Our Dying Home

The Western Snowy Plover is an endangered species due to loss of habitat and other human disturbances. Their reproduction in the Pacific coast has been disturbed and been in decline for several years. The loss of habitat is due to several reasons including Rising Sea Levels and Water Pollution. The litter washed up in the little areas of shores corners the plovers, not to mention human intervention within the area. The population of plovers estimated along the Pacific Coast are no more than 2,500 birds. Human actions are a threat to this species. What more is there to say?

We can do our part and help these plovers. Beaches with breeding plovers should also put up a strict rule, not allowing anyone to cross that area except staff with special permission. 

The beaches and seashores don’t just belong to humans. Share the Beach. Animals that also need the area exist. Avoid flying kites and playing frisbees near the area where Snowy Plovers rest. Properly dispose of garbage to lower keep the area clean and effective for the Plovers to nest in.

 Leaving kelp and driftwood on the beach also helps the plovers a lot. They pose as resting and feeding areas for the family of plovers. The beaches should put up signs not allowing any human intervention near the areas the birds are resting in. Any rule-breaking should result in a fine. Every one of our actions can cost the life of a plover. 

Humans as a crowned creation should do our job of taking care of our wildlife. Some trips can also be arranged to educate the people about these birds. The staff with special permission should monitor their breeding, making sure nobody is scaring off the species. 

The human influence to this species should be monitored. Instead of scaring them and making them abandon their nests, help provide them with nests, food and shelter that they need from the extreme weather and predators around them. 

Cleaning the beaches, filtering the water can also help these birds. Campaigning for the birds should also work, the people should be educated and should all know the situation of our home right now. The pollution caused by us have impacted species. We are the cause of extinction. What are we gonna do about it?