Today is #worldwildlifeday. In 1973, UN/CITES adopted this day to celebrate & raise awareness for the world’s fauna and flora. We especially honor all the threatened & endangered species and the special humans working on their behalf.

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Snow ❄️ is coming to NYC & much of the nation … but so are the plovers! In less than two months, the first Piping Plovers will appear on our NYC beaches. While we love the ❄️, many of us are already busy planning & getting ready for the VIPs’ arrivals!

Sanderlings! This remarkable bird is a true long-distance athlete- some flying 6,000 miles each way on migration. Resilient, fierce & cold defiant, you may see them running in flocks at the water’s edge. And no, (again), they aren’t plovers! 😉

It may be gray & cold in NYC, but we are thinking about the wintering Piping Plovers, Sanderlings, & American Oystercatcher in Cedar Key, Florida. Pat Leary caught this spectacular image. 🌞

Piping Plover parents share incubating & chick rearing duties, watching & protecting their young ones around the clock. This family lived on the busy beaches of Breezy Point Tip. Only one of their brood survived to become a fledgling. We are working hard with NYC Parks & National Park Service …

Our final ask. Thank you to everyone who has given, and for those who have not, it is not too late. This past year, we saw threats to plovers from our beaches to the halls of Congress. Our work has never been more urgent. If you are on the fence about giving, now is the time.

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Fifty-two years ago, President Richard Nixon signed into law the most important wildlife protection law in the world. The Endangered Species Act works, having saved 99% of the species under its protection from extinction. It is also extremely popular, w/ 9 out of 10 Americans supporting the law.

A pair of Sanderlings fly together in the ❄️ over the icy-cold surf at Breezy Point. Often confused with Piping Plovers, Sanderlings hang in flocks and run quickly back and forth with the waves. They are also on our city beaches in the winter months, while plovers are not.

Thank you to everyone who submitted comments these past days. Our fight to defend NYC’s endangered species is far from over. We will never give up on plovers. We will never give up on the Endangered Species Act. And, we know you’re with us every step of the way. We will not stop.

This is it! Final 4 hours to submit comment. Please invest 10 minutes to protect wildlife and help stop the destruction of the Endangered Species Act! Go to link below — *ESA Regs Comment Guide* with talking points & direct links to comment. shorturl.at/5nnGC

Endangered Species Act Under Threat! Final hours to comment! Endangered Species Act regulations comment period ends Monday 12/22 at 11:59 pm ET. Easy-to-use comment guide with direct links to comment: shorturl.at/NL623

🐺 🐦 ACTION NEEDED TODAY ! CALL YOUR HOUSE REP: NO ON HR 845! Link in bio to find your rep. or house.gov or call switchboard at (202) 224-3121 & ask to be transferred to your rep. PLEASE ☎️ today!

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Because of your generosity, we met and exceeded our #GivingTuesday match and goal. Nearly 100 new donors gave to help support our work connecting w/ NYC public school children, diverse communities of our city, & scores of beach-going New Yorkers about the awesome shorebirds that call our city home.

Today and everyday, we share stories and images of the plovers that call New York City home. Please help us send a message to the world that this young Piping Plover — one of a population of no more than 8,000 globally — will never be alone.

Every gift that you make today will be DOUBLED. Thanks to a few very special supporters, every dollar up to $12,500 will be matched. So, please make a tax-deductible gift before midnight to help protect NYC’s endangered species. 🧵

We are kicking off #givingtuesday early! Every gift you make will be matched up to $12,500, effectively doubling your impact to protect NYC’s endangered species! Please make a donation today: give.nycploverproject.org/campaign/747... 🩵

Thank you to our supporters, the many New Yorkers who give Piping Plovers & other fragile beach-nesting birds the space to survive, our amazing volunteers and staff, our agency & community partners, donors & our social media followers. 🧵

One week of headlines. And these are just a few of them! The most important & effective global endangered species law - and multiple landmark environmental laws in the U.S. - are under attack.

