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Snowy Plover

  • Urban Snowy Plover

    Urban Snowy Plover

    A Snowy Plover dashes around on an urban beach. Just think of all the people in those houses, tragically unaware of the threatened little fluffballs living on the beach right next door 😭.

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    February 19, 2024
    San Francisco, Snowy Plover
  • Snowy Plover Portrait

    Snowy Plover Portrait

    If you spend any time looking for advice on shorebird photography, you’ll hear it over and over: “don’t chase, just find a [safe] spot on the beach and wait for them to come to you.” I’ve tried it over and over, and it’s never really worked. I’ll plop down on the beach, watch the birds

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    February 14, 2024
    San Francisco, Snowy Plover
  • Snowy Plover Time

    Snowy Plover Time

    The cold water saturating the sand had soaked through three layers of clothing. My pockets were filled with sand from army crawling on the beach, and my lens was making a worrisome grinding noise every time I zoomed. My hands were getting numb, and I was grinning ear to ear because shorebird season was well

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    December 4, 2023
    San Francisco, Snowy Plover
  • Snowy Plover Sandstorm

    Snowy Plover Sandstorm

    Snowy plover standing on a sand drift

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    May 10, 2023
    San Francisco, Snowy Plover
  • Snowy Plover on the Run

    Snowy Plover on the Run

    A snowy plover rushes by a derelict structure on the beach.

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    March 15, 2023
    San Francisco, Snowy Plover
  • Blue Hour Snowy Plover

    Blue Hour Snowy Plover

    Snowy plover on a Bay Area beach after sunset. I love photographing shorebirds. What I don’t love is watching people’s dogs chasing after them on public beaches. There isn’t an easy answer. The dogs are just being dogs. It’s impossible to educate everyone on the state of our shoreline ecosystems. But a little bit of

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    February 22, 2023
    Snowy Plover

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