Piping Plover

A piping plover (Charadrius melodus) stands in the shallows on Dauphin Island. The island provides important habitat for many migrating birds and is home to the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, a stop on the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail.

Piping plover shorebird on an Alabama Gulf Coast beach
Photo courtesy of Geoffrey Hill
Piping plover shorebird on an Alabama Gulf Coast beach