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Our chick can swim!

  • Jewels
  • Dec 1, 2018
  • 1 min read

I had heard that oystercatcher chicks could swim but was stunned to see it.

The chick was only 7 days old and lined up by mum to start the swim from the mangroves to the beach. To get to the mangroves mum and dad had walked it around the lagoon but the return trip that afternoon was heart stopping.

Mum lined the chick up and once it had lost its footing and was swimming, she left the chick on its own to swim across. It only took 12 minutes but it seemed like hours.

Here are some photos to enjoy.


 
 
 

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Our journey of discovery managing a beach nesters breeding site.

21 September 2015 we found a pair of eggs sitting on the Deeban Spit beach. Thus our crazy journey began. So much to learn.

The opinions expressed in this blog are my own.

So much thanks goes to Sutherland Shire Council, Birdlife Australia and  NSW Office of Environment and Heritage as they have supplied equipment and research required to help ensure our shorebirds, resident or migratory, can survive into the future.
 

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