North America’s smallest plover

A Fort De Soto Snowy Plover

By Mia McPherson|April 16th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Plovers|Tags: Anarhynchus nivosus, beach, Gulf Coast, non-breeding, nonbreeding plumage, North America's smallest plover, plovers, sand, shorebirds, Snowy Plover|

This Gulf Coast Snowy Plover was photographed at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida and the park was the first place I had ever photographed this species.

Snowy Plovers – North America’s Smallest Plover

By Mia McPherson|August 9th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Plovers|Tags: adult, Anarhynchus nivosus, beach, North America's smallest plover, plover, plovers, sand, smallest plover, Snowy Plover, water|

A while back I did a post on the Least Sandpiper which is the world's smallest sandpiper so I thought I would do a post about North America's smallest plover, the Snowy Plover.