WB was one of four Snowy Plover chicks that hatched this year. WB became a fledgling.
Snowy Plovers are a threatened species in Florida. FWC researchers band the birds to keep track of them. I have seen single fledglings in 2015 and 2017. In 2018 I watched one for a month following the chick as recent hatchling under the care of both parents, then with the father, and finally fledging and becoming independent. It is Fledgling 1 pending a second chick about two weeks old when posting this page.
5-17-2018 WB and Dad at first sighting
5-17-2018 WB ducking under Dad's wing. All the way under.
5-18-2018 Female of the brood. She often helped parenting early on, then disappeared.
5-18-2018 WW, the other chick that did not survive
5-19-2018 WB, the chick that fledged
5-20-18 WW and WB
5-21-18 Male covering both WB and WW chicks under wings
5-21-2018 Snowy male chasing sanderling
5-24-2018 Snowy male chasing with wings extended
On 5-25 note how carefully the TDC Code Enforcement truck driver drives the park, missing plovers. Or plovers avoided it. Video.
On 6-3 two movies on Vimeo of how WB runs in front of a runner, or with Dad: https://vimeo.com/280559246 or https://vimeo.com/280558930. Alternatively, see them on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m_O5fiZoW1U or https://youtu.be/7P3Z5diwCsg
6-5-2018 See chick's beak under male's wing
6-9-2018 Chick under wing
6-10-2018 WB
6-15-2018 WB developing tail feathers
6-17-2018 WB
7-1-2018 WB officially fledged
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