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Hooded Plover and a Tabby Cat

To: Barney Enders <>
Subject: Hooded Plover and a Tabby Cat
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 06:09:43 +0000
Barney, do you think it was feral, or a local pet?

Peter Shute

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> On 18 May 2018, at 5:34 pm, Barney Enders <> wrote:
> 
> I had a quick visit to Anglesea Victoria overnight last week and took a
> quick walk along the beach to the point in the drizzling rain in the
> evening.
> 
> I came across the signs telling about the rare Hooded Plover nesting in the
> area and how dogs etc weren't allowed past this point, I was
> 
> told that volunteers manned the area during the Plovers nesting season and
> kept people away from the nesting area.
> 
> 
> 
> I backtracked and climbed the sandune where the steps lead down to the beach
> and from the top I could see a Hooded Plover at the water's edge feeding
> about 100 mts away towards the point ,so I sat on the steps and watched for
> a while and it was soon joined by its mate.
> 
> 
> 
> They continued to feed running into the surf and quickly running out again
> between waves before getting wet, this continued till they approached the
> rocks and fed on them close to where I was sitting.
> 
> Another joined them but was soon hunted away each time by the slightly
> bigger one which I presumed was the male.
> 
> 
> 
> I had a great viewing of them for quite a while until I noticed a movement
> on my left at the edge of the scrub and there watching them closely was a
> big tabby cat which began to stalk them through the rocks that lead down to
> the water's edge.
> 
> I Plovers flew away when I approached and gave the cat a hurry up but it
> only retreated into the edge of the scrub and crouched till I threw more
> rocks at it.
> 
> 
> 
> If someone on here knows of the volunteers or the powers that be that
> protect these birds and can tell them of the cats existence something could
> be done to trap it.
> 
> It would be a great tragedy to loose these beautiful and declining birds
> after all the time and effort has gone into protecting them from people etc.
> 
> Barney Enders.
> 
> 
> 
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