The double-banded plovers survived!

I hadn't sighted them since the east coast low that ripped our beach apart. I had occasionally seen little foot prints that I figured could only belong to them, but they remained elusive. Amazing how they managed it as the sand hills and cover are all gone. Today on the beach walk I found the little band, 11 of them. They now have their breeding plumage on, the two bands they are named for, so will be heading back across the ditch any day now. So glad that I was able to see they had made it before they disappear until autumn equinox.