Oystercrackers
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I’m really thrilled with the results of using 360 camera monitoring for our oystercatchers in the park. As with nest 01B previously, I was able to predict where nest 02B would hide their chicks, and where they would bring them out when no one was around. It really is comforting and useful to observe them…
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Congratulations to pair 02 on a successful hatch in the park yesterday. While they aren’t banded, I’m pretty sure, based on their very specific nesting site choices, that this pair was with us last year too, and were original settlers of the Clearcut. This is their first successful hatch. They are very sweet, patient, and…
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It’s a miracle
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We have five pairs of oystercatchers in Plover Park so far this spring. And four of them have nests already. The pair that still doesn’t belongs to an especially puzzling oystercatcher, A65. And they’re driving me bananas. This isn’t anything new though. Two years ago when A65 and mate first showed up in Barnegat Light, they hung…





