Silver Sands chick 12 July

Still very hot at Silver Sands SP when we checked the Piping Plover family around 9:00 AM on Monday, July 12th. Sunday had been a very crowded day at the beach, but the PPs were aided by volunteers Bernice L and then Tom & Laura Z, who handed out many flyers and gave a little educational talk to a receptive crowd. We were happy to find the three chicks and their 2 adults foraging, still just in front of their exclosure and stringing. The following video shows one of the 3 chicks hatched on July 5th, so it's about a week old. (Another chick, not this one, is slightly larger and more developed--probably the first born.)