The Piping Plovers are back at Coast Guard Beach and what a treat it is to see them scurrying about. (Click on blog link for other photos.) Rarely do we see 3 of them so close to each other.

During breeding season, which is now, their black neck bands are more pronounced. The juveniles do not have a neck band.

This one looked like she was sitting on a  nest as she scrunched into the indentation in the sand.

It is so awesome that these gorgeous birds come back here every year to breed. We are so lucky!