Nesting Season Summary
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California 9/2/24 ​ Total Nests Hatched Nests Failed Nests Unknown Outcome Snowy Plover 59 22 36 1 Least Tern 22 1...
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This work is made possible by the following support:
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A Community Grant from the City of Port Hueneme & the Port of Hueneme
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The Nature Conservancy with funds from a National Coastal Wetlands Conservation grant
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Power to the Plover
Jul 312 min
Nesting Season Winding Down
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California 7/31/24 July Snowy Plover Update We are closely monitoring our final two snowy plover nests of the...
Power to the Plover
Jun 272 min
Volunteer Beach Naturalist Training: This Sat 6/29
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California - 6/27/24 Join our team! We are excited to announce our final volunteer Beach Naturalist training of the...
Power to the Plover
Jun 211 min
New Hope: Monitoring Snowy Plover Nests in June
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California - 6/21/24 June Snowy Plover Update June has brought a second wave of nests after many were lost to...
Power to the Plover
Jun 62 min
First Least Tern Nests! Week 12 update
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California - 6/6/24 Least Terns Are Nesting California least terns are nesting right on schedule, with our first...
Power to the Plover
May 164 min
Off-roaders, here we go again: Week 10 update
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California - 5/16/24 We are still hearing least terns, but they are only flying high above the dunes. Based on our...
Power to the Plover
May 52 min
First Snowy Plover Chicks, Least Terns are Here Week 8 update
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California - 5/5/24 Least terns have arrived! We heard them for the first time this week. They are right on...
Power to the Plover
May 31 min
Thank you City of Ventura Volunteers!
We'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the volunteers from the City of Ventura—Tom, Charlie, Lauren, Jonathan, Chubb, and...
Power to the Plover
Apr 222 min
Nest Survey - Week 6 update
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California - 4/22/24 During week 6 we had we had to do our survey on 2 difference days because of bad weather,...
Power to the Plover
Apr 171 min
"BIRDS EYE VIEW: LIFE OF A SNOWY PLOVER" presentation 4/9/24
For anyone who missed my presentation at the April 9th 2024 VAS speaker program, we have the recording uploaded to YouTube. This is a...
Power to the Plover
Apr 161 min
Nest Survey - Week 5 update: 4/16/24
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California Nesting season is moving right along! Despite the rainy and windy weather snowy plover nests are being...
Power to the Plover
Mar 222 min
Nest Survey - Week 2 in 2024 3/22/24
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California This week was the second survey of the season. We were so surprised to find the first nests. According...
Power to the Plover
Sep 11, 20232 min
Off Road Vehicles August 2023
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California Toggle to the bottom of this post to see all of the photos of the damage Off Road Vehicles Sadly on our...
Power to the Plover
Sep 11, 20232 min
Last 2023 Snowy Plover fledgling
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California We were very lucky this year to have video of the very last snowy plover chick of the season, just as it...
Power to the Plover
Aug 7, 20231 min
Ormond Nest Update August 7, 2023
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California Here is our last snowy plover hatching on August 3, 2023. We were very fortunate to find the nest...
Power to the Plover
Aug 7, 20232 min
Skunk Depredation
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California We have been extremely fortunate during the 2023 nesting season that so few nests were lost to predators....
Power to the Plover
Aug 1, 20235 min
Birds and Beach Cleanups
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California photo by Alecia Smith, taken on Ormond Beach Ormond Beach, like too many beaches everywhere, has a...
Power to the Plover
Jul 28, 20231 min
Problems with Vehicles
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California There is nothing more terrifying than the idea of ATV's inside nesting habitat. Despite ordinances that...
Power to the Plover
Jul 28, 20233 min
Problems with people
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California Trail cameras are a great tool for nest monitoring. We are only in the habitat briefly each week, so a...
Power to the Plover
Jul 26, 20232 min
Ormond Nest Update July 26, 2023
Ormond Beach, Oxnard California The number of new snowy plover nests is definitely slowing down, and all activity is on the tideline. ...
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