[EBB Sightings] Late avocet chicks at Martin Luther King Shoreline, Oakland

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Yesterday as Hayward Regional Shoreline I saw a pair of Avocets with an egg.  Neither bird attemped to incubate it during the 20 minutes I watched, but the male did partially turn it once.  I was surprised at how large it was, about the size of a large chicken egg (Safeway et al).
 
Also, in the same vein, there were two Black-necked Stilt young.  One seemed only a few days old, the other slightly older.
 
Doesn't answer the question asked, however.  To that, I don't know.
 
Also at Hayward were a flock of Ruddy Ducks, some displaying with head-bobbing.
 
Travis Hail

"Peddle, Courtenay"  wrote:

Hello folks, 
 Wednesday morning in Mitigation Maarsh, Martin Luther King Shoreline, Oakland, ALA, I saw three very small avocet chicks, two of them certain not more than a couple of days old, in the smallest of the three freshwater ponds. This seems very late to me. Anyone have better records than I do?

Good birding, 
Courtenay Peddle 
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