Up Close and Personal with CJP

On Sunday some of us were able to spend some closeup time with the banded oystercatcher chick (nicknamed CJP for the letters on his/her tag).

Then Lindsay returned the chick to the parents...who didn't seem very concerned.

And here is CJP, none the worse for the wear.

Another highlight of the evening was finding some more brand new least tern chicks.

And, as always, the oystercatchers were doing their aerial song and dance 

while the tern and skimmer parents were bringing in fish for their chicks.