Along with fortifying beaches against rising sea level. Many communities have ceased raking the beach with large machinery during Plover nesting season. Raking the beach removes a vital food ...

Piping plovers are still considered threatened on ... These are tiny little birds that will face off a large predator just to try and protect their eggs and chicks. They do something called ...

As far as where people can see plovers in action, Strong suggested visiting South Beach near the jetty in Newport during the winter, when large flocks of plovers can come together. She also said ...

But one popular bird has already made an appearance — as two piping plovers were spotted on Montrose ... and trees — that attracts an especially large number of species.

on beaches that had lost large amounts of sand. But she also saw how some washed-out dunes had actually created areas that looked ideal for nesting plovers. “Many of our beaches in southern ...