Snowy Plovers - Winter Flock- December 23, 2006 - Coal Oil Point Reserve
Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California - 220 plovers counted this day

July 2006 Slideshow - includes photos of plovers at Coal Oil Point Reserve - Quick Time Movie (134MB) of a Snowy Plover feeding by the shoreline

Slideshow October 2006, COPR, Sands , Los Carneros Area (Kingbirds, Kingfisher, Banded Snowy Plovers, Brown Pelicans riding a wave)

2006 Breeding Season Stats , thanks Linda

First Snowy Plovers Chicks of the season at COPR were sited on Thursday May 11, 2006
The above picture was taken May 14, 2006 | 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.

Snowy Plover Chicks in the Incubator



Snowy Plover Nest at Coal Oil Point - May 6, 2006


Snowy Plover scrape at Coal Oil Point - May 6, 2006

COPR 01/29/06 Slideshow

Snowy Plovers out in full force, August 08, 2005, Last count on Friday August 7th was 130, on Saturday I sited two banded snowy plovers

Looking for goodies 08/06/05 Finding Sand fleas


Parent with chick(s) May 3rd, 2005, Coal Oil Point Reserve | COPR Snowy Plovers Spring 2005
Spring Snowy Plover season at Coal Oil Point Reserve. Snowy Plover Chicks, Plovers chasing and flying, nests
Snowy Plover Chicks, May 2005 (Quick Time Movie)

Three day old Snowy Plovers April 17, 2004
Chicks eating and being watched over by their father. Cold windy morning at Coal Oil Point Reserve, Santa Barbara County, Goleta

Snowy Plover Nests on Easter Weekend 2004

Banded Snowy Plover Page

Natural History and Politics	Santa Barbara Plover Docent Information
Plovers' habitat to be reviewed Court order keeps most designated sites protected	Coal Oil Point Reserve ,University of California, Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System
Charadrius alexandrinus (Snowy Plover): Narrative	The Snowy Plover Docent Program
Planning And Development Snowy Plover Site	The Snowy Plover Program
USGS Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus	Snowy Plover "Nursery" Success
Snowy Plover Recovery Pt Reyes	Threatened Snowy Plovers Make a Comeback on a Santa Barbara Beach, Thanks to a Public-Friendly, Award-Winning Program (Jan 2004)
Determination of Threatened Status for the Pacific Coast Population of the Western Snowy Plover (1993 listing)
Room for Shorebirds Too (by Kevin Lafferty (February, 2002)
Snowy Plover Page about Banded Plovers
Link to new site about the Gaviota Coast, A Unique System a Common Battleground.   Snowy Plovers Mating At Coal Oil Point Reserve April 22, 2005	Snowy Plover Chicks in the Incubator Western Snowy Plover Newborn Chicks (Quick Time Movie, Use controls to start and stop) Christina Sandavol working with newborn chick in the incubator Coal Oil Point Reserve, June 11, 2005