Interesting for New Jersey, that is. Mart hoped the golden feathers indicated an American Golden Plover, which is "certainly rarer, more uncommon for us" in the Garden State. He called the friend ...

Greetings fellow birders. Autumn migration is winding down for most classes of birds, but waterfowl movement is kicking in. There are the expected species such as green-winged teal, bufflehead ...

Often found far out at sea during their great migration, the golden plover has been credited for leading explorer Christopher Columbus to American land in 1492. Five centuries later, in 1993, the ...

Shorebirds continued to move through Ohio, with stilt, white-rumped and Baird's sandpipers at Willow Point Wildlife Area near Castalia, plus stilt sandpiper and American golden plover at the Pipe ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The American golden-plover, an uncommon migrant, bests that. This hardy shorebird annually transits from breeding grounds in the high Arctic to wintering ...

Hampshire County: Notables in the Northampton East Meadows were eight American golden-plovers, a black-bellied plover, a whimbrel, a Baird’s sandpiper, two white-rumped sandpipers, a buff ...

The following day the American golden plover, also still in much of its summer plumage, was seen on the Humber mud from the car park at the Warren, Spurn, before it flew off further into the ...

an American golden-plover, seven Hudsonian godwits, and a Wilson’s phalarope. Essex County: An American avocet at Plum Island where other sightings featured three clapper rails, a summering long ...