Just a very brief update from my morning 5-7am shift- I was happy to see Mom has returned to looking after the chicks. It’s really a relief because the beach was so crowded today with beach goers, beginning very early this morning. The chicks (all three!) spent the day at the creek with volunteer monitors keeping a watchful eye on the babes throughout the day.
Mom keeping watch while occasionally pausing to forage and to preen.
Thirty-three-day old Piping Plover chick.
Dad on alert for crows and the Bachelor.
Good Morning Gloucester 