SOME RECENT NESTING RECORDS FOR THE SNOWY PLOVER IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

Abstract

A survey to determine the breeding status of the western race of the Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus) in California was conducted from 1977 to 1980 (Page and Stenzel, Western Birds 12:1-40, 1981). The San Joaquin Valley was surveyed in 1978, but the only Snowy Plovers found there that were suspected of breeding were one pair at Goose Lake, Kern County.