About This BlogDuring the western snowy plover breeding season, park docents help monitor and protect nesting sites and help create awareness and educate visitors about this threatened species and its life cycle. Visitors have expressed interest in the plovers and are pleased to have staff and docents in the field answering all types of naturalist questions. Through the summer, park staff create updates to let staff, volunteers, and visitors know the latest on what is happening out at the nesting sites. Click on one of the links below to find out how the Snowy Plovers at Point Reyes were doing at the time. To learn more about becoming a Snowy Plover Docent, please visit our Volunteer page. Snowy Plover Update - June 15, 2024
June 14, 2024
Since our last update two weeks ago, the park's plover team has confirmed a minimum of nine fledglings from the first round of nests! There are likely several more because our team has been having difficulty locating and identifying newly fledged juveniles for broods that we are confident are still alive and active. We only had one fledgling at this point of the nesting season last year and only two in 2022. We still have two and a half months of the nesting season to go! |
Last updated: May 24, 2024