plover

Example Sentences

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It’s not too late to save the whooping crane, the red-cockaded woodpecker, the piping plover or any of the other 86 birds on the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

A major part of the scheme has been to "re-naturalise" the River Sherford, creating a wetland which now hosts lapwing, golden plover and common snipe.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

Signs also warn that the area is a habitat for the plover and the least tern.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

This guy birds solely by ear, this guy in the Rockaways who took it upon himself just as a volunteer to save the piping plover out in the Rockaways.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023

The plover was incredibly tame, perhaps because he lived in the most barren parts of the world where there were no people, perhaps because he was lonely.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George