Banded dotterel chick ...

... causing its mother grief! There were many dotterels in this spot on the riverbed, maybe 10 adults, and the babies were very tiny, very new, and not prone to keeping with their parents. There was quite a circus going on, with the parents all trying to claim their territory. 

A couple of the dotterel parents are in the image in Extras.

What a magic trip we had up to Mesopotamia!