Piping plovers are endangered sandy-colored shore birds that are found along much of the East Coast. They’re back in Maine ...

Piping plovers return to Massachusetts' beaches to nest in early spring. Mass Audubon Coastal Waterbird Program Director Lyra ...

The challenge is the endangered shorebirds aren’t always easy to see; piping plovers evolved with mostly white and sand-colored feathers to blend into rock-strewn Great Lakes beaches.

A main reason for the rebound has been the policy of roping off roughly 40 miles of dry sand on coastal beaches in management units that allow plovers to hatch and thrive in peace. That policy ...

Piping plover parents have their work cut out for them with these precocious chicks. Ready to roam the beach just hours after ...

Elsewhere in the park, staff are restoring dunes by removing invasive plants, allowing the plovers to reclaim the sand for breeding. Similar efforts are underway up and down the coast.

In the fall, after the plovers migrate to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts in the United States, monitors help prepare the ...

foot traffic and equestrian traffic are only permitted below the high tide line on hard-packed sand. Signs and barriers will be erected around the areas where plovers are laying eggs. There are a ...

Lovebirds’ story: As piping plover monitors, Eden Essex and her partner, Daniel Eastman, regularly don bright orange shirts ...