Snowy plovers land on the Key

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 4:00 a.m. May 16, 2012
  • Longboat Key
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Mary Lou Johnson has photographed a snowy plover nest on Longboat Key. The endangered snowy plover has an estimated 200 nests in Florida. Nests are said to contain about three eggs each.

 

 

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