On June 3, 2022, two juvenile western snowy plovers were released at Salinas Wildlife Refuge.
This was a truly joyful event and a testament to the collaborative effort between Point Blue Conservation Science , US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the SPCA Wildlife Rehab Center in Monterey County.
Found abandoned at a Moss Landing beach likely due to increasingly high tides, the eggs were rescued by a USFWS and a Point Blue biologist.
They were taken to SPCA of Monterey County, where they were cared for until they hatched and were ready for release.
You can read more about the rescue in this article: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/snowy-plovers-hatched-monterey-spca-eggs-found-abandoned-at-beach/
A link to Point Blue's instagram post : https://www.instagram.com/p/CfEsIebM_SK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
