western snowy plover

A western snowy plover, a bird whose numbers have shrunk from tens of thousands to fewer than a thousand in the last 50 years but can still be found at Oceano. Conservationists want the area closed to off-road recreation to protect the bird.

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A western snowy plover, a bird whose numbers have shrunk from tens of thousands to fewer than a thousand in the last 50 years but can still be found at Oceano. Conservationists want the area closed to off-road recreation to protect the bird.

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