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Western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) scrape with hatchlings, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 2015.

This small, rare, threatened shorebird lives on a few select beaches of the Pacific Coast. During breeding season - March to September - plovers are seen nesting along the shores, peninsulas, bays, estuaries and rivers of the coast. Plover nests, which are called scrapes, usually have 3 tiny eggs camouflaged to look like sand. Even though the western snowy plover has been living on the Pacific Coast for thousands of years, rapid and recent human-induced changes to the coastline are threatening the very existence of this tiny bird. Learn more about protecting the western snowy plover so that we don't lose this amazing bird forever: http://www.nps.gov/pore/learn/nature/birds_snowyplover.htm

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Organization: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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