Plovers and Lapwings

5 Species
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Running Photographed at Stone Harbor Point, NJ on May 9, 2018.
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Running
Photographed at Stone Harbor Point, NJ on May 9, 2018.
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Breeding Adults Digiscoping photo made at Hillman Marsh in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada on May 20, 2008. Most were in breeding plumage.
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Breeding Adults
Digiscoping photo made at Hillman Marsh in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada on May 20, 2008. Most were in breeding plumage.
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Juvenile Photographed at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, NY on Sep. 13, 2017.
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Juvenile
Photographed at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, NY on Sep. 13, 2017.
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) Juvenile Photographed at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State on Sep 29, 2012.
American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) Juvenile
Photographed at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in western New York State on Sep 29, 2012.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Photographed at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, NJ on May 16, 2013.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Photographed at the Wetlands Institute in Stone Harbor, NJ on May 16, 2013.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Breeding Adult Photographed at Stone Harbor Point, NJ on May 14, 2017. Map
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Breeding Adult
Photographed at Stone Harbor Point, NJ on May 14, 2017. Map
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Juvenile Photographed at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, NY on Sep 14, 2014. This is a high dynamic range photo made by combining 2 exposures.
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Juvenile
Photographed at Ontario Beach Park in Rochester, NY on Sep 14, 2014. This is a high dynamic range photo made by combining 2 exposures.
Semipalmated Plover Juvenile Photographed at the East Spit of Braddock Bay near Rochester, NY on Sep. 7, 2021.
Semipalmated Plover Juvenile
Photographed at the East Spit of Braddock Bay near Rochester, NY on Sep. 7, 2021.
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Photographed at Cape May, NJ on May 14, 2013. This is an endangered species that was nesting nearby. This image is a high dynamic range photo made by combining...
Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
Photographed at Cape May, NJ on May 14, 2013. This is an endangered species that was nesting nearby. This image is a high dynamic range photo made by…
Piping Plover Photographed at the East Spit of Braddock Bay, NY on May 15, 2021. It was banded. Although I have seen several in the Cpe May, NJ area, this was my first one in...
Piping Plover
Photographed at the East Spit of Braddock Bay, NY on May 15, 2021. It was banded. Although I have seen several in the Cpe May, NJ area, this was my first one…
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Photographed at Cape May, NJ on May 12, 2017. Map
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Photographed at Cape May, NJ on May 12, 2017. Map
Killdeer Photographed at the East Spit of Braddock Bay, NY on May 15, 2021.
Killdeer
Photographed at the East Spit of Braddock Bay, NY on May 15, 2021.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Digiscoping photo made on mudflats at the south end of Irondequoit Bay near Rochester, NY on Sep 16, 2007.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Digiscoping photo made on mudflats at the south end of Irondequoit Bay near Rochester, NY on Sep 16, 2007.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Doing Distraction Display It walked right up to me and seemed to be doing a distraction display at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in northern California on June 1, 2009....
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Doing Distraction Display
It walked right up to me and seemed to be doing a distraction display at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in northern California on June 1, 2009. …
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Doing Distraction Display This is another view of the bird in the previous photo.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) Doing Distraction Display
This is another view of the bird in the previous photo.