NYC Plover Project

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New Yorkers working to fiercely protect endangered Piping Plovers & other shorebirds nesting on our city’s beaches • join us to #protecttheplovers • all the links: https://linktr.ee/nycploverproject

Young piping plover chick with white and tan feathers, black beak and large black eye
Young piping plover chick jumping into the air
Gray and white piping plover on a sandy beach
Adult American oystercatcher with black head and bright orange bill, pink/orange legs and yellow eyes against beach grass and blue sky on a sandy beach
Small white and gray, with black brow & collar, Piping Plover on sandy beach, amidst green beach grass
Small gray & white Piping Plover, with orange legs and a black and orange beak, sits atop shell-covered beach slope with Brooklyn and Manhattan skyline and outline of the Empire State Building, and soft clouds above, against light blue sky
Piping Plover chick walking on a beach.
Plover on beach
Piping Plover on sandy beach, with seaweed and wrack, in winter plumage, looking back at camera
Photo of a piping plover on a beach, buff gray back and wings, with white undersides. Orange legs and beak with the tip of the beak, black. A black collar matches and black brow & large jewel black eyes.
Piping Plover chick on beach probing seaweed and a single small plant for insects.
Single Piping Plover running on the sand amidst sea foam from a wave and a light blue backdrop of ocean water
Single white and grey Sanderling on a ridged tidal flat
Piping Plovers, Sanderlings and a larger American Oystercatcher roost together on a shell shoal, with blue water surrounding them.
Piping Plover parents switch off incubating duties of their young brood of chicks on a sandy beach, while a breezy blows beneath a beach grass plant. Music playing is Sufjan Stevens.
Piping Plover on the ridge of a beach, with broken shells, dried seaweed and straw, looking at the camera; the Coney Island boardwalk and buildings in the background, with the top of the Verrazzano Bridge also visibile
Piping Plover on a beach with people in the background
Pair of Sanderlings overlap one another in flight in the snow above the waves of the Atlantic
Two young Piping Plover chicks drinking rainwater from a clam shell on a sandy beach.
Piping Plover adult and chick on a beach with urgent text to submit comment
Young back-lit Piping Plover chick running on sunlit beach, with text alerting people to imminent regulations comment deadline
Gray Wolf and Piping Plover on blue background
Gray Wolf, Grizzly Bear & Piping Plover frame a gray background with black text and logos for Wyoming Wildlife Advocates, Wolf Conservation Center & NYC Plover Project
Young Piping Plover chick inspecting a single frond of beach grass, at dawn, on a beach; with large letters “thank you” across the top, and the NYC Plover Project logo at bottom
Very young and tiny Piping Plover chick on a beach with a brilliant green and blue pastel background.
Piping plover adult and chick with one more chick being incubated below the parent. Beach grass and shells frame the image of the beach scene.
Tiny young Piping Plover chick on a beach alongside Giving Tuesday appeal language, along with NYC Plover Project’s round logo, above.
Two young Piping Plover chicks on a sandy beach.
Piping Plover on shore with Coney Island, Brooklyn in the background. Screenshots of recent news headlines about the many attacks on the Endangered Species Act & wetlands and clean water laws in foreground, with a call out in text to protect these environmental laws.
Running young Piping Plover on sand with action alert text above on sky blue background.
Piping plover at bottom with black text on red background above.
Piping plover at bottom with black text on red background above.
Piping plover in flight at bottom with black text on red background above.
Piping plover at bottom with black text on red background above.
Young Piping Plover chick seriously staring at viewer with HELL NO! written in all caps
Piping Plover inquisitively looking at camera with black letters on red background above.
Action alert with photo of Piping Plover.
A small gray and white Piping Plover (with orange legs and a black bill) in winter plumage along the water’s edge, looking at photographer taking the photograph. The NYC Plover Project logo is in lower right of the image, with an urgent call to action against Trump’s proposed rule changes at the top in red and black block letters.