Beak-A-Boo 🐣
Park visitors are not the only summer beach-goers at
@capehatterasnps. Each summer, scores of coastal birds find the beaches an ideal place to find mates, nest, and raise their young. As you spend your day at the beach, keep an eye and ear open for these beach-nesting birds!
Image 1: A Black Skimmer chick waiting for siblings to hatch on Ocracoke Island (NPS photo: A. Thompson)
Image 2: A freshly hatched Piping Plover chick on Hatteras Island (NPS photo: A. Keiper-Kintz)
Image 3: A fluffy Least Tern chick on Ocracoke Island (NPS photo: A. Thompson)
Image 4: A 10-day old American Oystercatcher on Bodie Island (NPS photo: P. Doshkov)
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