Plovers (Family: Charadriidae)

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2006

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Collier Co., FL
2 January 2004

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2006

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

Steve Howell found this bird early in the morning of 27 May 2006. Lex Glover and I relocated it a couple hours later. These blurry photos were digiscoped from a couple hundred yards under 25 knot winds.
Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC

Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)

Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)

Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2006
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Dare Co., NC
4 March 2006
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

Dare Co., NC
4 March 2006
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2006
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)

Tigertail Beach on Marco Island
Collier Co., FL
2 January 2004

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