month.

Western Snowy Plovers reach maturity one year after hatching.

Breeding: The Western Snowy Plover breeding season lasts from March until September.

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.

Snowy plover chicks are about the size of a person's thumb when they hatch.

Please avoid Western Snowy Plover habitat.

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.

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.

Behavior: When resting, Snowy Plovers can often be found taking shelter from the wind near beach debris or in small depressions in the sand.

Among the dunes and the wide, sandy shores of Ocean Beach and the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area lies the overwintering grounds for one of the 37 federally endangered or threatened species in the Golden Gate National Parks — a six - inch shorebird called the Western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus).

Range: Western Snowy Plovers» range extends from Washington in the North to Baja California, Mexico in the South.

Description: Western Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) are small, sparrow - sized (~ 6 inch) shorebirds with pale brownish or grayish backs, white breasts, and dark patches on the sides of their neck, behind their eyes, and on their forehead.

In January, a record number of Western snowy plovers were spotted at Ocean Beach.

Once abundant on the West Coast (from Washington in the north to Baja California and Mexico in the south), the Western snowy plover has a total nesting population around 2,100 birds.

It is also home for otters and seals, and a number of endangered species such as the Snowy Plover.

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.

If you ever wanted to work «Western snowy plover»» into a pickup line, well, these are for you.

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.

Cool stuff includes the Pacific Ocean; snowy plover (if you stop to walk on the beach); lots of people enjoying the scene on bike, foot, or stroller; surfers and big kites; the «sleeping lady» profile of Mount Tam to the north; and views out to as far as Drakes Point in Point Reyes on a clear day.

Snowy Plover Look for the small, shy Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)-- a threatened species that rests here in the winter.

Snowy plovers were listed as endangered under Washington Department of Game Policy No. 402 in 1981, and as threatened by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission in 1975.

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

The western snowy plover, a Federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, breeds on few California beaches.

Date Listed: The Pacific coast population of the western snowy plover was listed as threatened on March 5, 1993.