Hi All,
I think consensus on the plover at Corner Inlet (Vic) being a Semipalmated
Plover has now been reached. As mentioned in Mike Carter's recent post it
was seen quite briefly yesterday. At the time the three of us were
reasonably happy with it being a Semipalmated Plover. When I looked at the
images last night after we had returned home it seems that I 'over
scrutinized' the loral pattern and the point at which the loral streak abuts
the bill base (and some doubts started creeping in). Jeff Davies and Danny
Rogers assure me that the fact that the loral streak is narrow and quite
high in the lores such that it abuts at or just above the gape line is all
but diagnostic of Semipalmated plover (cf. Ringed Plover).
This is the first Semipalmated Plover record for Victoria (and another new
bird for Mike's Victorian list).
Pictures of the Corner Inlet bird are here (last two images in the
gallery/the rest are from Broome).
http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/semi_palmated_plover
I've also added an image to the gallery of Australian vagrant birds.
http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeimages/vagrants
Cheers,
Rohan
Rohan Clarke
www.wildlifeimages.com.au
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