A Piping Plover Chick's Morning
Several videos by monitor Aerin Tedesco captured a few moments from the Piping Plovers’ morning on June 22, 2020. You can see the chicks being brooded, emerge from brooding, stretch and feed.
It’s not always easy emerging from brooding, as you will soon find out!
Thank you Aerin for these fun videos!
1) Brooding then chicks revealed
2) Brooding, feeding, legs have fallen asleep
The chicks leave the comfort of brooding. But brooding may have lasted a bit too long, as one chick's legs seem to have fallen asleep! It's tough being a baby Piping Plover! Video copyright Aerin Tedesco, 20
3) Learn how to stretch and preen like a Piping Plover
After brooding, one chick demonstrates how to stretch a leg gracefully. Siblings demonstrate proper preening technique.