How to Use plover in a Sentence

plover

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• A bird lover will raise and lower the plover’s right wing.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 31 May 2020
• Signs also warn that the area is a habitat for the plover and the least tern.
  — Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• These were the first plover nests found on a county beach since 1949.
  — Dan Weikel, latimes.com, 10 May 2017
• Shorebirds such as sanderlings and plovers are down by about one-third, the team says.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 19 Sep. 2019
• Crab plover birds and green herons flap here and there among the trees, landing to stalk across the soft sediment.
  — Barry Neild, CNN, 4 Aug. 2022
• There are 64 plover pairs so far for the season and Farkas said 70 seems possible.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021
• The piping plover is distinguished by a black neck band and black bar across the forehead.
  — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
• The plover was present on Duxbury Beach as recently as Thursday.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
• The state has tried to help establish nesting areas for the plover farther north along the shore.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2018
• Shorebirds such as sanderlings and plovers are down by about one-third, according to the study.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2019
• But that plover’s visit was a sign that other plovers may be heading north.
  — Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022
• The first clutch ended up as skunk food after the plover predator managed to scoop up the eggs from a protective cage.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2021
• Give the nesting plovers a wide berth and keep a close eye on thieving gulls hovering to snatch your roast beef from Kelly’s.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
• After a 30-year absence, the plover, a tiny bird, returned to touristy Sauble Beach on the Ontario Peninsula.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2022
• The mystery plover could also have come from an unmonitored nest in the Great Lakes region, or even the Great Plains.
  — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
• Male and female plovers take turns incubating their eggs, and this pair’s flawless changing of the guard is a healthy sign.
  — Washington Post, 17 June 2019
• Some Australian beaches are home to the nesting grounds of a dainty little shorebird known as the hooded plover.
  — James Gaines, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• The plover monitors are tasked with the seemingly straightforward job of watching the birds.
  — Freep.com, 27 May 2022
• At the Longmeadow Flats, were three Northern shovelers, a snowy egret, and a black-bellied plover.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2021
• Tens of thousands of foxes exist in New Jersey… compare that with plovers.
  — Avalon R. Zoppo, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• At the Longmeadow Flats, there was a stilt sandpiper, a Baird’s sandpiper, a black-bellied plover, and a dickcissel.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2021
• In Nauset Marsh, there was an American golden-plover and a black skimmer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
• Three American golden-plovers and a black-bellied plover were seen at the Longmeadow Flats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021
• Invited to the beach, their appetites will extend to other convenient food sources, such as plover eggs and chicks.
  — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• Nish, one of the plover chicks from last summer at Montrose, became part of the first plover pair to nest in Ohio in more than 80 years and successfully fledged four chicks this summer.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2021
• One chick was spotted earlier this week, but no plovers were seen Tuesday or Wednesday.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• In 2015, state data show five pairs of plovers at the North Brigantine Natural Area, down from eight pairs decade earlier.
  — Avalon R. Zoppo, Philly.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The nesting season of the plover runs from March through September, coinciding with the period of greatest human use of the beach at Oceano.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
• Oystercatchers and plovers often nest on the same shoreline beaches.
  — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• The overall plover season looks promising, Cuthbert said, between lower lake levels and a strong finish to the last nesting season.
  — Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024