A Mother against the odds...Snowy Plover in a wrecking yard...

[Boxerfan]

Howdy Y'all!

I work in a small wrecking Yard just outside of PDX. We are near the Columbia river & one of the nice(or bad) things is I work outside for the most part.

Some snowy plovers moved in a while back & one decided to make a nest in the middle of one of the rows of cars!! Dumb birds likee to nest in gravel & thier eggs & chicks look just like lil pebbles.

I noticed mama freeking out (& playing injured to draw me from her eggs-whatta gal!) so I checked & sure enough 4 eggs!.

Well the boss is a righty but he's smart enough not to fuck with an endangered species. He let me erect a barrier & do whatever work needs done in that area to lesten the disturbance. Better than shutting the place down IMHO. Well, today I went by Momma was acting strange-sure enough 2 of the 4 had hatched!!! One was still slimy. I came back after lunch with my camera & now there are 3 fuzzy little pebbles.
There's your good news for the day!. I'll do what I can to keep her undisturbed. I really understand why they are threatened they make thier nest in the gravel & predators can get them easy. If they do it on a road you'd run over them & never know it....Kinda sad but I'm taking care of these guys.Hope you can make them out, I didn't want to get too close...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. How cool!

I was just getting excited about the pond full of tadpoles right off my balcony. There's so many, it looks like the water is bubbling!

How are they doing now?

[Old Gardener]

2. Good for you

for keeping an eye on her.  Good luck!