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These ground-nesting insectivores are very common in flooded fields throughout the Prairie/Rice Field Region. Their presence in rice fields in Rapides, Natchitoches, Morehouse, and East and West Carroll parishes in recent years suggests an expanding distribution. They also nest frequently in the coastal marshes.
photo Copyright © 1999 by Brian Miller
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A single nest in 1994 at Holly Beach in Cameron Parish constitutes the first breeding record for these ground-nesting insectivores in Louisiana. The Snowy Plover is on the Audubon WatchList for North America.
photo Copyright © 1999 by Brian Miller (photo unrelated to first state nest record)
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Strictly coastal, these mollusk predators use shell beaches above high tide for nesting sites, as on the barrier islands. This plover is on the Audubon WatchList for Louisiana.
photo Copyright © 1999 by Bill Bergen
female on egg (males incubate by night)