Piping Plover: The Tiny Bird on Texas Beaches

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Most people walking the beaches around Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula never notice this tiny bird, but it's one of the [music] most protected shorebirds in North America.

[00:00:10]This is the piping plover, a small federally threatened shorebird. It spends its winters along the Texas [music] Gulf Coast. Every year these birds migrate thousands of miles.

[00:00:21]They rely on beaches, tidal flats, and coastal habitats around Galveston [music] and Bolivar.

[00:00:28]The problem is that piping plovers are extremely sensitive to habitat loss and heavy beach traffic.

[00:00:34]>> [music] >> Have you ever spotted a piping plover on the coast?