READ + LEARN + SHARE + COMMENT —> DEFEND! Together, we will defend our most important wildlife protection law! JOIN US! 💪🏽💪🏽❤️‍🔥 Comment here: shorturl.at/MuuFx #birds #addbirder

The Trump Administration is looking to decimate the Endangered Species Act. Proposed changes would: - LIMIT new species from being listed - REMOVE protections for federally-threatened species like Piping Plovers - REDUCE critical habitat protections

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The last Piping Plover of 2025 passing through New York? Possibly. This traveler coming from out east or further north, was spotted earlier this week at Breezy Point Tip. Piping Plovers — and other migratory shorebirds — travel long ways each fall & spring.

As you read this, thousands of Piping Plovers are in the wintering locales, like this beautiful one in Key Biscayne, near Miami. From South Carolina, to both coasts of Florida and the spectacular Gulf of Mexico sands along Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Great Coastal Bend of Texas, …

Day late? No way! Sure, yesterday was #worldmigratorybirdday but with birds in migration literally any time you read this, someplace in the world, we’d argue that everyday is world migratory bird day. Shout out to our OGs, our day ones, our kings & queens … the Piping Plovers.

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Today, we lost a great. Few humans inspire us, challenge us & remind us of the critical importance of our work to protect other species like Dr. Jane Goodall. We celebrate her life today and will recommit to the hard work we have yet to do. Thank you, Dr. Goodall.

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New Yorkers. 100%. Today. Every day. ❤️ 📷: Benjamin Forbes

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Piping Plover, ready for departure, & the NYC Ferry ⛴️ 💙 🐦

It’s Labor Day Weekend, y’all! While many Piping Plovers have left to head south for the winter months, there’s still fledgling & adult plovers, oystercatchers, terns and skimmers with us, & many other shorebird species passing through & stopping off on their LONG migrations. So what does that mean?

View from the VIP departures lounge 😍 #iykyk 📷: Chris Allieri, Breezy Point Tip, 8|17|25

Hanging with the big kids! One of these birds is about to head off on their first migration! We hold every Piping Plover in our hearts — especially the newest fledglings — as they head off on their perilous journeys. 🧵

This very special pair of American Oystercatchers - YAT & YAU - have been nesting together on Rockaway Beach since 2014! Like many other skimmers, terns, oystercatchers & plovers, they’ve thrived at the @nycparks Rockaway Beach Endangered Species Nesting Area in Arverne & Edgemere.

The Fort Tilden brood of 3 is growing up fast! Both parents are still diligently protecting them, but of course, Piping Plover chicks feed themselves from birth. So much hope for this New Yorker family. ❤️❤️❤️ 📷: Benjamin Forbes

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Massive threats are coming for the Endangered Species Act. Despite most Americans supporting endangered species protections, radicals in Congress are driving an agenda to harm wildlife. Feeling hopeless & uninformed? Let’s change that! Webinar 7/24! shorturl.at/IKpr7

Here’s to the Sea Rocket - Cakile edentula - a beautiful little native plant found on our beaches, providing shade, shelter & protection for Piping Plover chicks of varying ages!

Part of the Fort Tilden brood (one of 3 broods at this busy beach) as seen at dawn today. Temporary beach closures - without people entering them - work! Thank you for your support so our endangered species can thrive and survive. 📷: Benjamin Forbes

Fun event for all! SATURDAY @ Jacob Riis Park! Stop on by! Part of the 8th Annual Jamaica Bay Festival!

Two of the 🐥 🐥🐥 from the Fort Tilden brood, which first hatched on June 19th, as seen this morning! Temporary beach closures work! 📷: Benjamin Forbes

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A sweet moment of a new little New Yorker & their parent at Fort Tilden. There’s several broods of young Piping Plover chicks along this beach & several beaches across Rockaway. Temporary beach closures work, they make all the difference for this endangered species & other fragile shorebirds.

One of our favorite days is New York City Department of Parks & Recreation’s Celebrate Shorebirds each June - a time to celebrate & champion the diversity of shorebird species that call our beaches home! We had many great conversations with folks who live in Far Rockaway, Edgemere, Arverne & beyond!

It’s been a challenging season so far with a lot of nest loss & predation. Piping Plovers will keep at it, so we must too! And …. we do have some chicks who have been seen taking short flights 😊, like this not so little one seen yesterday at Breezy Point Tip ❤️

Fort Tilden update — the brood of 3 chicks ❤️ continue under the watchful eye of their parents, and we have had TWO MORE HATCHES within 24 hours! We are sharing this first look at one of the new families, caught with telephoto zoom at a distance, by Benjamin Forbes.