ID advice please - Fyshwick Sewage ponds

[Julian Teh <>]

Hi Robin,

You definitely have there a black-fronted Dotterel (plover) - the one on the left is a BFD as well - see this link.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pcug.org.au/~gianni/images/213_3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members.pcug.org.au/~gianni/birds.html&usg=__a70UTiyE0myr-45_ITHJrvaZqDg=&h=218&w=343&sz=17&hl=en&start=26&zoom=1&tbnid=8VR7GWkUo-JBuM:&tbnh=140&tbnw=221&ei=VlzMTb2zIoncvwPo38G0AQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dblack-fronted%2Bdoterel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1279%26bih%3D985%26tbm%3Disch0%2C192&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=964&vpy=702&dur=4328&hovh=174&hovw=274&tx=139&ty=147&page=2&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:26&biw=1279&bih=985

cheers,

julian

On 12/05/2011, at 6:25 PM, Philip Veerman wrote:

On the photo, your suggestion and balance of probability I'd agree that it looks most like a young BfPlover. The colours are right. But it might need a better look.

 

Philip

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Hide [
Sent: Thursday, 12 May 2011 5:46 PM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] ID advice please - Fyshwick Sewage ponds

On the northern shore of Pond 5 this afternoon, amongst several magpie larks, there were two or three smaller birds.
The one to the right of this (poor) photo is, I think, a Black-fronted Plover, but the smaller one to the left (which I missed through binoculars) I am uncertain about.
It looks to be about half/two-thirds the size of the righthand BfPlover, and has what appears to be a black bar through the eye but no black band across the breast (?a young BfPlover?).
Advice welcome.


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A light form Little Eagle came and perched in the pine trees to the south of the ponds, and then circled up on the blustery winds.

Robin Hide

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