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Caleb Johnstone, outreach co-ordinator for the local Plover Lovers, said group members were surprised to see the chick for the first time Sunday night, a day after its two siblings went missing and were likely killed by sharp-eyed juvenile gulls.
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He said the plover enthusiasts were ecstatic about spotting the new plover, which likely hatched a full day after its siblings emerged from their eggs.
“The people who were involved with it, I think we were all really happy to see all the chicks at first when they hatched. It’s kind of a reward for us too to see that everything that, as a team, we’re doing is helping them out. And it was equally devastating when those two chicks were taken,” he said Tuesday.
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