Piping plover chicks are ready to roam the beach just hours after hatching. Fortunately, their parents stay close to shelter ...
Daniel Eastman looking out for piping plovers at Montrose Beach during a monitoring shift in July 2024. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman ...
The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon increased slightly last year, as officials begin roping off patches of beach for nesting season.
Andrew Patterson's binoculars jolt as a fluffy grey ball on spindly long legs rushes out from behind a clump of dry seaweed. "Oh there's a chick, I can see a chick," he says. He spots one ...