It has a rounded body and head with ... In the winter, Piping Plovers migrate south. Some end up along the Gulf of Mexico, ...

Thanks to their sand-colored plumage and stop-and-go dashes across dunes, piping plovers are usually identified by their bell-like whistles before they're seen. But these birds' camouflage techniques ...

DESCRIPTION: The piping plover is a small shorebird about seven inches long with a wingspan of about 15 inches. Breeding birds have a sandy-colored back, white underparts and rump, a black upper tail, ...

This is the Piping Plover, a small but mighty shorebird that has captured the attention of conservationists and bird ...

An endangered piping plover chick was banded earlier this year in Milton, Delaware, and now he's been spotted in Jacksonville, Florida, after making his first trip south for the winter.

“It looked like we were going to lose the species all together." The piping plovers' numbers plummeted to all-time lows due mostly to human interaction on the beaches at Sleeping Bear. "They ...