Snowy Plover 2025 season final stats

Twenty-nine snowy plover chicks fledged this summer — only two fewer than the record-breaking 2024 season. Fledging means they survived at least 28 days as tiny fluff balls on the beach under the supervision of their dad, evading predators, until they matured enough to fly and survive on their own.

Notable this season, one nest with 3 eggs near Abbotts Lagoon was collected due to abandonment from a windstorm and transported to International Bird Rescue. Two of the eggs hatched. Another heavily damaged individual egg was collected and brought to IBR where it successfully hatched. These three lucky chicks thrived and were released onto Abbotts Lagoon Beach in September. Read more about their rescue.

Overall, we had 56 total nests this season

  • 27 hatched

  • 29 failed nests

  • 29 of 64 chicks fledged (46.0% fledge rate) including the 3 that were raised at IBR

Get all the statistics in wildlife biologist, Parker Kaye’s final post on the snowy plover season.

Thanks to all the biologists, docents, and thoughtful visitors for helping snowy plovers thrive in Point Reyes!

Photo credits:

Left: A male snowy plover banded aqua over silver on the left leg and pink over violet on the right leg (as:pv) watches over his three chicks while perched up on a piece of driftwood at Limantour Beach.
Photo credit: Parker Kaye / PRNSA

Middle: Three banded snowy plover chicks nest next to a piece of driftwood and Tidestrom's lupine (Lupinus tidestromii) in the Abbotts Lagoon restoration area. Our team also banded the male of this nest who quickly returned to tend to his chicks after being banded.
Photo credit: Parker Kaye / PRNSA

Right: A snowy plover chick banded red over violet on the left leg and violet over violet on the right leg (rv:vv) at Limantour Beach. This bird is one of three chicks hatched from the nest of male as:pv and female white over brown on the left leg, orange over blue on the right (wn:ob).
Photo credit: Aiko Goldston / PRNSA

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