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Snowy plovers breed at Oceano Dunes between March and September. Most individual birds return year after year to the same nesting spots, generally in flat, open areas such as beaches and sand spits.

Snowy plovers breed at Oceano Dunes between March and September. Most individual birds return year after year to the same nesting spots, generally in flat, open areas such as beaches and sand spits.

Then the dunes also provide habitat for nesting sea turtles, for shore birds. Then the final element ... And the dunes are starting to build up now, with the sand fencing that went in, all that ...

Inland, sand dunes rise almost 200 feet in a series of ridges ... It’s an important feeding and nesting area for migrating birds due to its proximity to the southern tip of Lake Michigan. The best way ...

threatened species project officer Kath Howard said the bird's unique nesting behaviour put them at risk of extinction. "They just dig a very shallow scrape in the sand, and they lay their eggs ...

North Bull Island has an intertidal mudflat, sand dunes, and a large saltmarsh that encourages interesting species to feed, nest, and overwinter. It was the first National Bird Sanctuary of ...