Piping Plover, Least SP, Silver Sands 8 Aug 10

Today, Sunday, 8 Aug 10, again we found the 3 Silver Sands Piping Plover fledglings at Fletcher's Creek outlet in Silver Sands State Park with no adults at all. Foraging with them again were Semipalmated Plovers. Also in the area were Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Here's a video of two of the Piping Plover fledglings, now 35 days old:

Here's a video of a juvenile Least Sandpiper as it forages at the edge of the Spartina just west of the breakwater near Fletcher's Creek; its rich coloring contrasts sharply with the gray-toned juvenile Semipalmated Sandpipers which are often nearby.