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Snowy Plover Status
The table below shows the breeding success of plovers at sands beach since active management started in 2001.
YEAR |
PAIRS |
NESTS |
EGGS LAID |
EGGS HATCHED |
CHICKS FLEDGED |
| 1970-2000 | few |
4 in 30 years |
8 in 30 years |
0 |
0 |
| 2001 | 1 |
1 |
2-3 |
2-3 |
1 |
| 2002 | 5 |
9 |
21 |
16 |
14 |
| 2003 | 12 |
24 |
63 |
45 |
40 |
| 2004 | 26 |
92 |
141 |
56 |
27 |
| 2005 | 63 |
167 |
40 |
29 |
|
| 2006 | 42 |
112 |
66 |
43 |
|
| 2007 | 65 |
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| Total | 300 |
Location of Snowy Plover nests at Coal Oil Point Reserve:
A complete report on the status of the Snowy Plovers at COPR is available upon request by emailing sandoval@lifesci.ucsb.edu