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There’s still time for the endangered piping plovers to arrive and get busy at Sauble Beach, but one of their biggest allies is a little worried.

There’s still time for the endangered piping plovers to arrive and get busy at Sauble Beach, but one of their biggest allies is a little worried.

Article content 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. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Lone plover chick at Sauble is full of surprises Back to video He said the plover enthusiasts were ecstatic about spotting the new plover, which likely hatc...

An unlikely pair of piping plovers has begun nesting at an unlikely time at Sauble Beach.

An unlikely pair of piping plovers has begun nesting at an unlikely time at Sauble Beach.

Article content A third piping plover has arrived this season at Sauble Beach and local spotters are hoping this one sticks around long enough for a mate to join her on the sandy shoreline. Caleb Johnstone, outreach co-ordinator for the local Plover Lovers group, said the female shorebird was first reported Wednesday near the south end of the South Bruce Peninsula beach. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Plover Lovers optimistic about season as anoth...

Article content The young piping plover spotted at Sauble Beach last week hasn’t been seen along the sandy shoreline in days. Andrea Gress, Birds Canada’s Ontario piping plover program co-ordinator, said the endangered shorebird – believed, based on his leg bands, to be a first-year male from Michigan – was first reported at Sauble May 4, but hasn’t been seen since May 5. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. No piping plovers spotted at Sauble...