Piping Plover

The Piping Plovers are back and they’re stopping traffic at Smith Point Outer Beach on Long Island.Plovers are small sand-colored wading birds with…

Connecticut and New York Audubon Societies recognized two communities for their efforts in protecting shore birds.The first “Share the Shore Awards” went…

Piping plovers had their worst nesting season in over a decade due to impacts of the coronavirus, while other threatened birds were more productive than…

Bird lovers may see a lot less of the piping plover on the region’s beaches this summer. The little black-and-white shorebirds’ winter habitat in the…