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Spoke to Allison Turner today regarding the Plovers. There are three "nests" with eggs in the osv zone, two at the Levels(km 24) and one at km23. Nothing at tingles at the moment which is good news. Hatch time from today is approximately 2 weeks. Once the eggs hatch the beach will be closed at that nesting point. So it looks like there will be approx 4 miles of beach open even if all nests are successful. Don't shoot the messenger this is actually good news compared to last year. Photo is from today.

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Thanks Allen.Update is much appreciated.
    
Seems like the old "we will see what the chicks do when they hatch....maybe they will go to the Bayside to forage" that we heard for so many years is no longer in play.
The prenesting closures that have encouraged the Plovers to nest closer to the Ocean have pretty much guaranteed that the chicks will forage on the beach.A total closure to the water is now being presented as a "done deal" weeks before the chicks even hatch.

 

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