How to Use piping plover in a Sentence

piping plover

noun
  • And the uptick in piping plover nests is a testament to hard work.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 29 May 2018
  • But two piping plovers lately have been making the beach their home.
    — USA TODAY, 17 June 2019
  • But what sets piping plovers apart are the colorful bands around their legs.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Hoosiers can help piping plovers by keeping dogs and other pets on leashes when around the birds.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Dec. 2025
  • And the piping plovers who have made the beach their summer home may not be going anywhere anytime soon.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
  • That’s right, piping plover season is back at Montrose Beach.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • That’s right, piping plover season is back at Montrose Beach.
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • That’s right, piping plover season is back at Montrose Beach.
    — Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Less than two decades ago, there were 17 pairs of piping plovers in the Brigantine area; last year there were four.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • As a pair of piping plover parents anxiously hopped about, waves swept over a shoreline nest and carried four eggs from their sandy home.
    — Hannah Gavin, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Watch dunlins, piping plovers, herons, osprey, and even bald eagles make the mangroves and coastal pines their warm-weather home.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Watch dunlins, piping plovers, herons, osprey, and even bald eagles make the mangroves and coastal pines their warm-weather home.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Yet the island is also the seasonal home to piping plovers, a small bird that returns every year to dig its nests on the beach.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 6 May 2018
  • Andersen said the piping plovers nest on the beach and sandbar at Milford Point.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The most recent state tally found 89 nesting pairs of piping plovers on Maine beaches.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Four piping plovers and 16 Bonaparte’s gulls were spotted at Point of Pines.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
  • After Imani left Montrose, a fledgling piping plover, hatched just this summer, touched down for a few days.
    — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • And while that may look like wingman behavior to humans, among piping plovers, the message is different.
    — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • That includes Kemp’s ridley sea turtle and the piping plover, a little shorebird that nests on sandy beaches.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 May 2023
  • The species nests along the coast of New York, along with other shorebirds, including piping plovers, terns and black skimmers.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 July 2024
  • Elon Musk might fashion himself a friend of free speech, but his aerospace company is looking like an enemy of the piping plover.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 4 May 2022
  • Dozens of threatened and endangered species live in the area, including birds like the piping plover and red knot, and Kemp’s ridley sea turtle.
    — Ramin Skibba, Wired, 19 Oct. 2021
  • There are a couple thousand piping plover pair nests from North Carolina to eastern Canada.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • Return of piping plovers Monty and Rose makes a great comeback and conservation story.
    — Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • For instance, the piping plover, which builds its nests in sandy areas along the Atlantic coast, is expected to see its habitat encroached by the rising seas.
    — New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The piping plover nests in Maine and is listed as threatened along the East Coast by federal authorities.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • The piping plover is a small bird with a very short bill, according to the National Audubon Society’s website.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2022
  • But nature is an orchestra, and this preserve offers a nonstop symphony of shore birds, piping plover, wind whispering through the trees and more to soothe the mind and spirit.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • This is often unfortunate, as ghost crabs have broad culinary tastes, and hatchling piping plovers sometimes wind up on the crab’s menu, along with the crab’s usual fare of insects, dead fish and clams.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • Eli Moe is a piping plover monitor with the Lake County Audubon Society.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025

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