Mountain Plover Female

Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado

State threatened mountain plovers nest on Colorado's shortgrass prairie in spring, preferring almost barren ground. About one half of the world's mountain plover population spends summer on the Pawnee National Grassland.
Charadrius montanus

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