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The first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2018

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One pair of Pied Oystercatchers nest just north of the rocks on Cable Beach and have to deal with the four-wheel drive vehicles and camels on the beach, but as soon as the eggs have hatched out they move the family approximately two kilometres further north through the dune system. Pied Oystercatcher chick sheltering under an adult bird.

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