 | I'm the whitest and rarest plover in Florida. I'm easy to miss on the beach because I blend right into the sand. Take my picture quickly before I dart away! Most Likely Found: At the beach When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Fort De Soto, Little Estero Critical Wildlife Area Read more: Snowy Plover at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Snowy Plover eBird range |
I have written 16 posts including a photo of a Snowy Plover
June 6, 2023 - In the spring, the Wilson's Plovers and Snowy Plovers are getting busy building their nests, and the Piping, Semipalmated, and Black-bellied Plovers are getting ready to migrate north.... The Snowy Plovers are my favorites at Fort De Soto.... Read more
May 2, 2023 - I found a pair of Snowy Plovers running around in the white sand.... Read more
May 8, 2022 - It was a five-plover morning: Piping Plover, Snowy Plover, Semi-palmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, and Wilson's Plover.... I saw several banded birds that morning: Piping Plover, Red Knot (2), and Snowy Plover.... I know the Snowy Plover is "Coconut" who was banded last year on this same key.... Read more
December 31, 2021 - I was also rewarded to see several clutches of Snowy Plover chicks.... Snowy Plovers are a state-designated threatened species.... Read more
August 21, 2021 - A Snowy Plover chick was running around the beach.... Read more
July 21, 2021 - You already read about my Snowy Plover family in my last post, but I can't resist including another image of this beautiful bird.... Read more
July 19, 2021 - It's a good year for Snowy Plovers at one of my favorite spots on the West Coast of Florida.... Snowy Plover chicks are precocial, meaning that they are born with the ability to feed themselves.... Snowy Plovers are threatened in Florida, with fewer than 200 breeding pairs remaining.... Read more
June 25, 2021 - I saw Black-bellied Plovers, Semi-Palmated Plovers, Wilson's Plovers, Snowy Plovers, and this lone Piping Plover.... Read more
June 17, 2021 - Remember the cute little Snowy Plover family from a few weeks ago?... On this same morning, I found another Snowy Plover incubating her eggs.... Read more
May 22, 2021 - I didn't just see one Snowy Plover.... The Snowy Plover babies are quite independent.... A few years ago, I had the opportunity to see Snowy Plover babies in Fort Myers.... Read more
May 19, 2021 - Snowy Plovers used to be hard to find at Fort De Soto, but this year there are several breeding pairs there.... Read more
December 31, 2019 - The other trip that we took this spring was to Fort Meyers to photograph Snowy Plovers.... While I'd seen a small handful of Snowy Plovers at Fort De Soto over the years, I'd never seen their nesting habits or their tiny babies - until this year.... Snowy Plover nesting and…... Read more
June 30, 2019 - For our anniversary, Rich and I headed to Snowy Plover Paradise (a.k.a.... There are only around 220 nesting pairs of Snowy Plovers in Florida.... I've only seen a handful of Snowy Plovers before, on the rare morning at the Fort De Soto North Beach.... Read more
May 28, 2019 - Possibly the "best" bird of the morning was this Snowy Plover.... The only thing cuter than a Snowy Plover adult is a Snowy Plover chick...and I'm hoping to find one of those some day!... Read more
May 18, 2015 - I was walking along the beach and found my big surprise of the morning - two Snowy Plovers were standing at my feet!... I've only seen a Snowy Plover once before, last fall at Fort De Soto.... Read more
August 31, 2014 - I scored a lifer Snowy Plover on North Beach, along with a bunch of Piping Plovers (two banded).... This is my lifer Snowy Plover.... The Snowy Plovers are much more striking with the dark black lines of their breeding plumage.... Read more