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It is misnamed, as it lives on level land. Unlike most plovers, it is usually not found near bodies of water or even on wet soil; it prefers dry habitat with ...

Mountain Plovers often nest around prairie-dog towns. During migration they may appear in almost any shortgrass habitat, including sod farms, playas, or tilled ...

Of all of our 'shorebirds,' this is the one most disconnected from the shore, generally living miles from water in the dry country of the west. The short-grass ...

Nests in shortgrass prairies and in high, open, semidesert habitats (up to nearly 11,000 feet elevation) in western North America. Sometimes nests in fallow or ...

Live Cams · Courses; Bird ID. Search. Mountain Plover Range Map. Overview · ID info · Life History · Maps · Sounds · Range Map · Sightings Map. Range Map for ...

Reason for designation. This species is a rare bird of the Canadian prairies which is found in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The population.

Mountain plovers breed in North America from extreme southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan to northern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle, as well ...