#ploverlovers

This #ShorebirdSunday features my beloved Clover the Plover…the location, metal ring (though the alphanumeric & colour rings have seemingly fallen off), & characteristically bold facial markings (that he got from his very-identifiable dad) make me pretty certain it’s him! 😻 #plover #shorebirds #waders #ploverlovers #sharetheshores @avibase #nevernotbirding #birding #birdtherapy #charadrius #charadriidae #charadriiformes #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Poortjies Lagoon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUSWmkCK3Ey/?utm_medium=tumblr

#ShorebirdSunday…Plover spotted on the menu at the @lookoutdeckplett! #plover #shorebirds #waders #ploverlovers #ShareTheShores #localislekker #birdart #putabirdonit (at The Lookout Deck) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4VfYNq3v4/?utm_medium=tumblr

#WaderWednesday…The little piece on our beloved plovers has gone live on the @dailymaverick online, too!! https://t.co/ztpH4en2WI #waders #shorebirds #conservation #ploverlovers #scicomm #research @scarboroughecogroup @wader.quest @worldshorebirdsday @manometcenter @ploverlovers @whsg2019 @vtshorebirds @spaceforshorebirds @pukorokoro_miranda_shorebirds @paracas_shorebird_project @kamchatka_shorebirds @kachemakshorebird @coppershorebirdfestival @shorebirds_in_japan (at Daily Maverick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPoRPDmg_hy/?utm_medium=tumblr

#ShorebirdSunday “Maybe now you can’t see me…?” & yet another for #FemaleBirdDay…here’s a female White-fronted Plover in my study population, attempting to hide behind some dune spinach! Their headstamps and eyespots are thinner & more dilute than males (or absent, like with this bird), & they incubate during the day. #plover #ploverlovers #shorebirds #waders #avesplayeras #femalebirds @avibase #nevernotbirding #birding #fieldwork #research #conservation #ornithology #birdtherapy #charadrius #charadriidae #caradriiformes #birdwatching #birds #birdsofsouthafrica #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography (at Solar Beach Plettenberg Bay) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPguv8JAp8g/?utm_medium=tumblr

What my Coffee says to me July 19 - drink YOUR life in - everything you see is a reflection of you! What reflection will you co-create. What world will you manifest? Do it with courage, love, kindness and grace the only steps you need. Jennifer R. Cook @catsinthebagdesignposts co-creates with source, messages and illustrations for your mental health daily. Medicine for the soul! Plover's are endangered.

#KnowYourPlover Last but not least, visiting the other side of the world…Australia & New Zealand's plovers! 7⃣ Hooded Plover / Nyungar: dirl-dirl — Southern Australia & Tasmania 8⃣ Shore Plover / Māori te reo: tuturuatu — Chatham Islands 9⃣ Wrybill / Māori te reo: ngutuparore — coastal pockets of NZ N Island, central NZ S Island #PloverAppreciationDay #shorebirds #ploverlovers #ShareTheShores https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hjIPPgMEV/?igshid=lnyl95syhgbj

#KnowYourPlover Next, featuring a few local South African plover species… 4⃣ Kittlitz's Plover / Afrikaans: Geelborsstrandkiewiet ("golden-breasted plover") — most of sub-Saharan Africa 5⃣ Three-banded Plover / isiXhosa: Unokrekre — much of Southern Africa 6⃣ White-fronted Plover / isiXhosa: Unotelela — coasts & some inland areas of sub-Saharan Africa (…& my beloved study species!) #PloverAppreciationDay #shorebirds #ploverlovers #ShareTheShores (at Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hg4x7gM_c/?igshid=dnh2req2yxan

#KnowYourPlover First up, some threatened species from the Americas: 1⃣ Piping Plover / Algonquian: <tchitch-wishkiwê> — eastern USA & Canada 2⃣ Snowy Plover — USA to S America (I couldn't find any indigenous names for this bird…please chime in if you know!) 3⃣ Puna Plover / Spanish: Chorlitejo andino — Andes mountains, S America #PloverAppreciationDay #shorebirds #ploverlovers #ShareTheShores https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hehaXgbft/?igshid=12xsbhezxu1p0