Feel welcome to post your notes Tony.
There aren't too many species that regularly turn up in Australia that
you would confuse with an Oriental Plover if you had a good look at
it. Did the bird have a clear white eyebrow and a white throat, was
it a very plainly plumaged and did it have reddish-brown legs?
The species you need to rule out are Golden Plovers, Grey Plovers and
Greater Sand Plovers.
Regards, Laurie.
On 07/11/2008, at 5:46 PM, Tony Eales wrote:
Hi all. I'm no wader expert, barely a novice so take this whatever
quantity of salt required. Really I'd like to know if anyone
knowledgeable has spotted an Oriental Plover at the Wynnum bird hide
because that's what it looked like to my. My scope is cheap and not
set for photos so I have nothing but my notes to go on but it looked
good for Oriental or Caspian to me (Oriental being more likely of
course) but I'd love some confirmation.
Cheers Tony
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