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-----
From:
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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