On 12 June 2010 Farrar and Kotaich visited a Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) nest at the mouth of Tahkenitch Creek, Douglas County, Oregon. On their arrival at 09:52, they found a female plover with a single chick near the nest site. The uniquely color-banded male was discovered moments later when Kotaich found him on the nest, buried in sand up to his neck (Figure 1). Only his head protruded, with the bill pointing upward. He faced north in the direction of the prevailing winds, the typical incubation posture during windy periods. The weather during the previous several days had included gale-force winds (www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KOTH/2010/6/12/WeeklyHistory.html) strong enough to cause exposed nests to be buried by wind-blown sand.