“We currently have 25 pairs of plovers on the refuge. One pair is scraping, but it’s getting pretty late for another nesting attempt. Three pairs are still incubating nests, two pairs are hanging around even though their chicks disappeared (although I’m still hopeful that one will reappear), and 19 other pairs have a combined 37 chicks. The oldest plover chicks should fledge in the next week or so, but they’re at least a week ahead of all the other chicks. Least terns are at all stages of the nesting cycle as well–scraping, incubating, and feeding chicks. Some of the least tern nest overwashed; the beach is rather narrow this year.”