Plover or Plover ?
When identifying a Semipalmated Plover, the latter word can rhyme with lover or rover. Both are technically correct.
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When identifying a Semipalmated Plover, the latter word can rhyme with lover or rover. Both are technically correct.
Eric and I are both right!!! What else is news!! ![]()

Smithsonian Magazine Article
Ok, here’s today’s quiz photo!!! How many can you ID? Taken at Hornsby last night. Hint: there are 6 species.
Ran across 2 unfortunates this morning also. The Pectoral barely made it out of the mud. Good luck guys!!!
Spent 3.5 hours at Cedar Point on Lake Buchanan this morning. 40 species total including 5 Tri-colored herons and a Bushtit. 10 species of shorebirds including 3 new ones for the fall shorebird season: Marbled Godwit, Black-bellied Plover and Greater Yellowlegs. Conditions look pretty good there for shorebirds. I had 5 flocks of peeps fly…
Good news/bad news from my first trip to Hornsby during fall migration. Good: Fall migration is here!!! Good: lots of floating mud habitat at Hornsby. Good: Lots of shorebirds — 1000 plus I estimated. Good: 9 species of shorebird. Good: temp is manageable from 6:30-10:00am or so. Good: lots of Stilt and whistle duck chicks….
It’s time for finch forecast. Sometimes they make it to Texas. Winter Finch Forecast – FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK