SNOWY PLOVER DIETS IN 1995 AT A COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BREEDING SITE

Abstract

The Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) feeds by pecking at the ground for invertebrates and by catching insects in the air while on the run. Along the Pacific Coast, Snowy Plovers feed on both marine and terrestrial invertebrates, but little more specific information is available (Reeder 1951; Page et al. 1995).