Hello Peter'
Don't wait on the beach. I saw the AGP with 2 PGPs from the beach (see Eremea -
Feb 27 Victorian sightings) but they flew off when I approached to within about
50 metres. Another small flock of 6 PGP landed in the same spot (ie, at the
rocks on the western-most point of the beach near the Point Cook homestead
approx 4 hours after high tide) about 10 minutes later, but by this time I was
standing with another 3 birders behind the foliage on the dune.
Dave Dickson
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> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 06:06:18 +1100
> From: Peter Shute <>
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] AGP spotting at Point Cook - beach or dune?
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> I was there at the westernmost rocks between about 11 and 2 yesterday, but
> not a single plover was seen. It's been pointed out to me that waiting on the
> beach as we did instead of on the dune might cause them to feed elsewhere.
> Several friends who saw it during the past week saw it from the dune.
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> Any opinions? Every time I turn up there, there are others already set up on
> the beach, so I can't see the point of waiting on the dune by myself.
>
> Peter Shute
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> Sent from my iPad
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