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Ringed Plover at Toogoom

To: "'Robert Inglis'" <>, "'birding-aus'" <>
Subject: Ringed Plover at Toogoom
From: "Colin Driscoll" <>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:03:13 +1100
Yes, I have had some questions from others about this id. I'm not overly
confident with these difficult waders but my options for what I saw were
Lesser Sand Plover or Ringed Plover. I settled on the latter as being more
like the bird I was looking at but unfortunately (as has been pointed out to
me by a helpful birder), I didn't positively note the white ring around the
neck- I was actually distracted by the completeness of the single brown
chest band.

There was only one of these birds among plenty of Red-capped Plovers and
other waders. 

If anyone in the area wants to go and look I can supply coordinates and a
map as to where I saw this one. You will need a boat or be prepared to wade
across the channel (1.5m deep in places) at low tide as I did, keeping field
guide and bins out of the water.

Cheers

Colin Driscoll


 

-----Original Message-----
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 On Behalf Of Robert Inglis
Sent: Monday, 8 January 2007 8:43 PM
To: birding-aus
Subject: Ringed Plover at Toogoom

Ringed Plover at Toogoom sounds significant.

Colin Driscoll said:
"I've just returned from a week at Toogoom on the Hervey Bay coast, north of
Hervey Bay the town (QLD Aust). Between the tidal flats and the nearby state
forest I managed around 65 birds. New for me were Little Shrike-thrush,
Ringed Plover, Gull-billed Tern. An interesting sight one evening was an
Osprey taking a long bath in the rising tide on a sand flat. "

Cheers

Bob Inglis
Sandstone Point
Qld



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