Happy World Shorebirds Day!

American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher. © Jim Gilbert

On behalf of our friends – the piping plovers, red knots, American oystercatchers, least terns, ruddy turnstones, black skimmers, and many others – Conserve Wildlife Foundation wishes you a happy World Shorebirds Day.

  • For your viewing pleasure, check out our brand new Oystercatcher Story Map.
  • To learn more about our beach nesting birds work, click here.
  • You can click here to learn about our migrating shorebirds work.
  • And if you haven’t seen the Delaware Bay beach restoration video yet, enjoy it here!

Finally, you can help support our shorebirds work with a donation, or through volunteering on one of our shorebird projects.

Click here to make a donation to our shorebird work here!



One other fun way to cozy up to a bird this fall is to visit Unreal Birds, and consider making a purchase of those adorable birds. A portion of every purchase benefits CWF!