The Trouble with Beaches
“black-bellied plovers aren't uncommon. you've banded three. relax." still, he couldn't blame himself for trying to find a distraction. his purpose here was a bit of a daunting one.
Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 14
"near-fatal stab wound, lacerations all over his face, catastrophic blood-loss coupled with dire fatigue after fleeing from his home through freezing snow in the dead of night without getting any sleep whatsoever and he's running around like a little plover
The Airship and the flashback of the beginning of Pim's ordeal
He stopped and froze just off the road he had ridden almost on top of the dread cat licking a pool of goo on the ground the plover tried to fly but the cat chomped down on it as it tried to escape the trick of its ability had failed, the bird fell from
Pim Chapter One and Two -revised
He stopped and froze just off the road he had ridden almost on top of the dread cat licking a pool of goo on the ground, the poo of goo became a bird leaping up to fly; the plover tried to flap away but the cat chomped down on it as it tried to escape
Protective Droning
This will tell those birds you mean business and want to establish a positive mutually beneficial relationship like a crocodile and an egyptian plover.” “a what?” “have you ever been to earth?” “earth? no, i haven’t.