Snowy Plover Updates - 2025

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During the western snowy plover breeding season, park docents help monitor and protect nesting sites and help create awareness and educate visitors about this threatened species and its life cycle. Visitors have expressed interest in the plovers and are pleased to have staff and docents in the field answering all types of naturalist questions. Through the summer, park staff create updates to let staff, volunteers, and visitors know the latest on what is happening out at the nesting sites. Click on one of the links below to find out how the Snowy Plovers at Point Reyes were doing at the time. To learn more about becoming a Snowy Plover Docent, please visit our Volunteer page.

Snowy Plover Update - June 5, 2025

June 05, 2025 Posted by: Parker Kaye

Since last week, it seems our birds are continuing to chug along as well as they can. At the beginning of the week, we were still seeing all five of our chicks on Limantour, but as of our last survey only three were spotted out on the beach. Some of the nests we found last week have since been depredated (mostly by ravens), but we did we did find three more nests this week.

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Snowy Plover Update - May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025 Posted by: Parker Kaye

Over the last week our second round of nesting has really gone into full swing—four new nests were found between North Beach and Abbotts Lagoon (bringing our total to 18 for the year in this area) and another at Kehoe Beach (the eighth for this site). After losing nests earlier this month, it's common to see the birds rebound like this. Some have repaired with the same mate they started the season with, while others are trying things out with a new partner.

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Snowy Plover Update - May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 Posted by: Parker Kaye

The snowy plover nesting season in Point Reyes has been a whirlwind! The first nest of the season popped up on March 28 and we started detecting nesting at all the usual sites soon after. As of Thursday May 22, biologists have found 32 total nests, although 12 of the nests were lost during windy days in early May. Our initial estimates of the breeding adult population appear to be on par with the 2024 breeding season with a minimum of 40 individuals.

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Last updated: May 30, 2025

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