IVAN SEMENIUKSCIENCE
REPORTER
PUBLISHED JULY 3, 2018UPDATED 2
DAYS AGO
Endangered they may be, but, this
summer, two piping plovers are raising a family of tiny chicks on a Toronto
beach where the species has not successfully nested in more than 80 years – all
within sight of downtown skyscrapers, hungry predators and airplanes taking off
overhead.
Starting on June 20, a total of
four eggs hatched in the couple’s nest on the sand at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto
Island. Looking no bigger than fuzzy golf balls on toothpicks, the hatchlings
have been scurrying around under their parents’ watchful gaze ever since.
“Everybody’s loving them,” said
Andrea Gress, who co-ordinates the monitoring of piping plover nests across
Ontario for Bird Studies Canada, and who has been working with volunteer
monitors at the site.
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