Snowy Plover Monitoring at Point Reyes National Seashore by the San Francisco Bay Area Inventory and Monitoring Network: 2009-2026 – Data Package

Woods DJ , Sherrill K , Kaye P . 2026. Snowy Plover Monitoring at Point Reyes National Seashore by the San Francisco Bay Area Inventory and Monitoring Network: 2009-2026 – Data Package. National Park Service. Fort Collins CO https://doi.org/10.57830/2320618

The National Park Service (NPS) San Francisco Area Network (SFAN) has been monitoring western snowy plovers (Charadrius nivosus) since the 1970s. Snowy plovers have been selected as a vital sign for monitoring due to their sensitivity to habitat conditions, making them an important benchmark of habitat quality at Point Reyes National Seashore (PORE). Snowy plovers are monitored to determine trends in the estimated breeding population size, distribution, and reproductive success of snowy plovers at known breeding beaches at Point Reyes National Seashore. This data package contains snowy plover monitoring data collected at Point Reyes National Seashore from 2009 - 2026. It includes the following datasets: Snowy Plover Observations, Banding, Nesting, Predators, Chick Bands, and Event Metadata.

Type
Data Package
Authors
Woods, Daniel; Sherrill, Kirk; Kaye, Parker
Date of Issue
2026-10-16
Publisher
National Park Service
DOI
10.57830/2320618
Units
PORE
Keywords
beaches, Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds, birds, California, ecological data, ecological monitoring, ecosystem ecology, landbirds, long-term monitoring, Point Reyes National Seashore, snowy plovers, SNPL-PORE Data Package
License
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

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