[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at the Boca Chica beach, TX. 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: May 4, 2009)

[Length 11.5 in. Wingspan 29 in.]

This Black-bellied Plover was photographed at Indian Point Park, Portland, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 27, 2009)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan 20 in.]

This Common Ringed Plover was photographed at Sands of Forvie RSPB Reserve (Ythan Estuary), Newburgh, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 28, 2004)

[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 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)