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The Latin name for the piping clover is "Charadrius Melodus". It's common name is the Piping Plover or a "bird".
If you look at the bird you are going to see a round and stocky animal that frequently stands in a horizontal position. They have round heads and large dark eyes that give them a bid-eyed look. Their bill is short and stubby. The length of the bird varies from 6-7 inches and it weighs 1.5-2 pounds. The color of the animal is a mix of browns ,blacks, and whites.

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Piping Plovers breed along ocean shores in the Northeast and along lake shores and alkali wetlands in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes. They nest above the high water mark in soft sandy areas with sparse vegetation. In the winter they use coastal beaches, sand flats, and mudflats.

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The piping plover helps rangers and other wildlife specialist see when the habitat is changing too drastically. The birds are very sensitive to where they make their homes so if they see them leaving, then that can help the rangers help other animals in the area. Piping plovers also eat a lot of invertebrates that wash up on shore making it cleaner on beaches where people are used to walking.  If many more of them disappear, it wouldn't really hurt animals that prey on this bird. The only animals that pose a threat to the piping plover are raccoons, skunks, and foxes that get attracted by commercialized beaches.

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Human-caused habitat destruction remains the greatest threat facing piping plovers today. Not only do coastal development and recreation destroy beach habitat directly, but local shore development also leads to stray food that increases the number of predators , like foxes, raccoons and skunks.

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I believe if their were stricter laws for construction on beaches, that the piping plover population would increase. Our beaches are being polluted and taken over by new business and hotels. I think they should limit the number of things they do to beaches so they won't destroy the piping plovers habitat.

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https://defenders.org/piping-plover/basic-facts
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Piping_Plover/id
https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/piping-plover