These mysterious birds live in shortgrass prairies and have a two-nest rule. The female splits her clutch between two nests, with the male incubating one nest and the female the ...

A plover on the plains is like a canary in a coal mine. Despite its name, the Mountain Plover prefers the dryer and open prairie of eastern Colorado. Audubon himself misnamed it, and you may never ...

KARVAL, Colo. — Dozens of bird watchers will travel to a tiny Colorado town this month to spot a super rare bird. The Mountain Plover Festival is back from Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28.

Research conducted by the Colorado Division of Wildlife helped the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determine that the mountain plover does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act. On May ...

Make reservations now for the 10 th annual Mountain Plover Festival, which takes place Friday through Sunday, April 29, April 30 and May 1, 2016 in Karval, Colorado, one of North America’s largest ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening public comment on its proposal to list the mountain plover, a grassland bird of the mountain West, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The ...

An unusual bird-watching festival in Colorado has been set for the weekend starting April 28. If you’re unfamiliar with the event on the state’s eastern plains, you’ll want the time to consider ...

KARVAL, Colo. — Russell Davis has spent his whole life working on his family’s ranch in Lincoln County, so when he saw a stranger’s vehicle parked on his property back in 2001, he said he knew he had ...

LINCOLN COUNTY - The landscape looks slightly barren, but birds of all kinds call the area around the town of Karval home. That includes one bird called the Mountain Plover. Every year, the shore bird ...

A coalition of conservation organizations notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Friday that they intend to sue over last month's withdrawal of Endangered Species Act protection for the ...

KARVAL, Colo. — Dozens of bird watchers will travel to a tiny Colorado town this month to spot a super rare bird. The Mountain Plover Festival is back from Friday, April 28, through Sunday, April 30.