Current resources
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Western Snowy Plover information
Snowy Plovers, 2004–2006
Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus
2006
Coal Oil Point Reserve, Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. There were 220 plovers counted that day.
Movie of a Snowy Plover feeding by the shoreline
October 2006 — COPR, Sands Beach, and the Los Carneros area: Kingbirds, Kingfisher, banded Snowy Plovers, and Brown Pelicans riding a wave.
2006 breeding-season statistics — thanks, Linda.
Snowy Plover chicks — May 2006 slideshow
Plover news from Cris — May 16, 2006
There are about 40 plovers total, 10 active nests, and 6 hatched broods.
2005
August 2005 observations
Snowy Plovers were out in full force on August 8, 2005. The last count on Friday, August 7, was 130. On Saturday, I sighted two banded Snowy Plovers.
Spring 2005
A parent with chick or chicks was observed at Coal Oil Point Reserve on May 3, 2005. The spring season included Snowy Plover chicks, plovers chasing and flying, and nests.
Snowy Plover chicks — May 2005 movie
Newborn Snowy Plover chicks in the incubator — June 11, 2005 movie
2004
Three-day-old Snowy Plovers — April 17, 2004
Chicks eating and being watched over by their father on a cold, windy morning at Coal Oil Point Reserve in Goleta, Santa Barbara County.
Historical resources
Determination of threatened status for the Pacific Coast population of the Western Snowy Plover (1993 listing)
Point Reyes Snowy Plover Program
Disturbance to wintering western snowy plovers by Kevin Lafferty (2001)