[Length 10.5 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Eurasian Golden-Plover was photographed at Houbie, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 7, 2004)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

Contrary to their name, Mountain Plovers breed in the grasslands and foothills of the western Great Plains in the US and southern Canada. This Mountain Plover was photographed at Blue Lake State Wildlife Area, Fort Lyon, CO. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: April 23, 2009)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This winter plumaged Mountain Plover was photographed near Granger, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: February 2000)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This newly hatched Mountain Plover chick was photographed along the edge of a dirt road in the Pawnee National Grasslands, Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1986)

[Length 9 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This Mountain Plover was photographed at Blue Lake State Wildlife Area, Fort Lyon, CO. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: April 23, 2009)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

Pacific Golden-Plovers breed in the high Arctic regions of northcentral and northeastern Russia, and western Alaska. They winter along the southern pacific coasts of Asia and Australia and are regularly seen along the western coast of North America. They are the Asian counterpart of the American Golden-Plover. The two birds were once considered to be the same species. Their breeding ranges overlap only in western Alaska. This one, in full breeding plumage, was photographed along the rocks of "Navy Town" on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This Pacific Golden-Plover, in full breeding plumage, was photographed along the rocks of "Navy Town" on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 10.25 in. Wingspan 24 in.]

This winter plumaged Pacific Golden-Plover was photographed in the Hawaiian Islands. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1981)