An endangered piping plover is nesting at Webster State Park near Stockton in north-central Kansas, the Kansas Department of ...

One of the other more commonly known swooping birds in Australia is the masked lapwing or plover. Dr McDonald said lapwings and other ground-nesting birds would fake injury to draw attention to ...

Wildlife officials are giving a rare bird space after it decided to make a nest at a Kansas state park. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has closed ...

Three plover chicks died over the span of five days. Chicago birders and wildlife experts are fiercely protective of the piping plovers, which migrate to the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary every ...

The key is to be there at the start of the annual plover mating season because once eggs are in the nest the birds don’t move around much and it’s far more challenging to find them ...

LB: "These birds face an unbelievable amount of risks on the beach. "Every predator, from coyotes to crows to raptors, pose a serious threat to piping plover adults, chicks and eggs. We all love ...

Kennedy took matters into her own hands, and working with Buena Park Neighbors, painted the original mural, “Piping Plover Pose,” to honor the birds that call nearby Montrose Beach home for ...

Five other early birds were spotted in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in April. The Great Lakes Piping Plover Conservation Team spotted three returnees: a male that nests at Sleeping Bear ...

If the birds are disturbed by people, dogs, kites or drones — all of which are perceived as predators — they may fly away from their nest and put the eggs or young at risk. Beyond plover ...