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Title	Western Snowy Plover Female on Eggs in Nest
Creator	Castelein, K.
Description	A female western snowy plover sits on her nest. The Pacific coast population of western snowy plovers breeds on coastal beaches from southern Washington to southern Baja California, Mexico. Plovers lay their eggs in shallow depressions in sandy or salty areas that generally do not have much vegetation. Because the sites they choose are in loose sand or soil, nesting habitat is constantly changing under the influence of wind, waves, storms, and encroaching plants.
Subject	Birds Shorebirds Threatened species Coastal environments
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date of Original	16 September 2010
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	4996597461_6351e7b964_b
Source	USFWS Pacific Region/Flickr
Rights	Public Domain
File Size	608471 Bytes
Height	786
Width	1024
Color Space	RGB
Full resolution	Volume237/4996597461_6351e7b964_b.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume237/4996597461_6351e7b964_b.jpg
Date created	2011-05-11
Date modified	2011-05-11