[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at Bolivar Flats, Port Bolivar, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 30, 2008)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at the Boca Chica beach, Texas, USA. 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 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at Indian Point Park, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: August 29, 2009)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at the Convention Center sandflats, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: August 8, 2013)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at the SPI Convention Center flats, South Padre Island, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: September 13, 2018)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This Piping Plover was photographed at the SPI Convention Center flats, South Padre Island, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: September 13, 2018)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

This winter plumaged Piping Plover was photographed at Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1980)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 19 in.]

Semipalmated Plovers breed on the Arctic tundra across Canada and Alaska. They are common spring and fall migrants throughout the US and southern Canada. NOTE: You can actually see the semipalmation between the outer and middle toes on the left foot which give this bird its name. This field mark is rarely visible. This one was photographed near a nest site at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Photo taken with a 180 f2.8 Nikkor EDAF lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1991)