Silver Sands newby chick 5 July 10

Two videos: first, the newly hatched chick at Silver Sands, July 5, 2010. Very hot day (90+), relentless sun, extremely crowded beach. Found chick around 1:15 PM, near low tide. Adults sheltered chick most of the time; only towards evening, around 6:30, did chick get to come out from what is a comparatively deep nest placed, atypically, in a large pile of slipper shells. The chick, still quite shaky, makes a few steps away from the adult (here the male, but the female did most of the brooding during the height of the sun). The adults were regularly alarmed by crows and gulls flying over and around the nest. Many people interested--many brochures passed out. The other video shows how close the mainly oblivious beachgoers are to the nest; when made aware of the new chick most people are sympathetic.