Mountain Plovers are a celebrated bird species in parts of Colorado. But if you鈥檝e never seen one, you鈥檙e in the majority.
Mountain Plovers nest on Colorado鈥檚 eastern plains and are sometimes referred to as the 鈥減rairie ghost鈥� because their sandy-colored plumage makes them hard to spot.
The annual in Karval 鈥� which begins this Friday 鈥� celebrates this bird.
The festival draws hundreds of visitors each year and owes much of its success to support from local ranchers, who have gotten involved in preserving Mountain Plover habitat.
Angela Dwyer is a manager for the stewardship program of the She joined Erin O鈥橳oole to talk about the ranchers, the festival and the plovers 鈥� including why this prairie-loving bird has 鈥渕ountain鈥� in its name.
The sound of Mountain Plovers used in this episode can be found in the .
