Yay, it's #PloverAppreciationDay! Lucky year 7⃣ of #PloverPrincess-ness; here's the plover that started it all…the Western Snowy Plover. A male foraging at Paracas National Reserve in Southern Peru, a scope shot of a male brooding chicks in the dark, early morning hours at Oceano Dunes (Central California Coast), a small wintering flock at Pismo State Beach, & a female sitting on a nest, taken through the fence of the protected coastal bird breeding area at Oceano Dunes. Can you believe these birds occur over such a large area in the Americas?! #KnowYourPlover #ploverlover #ploverlovers #plover #shorebirds #SnowyPlover (at Oceano Dunes District - Pismo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnyoxBoHiTn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x4luz4m71f47