Does it matter, Peter. Whateverit’s statusit should be removedor terminated.
On Saturday, May 19, 2018, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> Barney, do you think it was feral, or a local pet?
>
> Peter Shute
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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