Birds from all over the world flock to ... They live along ocean coastlines, bays, and major lakes and nest in sea cliffs and ...

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.

They nest right where millions of humans want to live and play — where coastal beaches and sand dunes meet. By 1981, there were just seven pairs of the migratory birds in Maine. In 1986, only 10 pairs ...

The number of Western snowy plovers in Oregon increased slightly last year, as officials begin roping off patches of beach for nesting season.

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 ...

Beach Ted O'Connor: nesting birds expert Dr Dan Lees watches a hooded ... have compacted the sand dune into a hard, imposing mound. The cliffs formed where the waves crash into it.