PHOTOS: ALECIA SMITH
SPEAKER PROGRAM
AUGUST 29, 2026
Meet the Snowy Plovers of Hollywood Beach
Speakers: Shorebird Recovery Program Biologists
Hollywood Beach is home to one of Southern California's most special—and most overlooked—wildlife stories. The Western Snowy Plover, a small threatened shorebird, nests right on the sand here, and Hollywood Beach happens to be one of the few places along our coast where the shoreline is actually expanding rather than shrinking—making it a rare and thriving place for these little birds to raise their young.
Most people walk right past them without ever knowing they're there—and we're here to change that.
Join us at the Channel Islands Maritime Museum for a free, family-friendly evening all about the Western Snowy Plover and the remarkable beach they call home. Our biologists will share what makes this species so special and why this stretch of coastline is worth celebrating and protecting. Then we'll all head outside to experience Hollywood Beach firsthand, visit the nesting site, and hopefully spot a few plovers in the wild.
Photo by Atma Prakash Sahoo
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NESTING BIRDS
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