A plover on the plains is like a canary in a coal mine. Despite its name, the Mountain Plover prefers the dryer and open prairie of eastern Colorado. Audubon himself misnamed it, and you may never ...

As far as I’m concerned, 2024 was the year of Plover 274. She is a piping plover, a small shorebird species that is both state and federally threatened. The Tern and Plover Conservation ...